Gieselfried

Gieselfried is the archduke of Ahrensbach, husband of Georgine and father of Detlinde.

Spoiler from Part 4 Volume 4 During the civil war Gieselfried positioned his duchy on the side that would eventually win the conflict. Despite this, the duchy was not spared the purges that the victorious royal family and Klassenberg insisted on. One of the victims of the purge was Gieselricht's second wife. She was not directly implicated in any disloyal acts, but due to being the little sister of Aub Werkestock - a supporter of the first and later the fourth prince - she was still condemned and executed. Gieselfried was able to successfully negotiate with the king to spare her children under the condition that they would be demoted to archnobles and thus eliminted from the race for succession.

A short time after the purge his only son Wolfram died too. With all his remaining unmarried children having mana capacities unbefitting of an Aub of a great duchy, Gieselfried approached Drewanchel and succesfully secured the right to adopt his granddauther Letizia, the grandchild of him and his first wife. She has been designated as the heir to the title of Aub Ahrensbach.

Around the time Rozemyne was adopted into Ehrenfest's archducal family, Gieselfried's first wife died and his former third wife Georgine has been promoted to first wife.

He has several daughters of whom only the youngest Detlinde is currently unmarried.

Spoiler from Part 4 Volume 4 Right now Gieselfried and Georgine are looking for a suitable husband for Detlinde. Since the successor has already been decided and they want to avoid strife within their duchy, they are looking for someone who lacks the ambition or standing to push Detlinde to try to take the title of successor away from Letizia. With his tarnished reputation and family ties to Ahrensbach, Wilfried appears to be a perfect candiate, but unfortunately he has recently been announced to be betrothed to Lady Rozemyne and the king already gave them his blessings, dashing their hopes of arranging a marrage between the cousins.