Talk:Wilmal Etol von Asgahan/@comment-24.211.63.247-20200511161851/@comment-108.28.174.188-20200522163446

1: Elise | 2: Wilmal | 3: Katharina | 4: Louise | 5: Iina | N/A: Amalie

The reason for the difference is that the order of the wives is not the order they became fiancees, but the social standing of the wives prior. Elise holds top-spot, but Wilmal takes second due to having been adopted by one of the senior ministers. Katharina gets third because she came from an actual knighthood.

The other two are lower because they were daughters of un-ranked retainers only (officially they're the same rank, however the book treats Louise as higher without ever actually giving a reason while the anime makes it seem like it's because she was pushier about becoming a concubine than Iina was).

Amalie is a special case; she only becomes a mistress to Wend, though if she were a wife she would actually end up ranking between Katharina and Louise/Iina.