Talk:Wendelin von Benno Baumeister/@comment-45047881-20200627125056/@comment-45880342-20200627185659

Normally, yes. Injecting the daughter of a Margrave/Duke into the harem would be troublesome. In this case, however, there are a few mitigating factors: 1. She’s young. That means Elise has a degree of seniority that stems from being an earlier wife, plus Elise gave him an heir even before Philine is old enough to marry in. 2. The Margrave/Duke is extremely politically savvy, and wouldn’t push for her to get recognition as first-wife due to the fallout it would have elsewhere. 3. She was illegitimate. In a sense, that lowers her standing singlehandedly. But in another way, that also means she is uncultured (she has to be taught by Elise how to act like a noble) which means that high-society would likely push back against it.