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Prince Lucius Duke of Lyressa | |
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| Royal Chancellor of Belfras | |
| In office 4 August 1945 – 18 October 1974 | |
| Monarch | Georgio |
| Preceded by | Peter Vanderos, Duke of Orestes |
| Succeeded by | Gregory Halbert |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lucius Michael Constantine 7 July 1903 Questros Palace, Belfras |
| Died | 18 September 1996 (age 93) |
| Children | |
| Parent(s) | Philippos Marina of Sydalon |
| Alma mater | Eredid Academy University of Ascanium |
| Military career | |
| Service/ | Federation Navy Military Council |
| Years of service | 1921 - 1944 |
| Rank | Fleet Admiral |
| Unit | Classis Leandros |
Prince Lucius, Duke of Lyressa (born Lucius Michael Constantine; 7 July 1903 - 18 September 1996) was a member of the Belfrasian royal family. He was the third child and second son of the Sovereign Prince Philippos. He was the first member of the family born following the independence of Belfras at the start of the century and also the first to be born in Questros Palace, which had previously been the residence of the Latin Emperor when they were in the country. He served his country in the Armed Forces until his honorable discharge in 1944, following which he served as Chancellor for his nephew, Georgio, who had succeeded Philippos in 1924 at the age of 12. His tenure as Chancellor oversaw the country's involvement in the Social War in Latium and a large number of social and economic reforms that shaped the country through the middle half of the century. One of his largest achievements as chancellor was the nationalisation of the country's health sector and the law that made getting treatment free. His 30 year tenure as the Chancellor ended in 1974, at which point he retired to his estates in the west of the country until his death in 1996 at the age of 93.
At his birth, Prince Lucius was the second in line to the throne, at his death he had become XXX in line. He was praised by his nephew on his retirement as being the backbone of the Federation in it's maturing years.
Early life
Lucius was born at Questros Palace on 7 July 1903, the first of the royal family to be born at the palace since the independence of the country 3 years earlier. He was the third child and second son of the Sovereign Prince Philippos and was baptised at the Cathedral of Saint Peter on 23 July 1903. He was 20 years younger than his brother, Nicholaus who was still settling into the position of Hereditary Prince. With his father attending foreign visits to secure the independent country's relations, some of Lucius' early life saw him looked after by both his brother and by a governess.
On 15 March 1912 at the age of 7 Lucius lost his brother in the Belfro-Mutulese war of 1911, the birth of Nicholaus' son, Georgio one month later caused Lucius to be, for a month, the Hereditary Prince. The rest of Lucius' education at Questros concluded without incident and he was sent to the Eredid academy in Mondria where he took up horse riding and polo for academic sports during his studies. He spend six months in Latium on an exchange program to the University of Ascanium in Latium.
Military career
Chancellorship
Lucius left the military in 1944, having conducted a 23 year career honourably. In his forties, Lucius had planned to spend a few years quietly in his estates with his children and horses with one of his first monetary projects being the construction of a private yacht with which he intended to take his family on a tour of the Periclean and Ozeros. A year following his departure, however, he had been approached by his nephew the Sovereign Prince Georgio, who had been in power since 1924 but had just suffered the death of his chancellor, Peter Vanderos, Duke of Orestes from a short-term illness. Georgio had personally asked his uncle to accept the role of Chancellor, an executive position that would place him as the second most powerful man in the country behind Georgio himself. He had accepted it, reportedly on the grounds that it would be a short-term appointment.
Retirement
Death
Lucius died in the afternoon of 18 September 1996 at the age of 93 after suffering from pneumonia which had been attributed to old age. His sons Marcus and Servius had been at his bedside when he died.
The Royal household announced his death two days following his death on 20 September, to give the royal family time to ensure his friends had all been told personally before it became public. His funeral took place on Friday, 11 October 1996 which had been declared an emergency bank holiday by Sovereign Prince Nicholaus, who led mourners at his funeral. The ceremony, which took place at Questros Palace and the Cathedral of Saint Peter, had been attended by a group of 20,000 and a audience in the cathedral of 1,900. At the conclusion of the funeral Lucius' coffin was escorted out of Thessalona where it was transported to his estates in western Belfras, where he was buried in a plot of his choosing in his will.
In his life he had publicly enjoyed active hobbies such as football and his equestrian activities, which later on in his life evolved into raising horses for sport and leisure. He had put aside his own needs twice, to join the military and serve a fruitful career and to then serve as his nephews Chancellor for most of Georgio's reign.
Titles, styles, honors and arms
Styles of address
| Styles of The Prince Lucius | |
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| Reference style | His Royal Highness |
| Spoken style | Your Highness |
| Alternative style | His Highness |
- 7 July 1903 - 18 September 1996: His Royal Highness The Prince Lucius
- 15 October 1920 - 18 September 1996: His Royal Highness The Duke of Lyressa
As a Belfrasian Prince and a member of the House of Dimitrios, Lucius did not utilize a surname. In his military career and on occasion as Chancellor Lucius had to utilise a surname, during which he took on the Dimitrios name. Despite this, it is applicable for the surname of all children of the Sovereign to simply be "of Belfras". For ceremonial and formal purposes, all children of the Monarch - with exception to the heir apparent - are entitled to the rank of "prince" or "princess" after their Christian name followed by the territorial designation "of Belfras." As such Lucius was known in his life as "Prince Lucius, the Duke of Lyressa."
Honours
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Foreign Honours
Issue
| Name | Birth | Death | Marriage | Their children | |
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| Prince Marcus, Duke of Festus | 4 August 1937 | Married-date | Married-Partner | ||
| Prince Servius, Duke of Petra | 12 January 1935 | Married-date | Married-Partner |
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| Prince Marcellus, Duke of Balonus | 2 May 1924 | 12 April 2004 (age 79) | Married-date | Married-Partner |
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| Princess Faustina | 24 November 1920 | 5 August 2018 (age 98) | Married-date | Married-Partner |
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| Princess Camilla | 12 July 1948 | Married-date | Married-Partner |
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