Frenbeltag



The Duchy of Frenbeltag is a region in the eastern parts of the kingdom of Yurgenschmidt, and currently holds the state of a middle duchy. The current Archduke of Frenbeltag is Florencia's elder brother and his first wife is Aub Sylvester's elder sister.

The territory is bordered by the following other territories:
 * The duchy of Ehrenfest to the East
 * The duchy of Ahrensbach to the Southeast
 * The former territory of the duchy of Zausengas to the North
 * The former territory of the duchy of Trostwerk to the Northwest
 * the former territory of the duchy of Scharfer to the Southwest
 * The former territory of the duchy of Werkerstock to the South

Several years ago there was a coup within the Sovereignty. Frenbeltag was fully involved in the civil war, but was allied to the faction that ultimatley lost. This defeat along with the mass executions among the nobility caused the duchy to lose much of it's political power and led to massive mana shortages, even more severe than those in Ehrenfest. Their current place in the duchy rankings is fifteen, the lowest of the middle duchies.

Due to both the Aub and his first wife being the respectiv siblings of their Ehrenfest counterparts, they have a very strong position in negotiations with their neighbor. This enabled them to repeatedly ask for Ehrenfest to fill small chalices for them during the Dedication Ritual, even when the Ehrenfest temple didn't have the spare mana capacity to fill them all, requiring Sylvester to use the mana of two imprisoned criminals to supplement the mana of the local priesthood. At times Ferdinand is able to mitigate this effect to a certain degree, but not always.

During Rozemyne's coma Ehrenfest was no longer providing as many chalices to Frenbeltag as prior, leading the duchy to struggle more and more.

Once Rozemyne woke up again and started attending the Royal Academy, Rudiger - the son of the archducal couple - carefully inquired about whether she was already engaged with anyone, hinting at Frenbeltag seeking to strengthen their bonds with Ehrenfest even further, with another marriage between the two duchies.

Spoiler from Part 4 Volume 5 Hearing how the archduke's children of Ehrenfest were helping with the Spring Prayer inspired Rudiger to ask his parents for permission to do the same. Likely due to how desperate the situation in their duchy was, they gave him their permission and as a result that year's harvest was considerably larger than the previous ones. The effect was big enough that it even brought hope back to the dejected nobles of the duchy.