Cossetton family

Cossetton family
The emblem of the Cossetton family (argent a fess azure charged with one lion passant guardant argent, in chief a scale azure, and in base 33 hearts azure)
Current region	Cossetton, Meridon
Place of origin	Meridon
Founded	circa 1440s
Founder	Miguel Cossetton
Estate(s)	Caelum

This article is about the family. For the city in Alexandria Territory, see Cossetton.

The Cossetton Family is a highly wealthy, formerly royal family living in Meridon, primarily in central northern Alexandria Territory around the eponymous city of Cossetton they founded and at one point ruled. Hailing from nobility in Arcadia, they financed and established a city-state colony in Cossetton in northern Alexandria, which was a marked outlier in the island's geopolitcal environment of the time. The Cossettons, benefitting from a prime position on the country's north, benefitted greatly from trade routes to the north and east. It lead the city-state against Union forces during the Second Meridonian Civil War unsuccessfully, leading to their desacrilization and eventual ousting from governance. The Cossettons, through their mercantile and economic connections, maintained control of much of their properties and wealth despite this and maintained veritable political control over the city until the early 1900s. They participated heavily in Meridonian governance until President Phillippe Cosseton, Sr. was asssasinated in 1908.

The Cossetons are one of the oldest and richest families in Meridon and still retain considerably economic and political- particularly the former- influence in Valleduroi and Bai-Roi districts of Alexandria Territory, coinciding with the historical boundaries of the Cossetian city-state. They maintain various business ventures and are regularly featured in Meridonian conspiracy theories due to their past nature of perceived 'underhanded' political maneuvering, expansive wealth, and familial secrecy.

Current members

The Cossetton family is patrilineal and agnatic and traces its descent through the male line.

Main branch

Jean-Luc Cossetton

Jean-Luc (born 21 August 1942) is the current patriarch and head of the Cossetton family. He serves as the chairman of the Cossetton Group, managing its properties and possessions.

Valerie Cossetton

Valerie (born 3 May 1982) is the second wife of Jean-Luc after his prior wife, Elvire, died in 1996. Prior to her marriage she was a personal secretary to Jean-Luc. They married in 1997.

Lucas Cossetton

Lucas (born 8 September 1962) is the eldest son of Jean-Luc by his prior wife, Elvire, and is a proprietor of various sports, music, and entertainment organizations and venues. He is married to fashion model Magdalene Canterly, with whom he has five children- Jean (1986), Jean-Luc Jr. (1994), Monique (1998), Edward (2004), and Lucine (2009).

Annamarie Cossetton

Annnamarie (born 2 July 1968) is the second child and eldest daughter of Jean-Luc. She is married to industry magnate Johnathan Yisterly. Annamarie's portfolio includes a number of luxury property management groups and media groups, some co-operated with her older brother. She has no children.

Francine Cossetton

Francine (born 16 September 1988) is the youngest daughter and child of Jean-Luc and the only child he had with Valerie Cossetton. She is married into the Aureumterran royal family to Prince(?) Gustav.

See also

• Cossetton for the history of the city-state and current city in Alexandria.