Chapter 272： Princess Anne's birthday

On June 15, when Marin rushed back to Emden, preparing to send a fleet to Cuba and Panama, the old Hoffman and Mary suddenly called Marin back to Aurich. [The reason is that Anne ’s 18th birthday is on June 18th.

The 18th birthday is a very special day. For a girl, it means adulthood. However, in Europe in this era, many noble ladies married before reaching the age of 18. For example, Queen of France, Anne of Brittany, was arranged to marry Maximilian I ’s agent at the age of 15. It is also common for princesses to marry at the age of sixteen or seven.

Annie celebrates her 18th birthday and turns 18, indeed she has reached the age of marriage. As for Simon and Albert, I do n’t know why, the age of European noble men married is generally relatively old. Many nobles only got married in their thirties, and it was normal to get married in their twenties.

Moreover, Europe does not have a tradition of ordering older children to get married before it is their turn. Although Anne is the youngest, because she is a girl, Simon and Albert will get married first.

But the question now is-to whom does Anne marry?

You know, Anne is Marin's only sister and a very princess. Unlike Simon and Albert. Simon and Albert, although princes, have no inheritance rights because of Caesar's birth. Therefore, when selecting marriage partners, they are often passive and likely to be "low-matched." After all, they have no inheritance rights and cannot reach the princely level. [] Therefore, unless you are lucky, it is difficult to marry the princess. Even if you can marry a princess, it is the kind of princess who is difficult to marry. For example, it looks ugly, defective, or it is the princess of the weak princely family.

But Annie is different. Most princesses will be "highly matched". Because, according to usual practice, the heirs of the princes will definitely marry a princess, otherwise the whole family will be embarrassed.

Just like Marin, who married Angela (the daughter of the knight) (actually the daughter of the pope), was despised by many nobles. Because, princes and knights differ by several levels. Marin married a "knight daughter", definitely lowering the family grade ......

Of course, the Huffman family was originally an upstart in the aristocratic world, and was despised by many traditional old aristocrats. Although, because of Marin's strong prestige, no one dared to despise Marin in person. However, in the background, there are still many old nobles who discriminated against the birth of Marin.

After all, although Marin is the blood of the Brock family, Marin's mother, Mrs. Mary, married old Hoffman as a little knight, and it was "low". Therefore, as the son of a knight, Marin is also "low-profile" in the eyes of those old nobles. Even, many people think that Marin is right to marry Angela, the "knight's daughter" ...

Marin hurried back to Aurich, specially let Angela in the palace, held a grand birthday party and birthday ball for Annie, and introduced Princess Anne to everyone.

In addition to the nobles of East Friesland, at the request of Mrs. Mary, Angela also invited many ambassadors to Aurich ’s special envoy to attend the ball.

The reason is that Mrs. Mary wants to use this platform to recommend Anne to countries ...

After all, those special envoys from various countries are likely to recommend Anne to their princes after seeing Anne's beauty. In this way, Anne can marry a foreign prince.

The old Hoffman and Mrs. Mary have a high spirit, they believe that as the only sister of a powerful prince, and such a beautiful and educated, they should not marry the noble domestic nobles, but should marry Prince. If it is a crown prince with inheritance rights, it would be even better.

Therefore, they asked Marin to arrange a grand birthday party and court ball to show the embassy of the East Frisian princess-Anne ...

In order to make Anne's appearance amazing, Hoffman even asked Marin to act as a designer to design a beautiful evening dress and styling for Anne. After all, the clothes that Marin designed for Angela look beautiful.

Therefore, the hard-working Marin and the tailors fought all night, and finally made a set of silk princess dresses for Anne according to Marin's memory.

The princess dress was pink, showing a little shoulder, but the skirt angle dragged to the ground. After all, the women's clothing of this era does not show thighs, that is too frivolous. Even if he bares his shoulders, he only shows a little, and he doesn't dare to reveal. After all, people were more conservative during this period because of the Catholic pressure.

The style of the whole skirt was made somewhat inconspicuous by Marin. It seems that there is a mixed version like a folk cheongsam and a princess dress ...

However, this style is very obvious ...

When Annie wore a pink princess dress and a wreath, and appeared at the banquet, it caused a huge sensation ...

I have long heard about the beauty of Princess Anne, but because of Marin's relationship, the East Frisian aristocracy is not very popular for holding dances and parties. Therefore, Anne rarely appears in public, but is rumored to be beautiful.

The "young talents" of East Friesland saw the beautiful and unmatched Annie, and their saliva was running down. In addition to her beautiful clothes, Anne herself is also pretty. Because of inheriting the beauty of Mrs. Mary, Anne is a young version of Mrs. Mary. Exquisite face, shy expression, plus beautiful clothes and rose perfume sprayed on the body ... Whether it is visually or visually, it is gorgeous.

Among the people present, I am afraid that only Angela can compete with Annie. However, today's banquet and ball were hosted by bodyguard Anne. Therefore, in order not to steal the young lady Anne's limelight, Angela put on old-fashioned clothes, which did not look so bright.

Not only were the young East Frisian talents present, but also the foreign envoys. As veteran politicians, they know exactly what the purpose of this banquet is.

Originally, they hadn't seen Annie, and they didn't feel anything. After all, the Huffman family is not an old glory family. However, today, after seeing Princess Anne herself, they suddenly felt-even if their background was not so prominent. But just by appearance, Princess Anne has already dumped most of the princesses ...

Of course ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Depends on the description of the envoys going back, Marin felt that it was not enough, so he called Da Vinci:

"Ada, help Annie draw a few oil paintings, faster!"

"Why? I have to work on the steam engine!" Da Vinci was a little unhappy. Wattification of the Newcomen steam engine is his main job. Moreover, the critical moment has come.

"Let's put it first. Now, East Friesland's biggest task is to find a suitable husband for Princess Anne!"

"You mean, let me paint her a little more beautiful, and then attract those princes?"

"Nonsense, Anne is already so beautiful and needs to be more beautiful? You just have to draw the real situation."

Leonardo looked at Annie dancing on the dance floor and nodded:

"That's true, Princess Anne is indeed beautiful."

In this way, Leonardo made an oil painting on the spot for Annie. Then, Marin asked him-to repeat a dozen copies ...

So, Leonardo spent three days ...

Three days later, dozens of Anne ’s oil paintings were sent to the envoys of various countries. Malinte asked Jeffrey to ask them to bring the painting of Princess Anne back to her country and give it to her monarch and prince, so as to attract those princes ...

What Marin and Leonardo did not expect was that these dozen oil paintings were later preserved and became Leonardo's masterpiece-"Princess Anne" ...

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