Portrait of the counts of Windenburg, ca. 1856
Count Simon Crumplebottom was a skilled businessman whose mining company increased the family fortune. However, he had a passionate and incredible love story with Maeve Shallot, daughter of Lord Bernard Escargot Shallot IV and Lady Mimsy Alcorn Shallot. Friends since childhood, they had to fight against the prejudices of the time and the reluctance of Count Simon's father to marry Simon and Maeve.
After the fire at the Von Haunt Estate and the death of the Shallot, Maeve became the undisputed heir to their fortune and heritage, winning the approval of Simon's snobbish father. They were together in life for more than 75 years and their descendants honor their memory in this portrait.
From SimNation's Historical Bulletin.