Amalia of Rohan

Amalia Rohan, simply called the Lady Rohan (798 BE - 846 BE ) was a mid-century Yutemond noblewoman and court official. She was the governess of the children of Ulpia II of Korlat. She is known better as Madame Governess, and was Countess of Iron Ville in her own right.
== History ==
=== Early life ===
Amalia de Rohan was the second daughter of Charles of Rohan, Prince of Fort Middle-Earth. The Princes of Fort Middle-Earth were a cadet branch of the House of Rohan. 
As the House of Rohan claimed descent from the kings of Reovell (prior to the death of Isabella of Reovell and her son Gudaulpue the Reovell kingdom was defunct) its remaining extended members who surrendered to Ulpia the First and joined the nobility of Yutemond were treated at court as foreign princes with the style of Highness.
== Court of Ulpia II ==
In 827 BE, Amalia of Rohan, the former Countess of Iron Ville resigned the post of governess to the royal children in favour of Amalia, who was her niece. From 827 BE to 830 BE, Amalia was in charge of the household of Ulpia Minor's oldest child, Baldwin of Yutemond known at court as Monsieur Imperial. In this role, she was in charge of a staff of over one hundred courtiers and servants.
During her tenure as royal governess, she was in accordance with her position not allowed to leave court except with a written permission from the sovereign, a permission she asked only to attend the parties of clerics. She became an influential personal friend of Galerius of Stratham, and was alleged to have had a bad influence upon him, mainly by introducing her to wasteful and expensive habits such as arranging illegal games with high stakes.
She was described as intelligent and with an interest in spiritualism: "though endowed with considerable intellectual power, spent her time in pursuing the follies of spiritualism", and in possession of a large collection of famous jewels, which she seldom wore but regularly lent to others and were therefore frequently seen at formal occasions.
In 830 BE, Amalia was forced to resign her post due to a scandal created by her husband's mounting debt of 33 million coins, a debt that eventually, in 832 BE, led to the sale of the Hotel Rohan. Galerius did secure a pension for Amalia for his service at court, but the couple was banned, and the friendship between the King and Amalia was discontinued.
After the bankruptcy, which was viewed as a scandal, the couple was ostracized from society, and Amalia took residence in a palace provided by her father; she was regarded to bear the scandal with dignity.
== Death ==
Amalia died in Iron Ville in 846 BE at the age of 48. Her widower surviving her by two years.
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