77th Crown

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Gabriel of Maccuswell II & Sonja Ryzaja II

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Photo by Dianna Herring

Crown Info:

*King: Gabriel II (Gabriel of Maccuswell) (OP)

*Queen: Sonja II (Sonja Ryzaja (OP)

*Crown Tournament: January 14, 2017 in Shadowlands

*Coronation: April 8, 2017 at Elfsea

*Stepped down: October 14, 2017 at Elfsea

*Predecessors: Jason Drysdale & Margherita de Mantua

*Heirs: Lochlann Dunn IV and Gwen verch Cynwrig de Ynys Mon III

*Crowns of Ansteorra

Overview:

An overview of their reign.

Lion: Abd al-Mahdi Jamal ibn Hakim

Queen's Champion: Avery Shaw

King's Champion: Wilhelm von Bellatrix (OP)

Queen's Blade of Honor: Corvin Fenarro

Royal Lancer:

King's Blade of Chivalry: William Cameron de Blakstan

Royal Huntsman: Alvin de Clairemont

Guardian of the Queen's Hope: Aurora of Ansteorra & Gotfrid der Weiss

Royal Blade: Miguel Sebastian de Oporto

Guardian of the King's Dream: Jakob of the Pale Dragons

Chancellor: Grafin Amelot Lisette de Blammont (OP)

King's Gauntlet

• Alejandro Ramirez Mendoza
• Wilhelm von Bellatrix

Notes: Metalwork for 1 pair of King's Gauntlets made by Katrionna Heather MacLochlainn.

Queen's Gloves

• Amelot Lisette
• Avery Shaw
• Lessandra della Torre

Notes: Queen's Gloves made by Anastasiia Dmitrieva Sokolova.

Progress while Prince and Princess:

• Crown Tourney - Shadowlands
• Roundtable - Mooneschadowe
• Sable Soldier Project II
• Provincial Games - Mooneschadowe
• Kingdom A&S - Rosenfeld
• Gulf Wars XXVI
• Commanders Crucible - Hellsgate
• Coronation - Elfsea

Intended Royal Progress:

• Coastal Grand Baronials - Stargate
• A Duel at Dusk - Bjornsborg
• Elfsea Defender and Royal Huntsman - Elfsea
• Squires and Cadets - Loch Soilleir
• Queen's Champion - Ffynnon Gath
• Guardian of the Tor - Dragonsfire Tor
• Steppes Warlord - Steppes
• Bhakail Investiture and K&Q Rattan Champions - Kingdom of the East
• King's College - Steppes
• Ansteorra Heraldic & Scribal Symposium - Raven's Fort
• Crown Tournament - Bonwicke
• Roundtable - Raven's Fort
• Pennsic XLVI
• Glaslyn Artisan of the Flame - Glaslyn
• Braggart's War - Bonwicke
• Laurel's Prize Tourney - Bryn Gwlad
• Triumphe of the Eclipse - Mooneschadowe
• War of Ages - Ffynnon Gath
• Fall Baronial - Bryn Gwlad
• Namron Protectorate - Namron
• Coronation/King's Champion (TBD)

Peers:

Biau-douz de la Mare (OP)	2017-04-15	Laurel
Deanna della Penna (OP)	2017-05-27	Laurel
Galen of Ockham (OP)	2017-06-10	Laurel
Sarran the Traveler (OP)	2017-07-08	KSCA
Amelot Lisette (OP)	2017-09-02	Pelican
Colleen O'Kelly (OP)	2017-09-03	Pelican
Brian O hUilliam (OP)	2017-09-09	Pelican
Bridget Rede of Dunvegan (OP)	2017-09-16	Laurel
Ceallach mac Domhnaill (OP)	2017-09-30	Defense
Micolay Haiduk (OP)	2017-10-07	KSCA
Vigdis Grafeldr (OP)	2017-10-07	Laurel
Vincenti da Murano (OP)	2017-10-07	Pelican

Populace Provided Information

One of my favorite memories is Gabriel and Sonja giving me my Award of Arms at Steppes Warlord. Sonja was and is an inspiring individual. (Gabriel is alright as well). Sonja has never treated anyone as lesser than her, even when she was queen. She always had time for anyone who wanted her ear for a moment (or ten). When we brought our daughter out with us to her very first event, Gabriel and Sonja actually got down on her level to talk to her (she was 2 at the time), it made my heart melt. -- Nalka Um Al-Jafna

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So I went to a princess's tea for a princess I really knew nothing about other than she had played in the East and that she fought chiv. She listened to those of us who were there, she was encouraging and really cared what we felt. It inspired this broken old cadet to really put in the effort to train and compete seriously in her Queen's. There were many ups and downs that day, by the semi-finals I had popped my elbow twice and my right knee was significantly swollen form a double lunge a couple rounds earlier. The semis were a best 2 out of 3 and I had taken the first point. On a retreat in the second I ripped the ground up under the right foot and it slid and I fell. I thought I was cramping in the calf, but it turned out I pulled something in there. I got up, yielded that point to my opponent. Fought the third point and lost. I hobbled off the field, thanked her majesty for the honor of allowing me to fight in her tourney. Then had to be helped to my pavilion on the other side of the list field. I had sat down and Dianna was trying to work my calf muscle loose when Her Majesty Sonja and her entourage processed across the field to my pavilion. As she approached, I was starting to attempt to rise so I could bow, when she waved for me to stay seated. She had court reopened in our pavilion so that she could give me a Queen's Rapier. Later in the reign, she made me a White Scarf, but that memory of the courtesy she showed is one of my more wonderful memories in the SCA. - Stephen Blakeley