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Motto: ''CAPITE OMNIA'' | |||
''To Capture All'' | |||
Edward St John de Nobbes was the last Earl of Ankh, who lived some 80-100 years before the "present day". His family has been nobility for many generations and could trace their line all the way back to a cousin of the [[Lorenzo the Kind|last king of Ankh-Morpork]]. Despite dalliances with chambermaids and other members of the lower orders, he "died without issue", and the line died out. | |||
However, one of those dalliances with a "parlourmaid of unknown lineage" had the inconvenient long-term result of [[Slope Nobbs]]... | However, one of those dalliances with a "parlourmaid of unknown lineage" had the inconvenient long-term result of [[Slope Nobbs]]... | ||
There was also the issue that an Earl is the highest rank of nobility save for that of duke (which Ankh-Morpork did not have either). So should the line to be resurrected then any Earl of Ankh would have a claim to the [[Throne Room|Golden Throne of Ankh]]. | |||
[[Category:Discworld characters|de Nobbes, Edward St John]] | [[Category:Discworld characters|de Nobbes, Edward St John]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 03:23, 5 April 2014
Motto: CAPITE OMNIA
To Capture All
Edward St John de Nobbes was the last Earl of Ankh, who lived some 80-100 years before the "present day". His family has been nobility for many generations and could trace their line all the way back to a cousin of the last king of Ankh-Morpork. Despite dalliances with chambermaids and other members of the lower orders, he "died without issue", and the line died out.
However, one of those dalliances with a "parlourmaid of unknown lineage" had the inconvenient long-term result of Slope Nobbs...
There was also the issue that an Earl is the highest rank of nobility save for that of duke (which Ankh-Morpork did not have either). So should the line to be resurrected then any Earl of Ankh would have a claim to the Golden Throne of Ankh.