#So he's the only one who did Haakon or descent

[blarrghe]

Fun facts I haven't actually finished DA:I with Taren. He was the third Inquisitor I made and I'd already beaten the game twice on a pretty quick turnaround. He was meant to be my completionist run, making a lot of the same main choices as the Treveleyan mage I'd just played (whose personality was just not as good imo. I tried to make him be a little shit but Inquisition really doesn't want to let you do that so we pivoted to Mr. Responsible and gave him character depth. Anyway.)

I have more hours on this playthrough than any other but I haven't actually beaten it bc I burned out and took years off playing Inquisition lol.

[heavyarethecrowns]

Those that have married in to the Royal Families since 1800

Norway

Princess Maud of Wales (26 November 1869 – 20 November 1938)

Princess Maud was the third and youngest daughter and the fifth of the six children of the then Prince and Princess of Wales (King Edward VII of the United Kingdom and Alexandra of Denmark).

Maud experienced a happy childhood on her parent's Sandringham estate in Norfolk She was a shy and reserved child who loved practical jokes. Growing up, Maud was the most exuberant of the three sisters and was known as Harry in the family. 

She developed a one-sided romance with Prince Francis of Teck, the brother of her future sister-in-law Mary of Teck. Maud and Francis exchanged a couple of letters, but it was soon apparent that Francis was not interested in Maud. 

Due to Maud’s mother being a Danish princess, Maud visited her Danish relatives often and was familiar with her first cousin Prince Carl of Denmark (later King Haakon VII of Norway), the second son of King Frederik VIII of Denmark, who was three years younger than Maud. On October 29, 1895, the couple’s engagement was announced. Maud and Carl were married in the Private Chapel at Buckingham Palace on July 22, 1896

As Maud found the cold Danish winters so difficult to bear, she visited England as often as possible. Her only child, Alexander Edward Christian Frederick (Prince Alexander of Denmark, later King Olav V of Norway) was born at Appleton House in Sandringham on July 2, 1903.

In 1905, upon the dissolution of the union between Sweden and Norway, the Norwegian government began searching for candidates to become King of Norway. Because of his descent from prior Norwegian monarchs, as well as his wife’s British connections, Carl was the overwhelming favorite. Before accepting, Carl insisted that the voices of the Norwegian people be heard in regards to retaining a monarchy. Following a referendum with a 79% majority in favour, Prince Carl was formally offered and then accepted the throne. He sailed for Norway, arriving on November 25, 1905, and took the oath as King two days later. Carl took the name Haakon VII and his son two-year-old son was renamed Olav and became Crown Prince of Norway. Maud and Carl were crowned in Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim, Norway on June 22, 1906.

Recognizing the people’s need to feel that their royal family was Norwegian, Maud and Haakon were photographed in Norwegian folk costumes and enjoying winter sports such as skiing. They made certain that their son was raised as a Norwegian, although Maud never became fluent in Norwegian. Maud never gave up her love for her native country and visited often, usually staying at Appleton House. However, she did fulfill her duties as Queen of Norway. Maud became active in women’s rights and in the welfare of unmarried women. During World War I, she founded Dronningens Hjelpekomité (the Queen’s Relief Committee) to assist people in extremely difficult circumstances due to the war

Maud’s last public appearance in the United Kingdom was in 1937 at the coronation of her nephew King George VI. She rode with her sister-in-law Queen Mary in the glass coach and sat with her in Westminster Abbey. 

In October of 1938, Maud came to England for a visit, first staying at Appleton House and then at a London hotel. While at the hotel, Maud became ill and was taken to a nursing home where abdominal surgery was performed. She survived the surgery, but died on November 20, 1938, six days before her 69th birthday, from heart failure. 

Her remains were taken to the chapel at Marlborough House in London, where she had been born and christened. Her casket was then taken by gun carriage to Victoria Station to travel by railroad to Portsmouth and then to travel by sea to Oslo, Norway. Upon arrival in Oslo, the casket was taken to a small church before burial in the royal mausoleum at Akershus Fortress in Oslo. Maud was the last surviving child of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. 

Her husband King Haakon VII survived her for 19 years. He died on September 21, 1957 at the age of 85 and was buried with Maud in the white sarcophagus in the Royal Mausoleum at Akershus Fortress.