Francesca di Lucca
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 Attending 2018 Elfsea's "Disney" Baronial as the Alice In Wonderland Caterpillar | ||||||||
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Honorable Lady Francesca di Lucca
Previously Known As:
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Additional Registered Heraldry:
Offices:
- Paypal Deputy, Kingdom of Ansteorra
- Deputy in Charge of Special Projects, Office of Star Signet
Persona History:
Italian, 14th C.
Interests:
- Illumination
- All Sorts of Fiber Arts
- Cheese-making
- Period Cooking
Timeline of Activity:
2015
- Attended Wiesenfeuer Yule
2016
- Crown Tournament
- wInterKingdom - Learned how to make butter. This event was the first time I got to stay and enjoy a feast, and it really made a big impression!
- Wiesenfeuer Yule - became engaged to Thomas de Groet
2017
(Was not able to attend events, but got married!)
2018
- Mooneschadowe Provincial Games
- Coronation
- Northkeep Castellan
- Kingdom Heraldic & Scribal
- Elfsea Baronial - our group had an epic Alice in Wonderland theme. Adalia von der Berg was the Queen of Hearts, and it took endless hours to make all the garb come together.
- Mooneschadowe Triumphe - I talked a non-SCA friend into attending, and explaining everything to her was so much fun!
2019
- Crown Tournament, held by Northkeep
- Winter Round Table- started working as Kingdom Paypal Deputy's deputy
- Northkeep wInterkingdom
- Gulf Wars - received Award of Arms
- Mead Wars- freezing
- Coronation- Vlad I and Margaret II, Duncan, OK
- Loch Soillier Stargate Co-Baronial--wonderful site
- Beltane
- Queen's Champion -
- Castellan - so. much. rain.
- Steppes Warlord - great event, I did an original scroll for Royal Huntsman
- Sunfest demo
- Steppes Artisan
- Summer Crown - Created an original scroll as a thank you to the site owners
- Summer Red Tape
- Pennsic
- Braggarts War - Sid Richardson
- Bryn Gwlad 40th Year
- Kingdom 40th year - I was recognized by Countess Michelle with a string of pearls for my service
- Stepdown / Coronation of Cristyana and Sven
- Northern Border Skirmishes
- Axman - passed along an original Queens Blade of Honor scroll I made to Her Majesty Cristyana
- Wiesenfeuer Yule
2020
- Winter Roundtable - Denton, TX
- wInterkingdom - my first event to autocrat. My co autocrat got the flu, but the day went smoothly anyway thanks to my amazing team. Received Hero's Portion, won largess derby
- Gulf Wasn't - left for site and made it to somewhere in Arkansas before it was canceled.
- Virtual Beltane - competed for Iron Artisan
- Virtual Coronation / Step-down
- Virtual Castellan
- Created original scroll for Kings Dream, in all the corona virus confusion, it was assigned twice, so we redid ours for a future use.
Prior Groups:
Populace Provided Information:
Notable Contributions or Accomplishments:
- Co-Event Steward, Northkeep wInterKingdom 2020
- Won the (Royally judged) Largess Derby at Northkeep wInterKingdom 2020
- Deputy to the Kingdom Paypal Deputy
- Deputy in charge of special projects, Office of Star Signet
Non-Armigerous Awards and Recognitions:
- Merlon of Northkeep from Elisaveta af Isefjord and Beorhlic Folcwineson, 6th Baroness & Baron of Northkeep (2020)
- L’Esprit de la Tour Noir from Elisaveta af Isefjord and Beorhlic Folcwineson, 6th Baroness & Baron of Northkeep (1/2021)
- Le Bâtisseur of Northkeep, from Jehanne de Montauban and Perrin de Beaujeu, 7th Baroness & Baron on January 2022
Original Scribal Works:
- Conal III: Guardian of the Queen's Hope
- Vlad I and Margaret II:
- Royal Huntsman
- Court Barony for Geoffrey de Gournay
- Site Owner Thank you Letter
- Cristyana I and Sven III: Queen's Blade
- Jason III and Margherita III:
- Guardian of the King's Dream
- Kingdom Middle Eastern Dance (See Gallery)
- Letters Patent for Zubeydah Hanim (See gallery)
Gallery:
- Selected Projects
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Letters Patent for Zubeydah. Illumination by Francesca, calligraphy by Thomas
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2024 Middle Eastern Dance Champion scroll
Affiliations:
- Married to Thomas de Groet
Mundane Information:
I take LOTS of sca photos, and post them to my Facebook albums. Mundanely, I am an amateur photographer, and manage a veterinary hospital. I'm married to the (prior) baronial herald, and we have cats (the number changes), 1 bird, and 1 lizard.
Special Needs:
In Case of Court:
