The Capp Family Ancestors
I never really touched the Veronaville family but I thought it would be fun to redesign them with more period accuracy. Anyway, I'm not too familiar with Shakespeare, history, and peerage, so correct me if I'm mistaken or let me know if you have suggestions!
Firstly we've got Cleopatra and Antony Capp, the founders of the Capp family. I picture Lady Cleopatra as nobility in Veronaville, as Countess of Veronaville and the matriarch of the House of Capp. Her husband was Lord Antony, Count of Veronaville, who was her loyal supporter and managed the territory and its various estates.
Their daughter, Lady Scribonia, was a sickly equestrian and the only heiress to the House of Capp, which was becoming impoverished. She had an arranged marriage with Octavius, Baron of Monte Vista, an ambitious man from a more powerful but lesser ranking family.
Despite taking the Capp name, his family's wealth and influence saved the Capp's legacy when he worked together with his father-in-law, Antony.
The marriage of Octavius and Scribonia produced only one heiress, Lady Contessa Capp. Scribonia died early on, and left her daughter Contessa to be raised by Octavius and her grandparents, but Octavius too would die.
Octavius' father, Lord Julius Caesar, the previous Baron of Monte Vista and a local politician, was not a well-liked man who was assasinated by his enemies. He left behind Lady Calpurnia, the Dowager Baroness of Veronaville, as his widow. She was the one that arranged the union of Octavius and Scribonia.
Though the House of Capp remained strong in Veronaville, they were no longer considered as true ‘nobility’. With the passing of Cleopatra, Contessa would become the matriarch of the family.
She was known as Lady Contessa, Countess of Veronaville, who was brought up by her maternal grandfather and paternal grandmother. In her old age, she reigned on as an influential figure in the founding of Veronaville and the president of the family estate.
