Otho von Braunschweig
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| + | The Lippstadt Alliance conspired against the Imperial Government, planning to launch a preemptive assault on the [[Imperial Capital]] to arrest both Lichtenlade and Reinhard. Information of the planned coup leaked to [[Reinhard von Lohengramm]]'s admiralty, however, and he moved immediately to arrest the conspirators for treason. Immediately prior to this, Duke Braunschweig rejected a suggestion by [[Anton Fellner]] to assassinate Duke Lohengramm and to capture his sister, [[Annerose von Grünewald]], instead preferring to face Duke Lohengramm in open conflict. Duke Braunschweig's insistence on overcoming Reinhard von Lohengramm in direct battle was based on the motive of establishing a political advantage in the expected following struggle with Marquis Littenheim for control of the throne. The Lippstadt Alliance's plans were cut short and the Imperial Civil War began when Duke Lohengramm pre-eemptively moved to arrest the members of the Lippstadt Alliance. | ||
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| + | Of the total 3760 [[High Nobles]] that joined the Lippstadt Alliance, 625 were arrested, but the ringleaders of the conspiracy, Littenheim and Braunschweig, managed to escape [[Odin]]. Together, they fled to [[Geiersburg Fortress]] and marshaled their forces, determined to settle things with Reinhard on the field of battle. ({{logh|018}}) | ||
===Legacy=== | ===Legacy=== | ||
Revision as of 12:02, 1 August 2012
 Duke Braunschweig (797 UC (488 IC / 3597 CE)) | |
| Gender: | Male |
| Affiliation: | Galactic Empire (Lippstadt Alliance) |
| Rank: | Fleet admiral (Lippstadt Alliance) |
| Flagship(s): | Berlin |
| Status: | Deceased (murder) |
| Died: | 797 UC (488 IC / 3597 CE) |
| Played by: | Osamu Kobayashi |
Otho von Braunschweig (Japanese: オットー・フォン・ブラウンシュヴァイク) was an Imperial Duke, who married a daughter of Kaiser Friedrich IV. Otto von Braunschweig was also uncle to Baron Flegel.
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Political career
The Klopstock Incident
In Imperial Year 786, Otto von Braunschweig held a birthday party for his wife, Elizabeth von Goldenbaum. Elizabeth's father, Kaiser Friedrich IV, was expected to attend the party. The disgraced Imperial Marquis Klopstock presented Duke Braunschweig with a magnificent portrait of Rudolf von Goldenbaum, and in return Braunschweig allowed Klopstock to attend the party, ostensibly so that the Marquis could entreat Kaiser Friedrich IV to allow his grandchildren back into the Imperial Court. Presumably, Braunschwieg would gain the obligation of the marquis for any future favors.
Thirty years prior, Klopstock had supported Clementz von Goldenbaum as Kaiser, rather than Friedrich IV. In retaliation, Marquis Klopstock and his entirely family were banished from the Imperial Court. It was not the kaiser who banished Klopstock, but the kaiser's retainers who used the kaiser's name to banish Klopstock. The Marquis gained entry to the party by begging Braunschweig to help him convince the Kaiser to allow his grandchildren to return to the Imperial Court. Otto von Braunschweig agreed.
The night of the party, Marquis Klopstock prepared an explosive device disguised as a cane, and timed it to explode at 7:00pm, shortly after Kaiser Friedrich IV's expected arrival. When Klopstock left the estate, Siegfried Kircheis (who had not been allowed inside due to his common birth) noticed that he had left the cane inside. En route to the party, Friedrich IV developed a stomachache (possibly, he drank too much) and decided not to attend the party.
Suspicious of the missing cane, Siegfried Kircheis attempted to enter the estate but was not initially allowed inside. Braunschweig's aide, Commodore Ansbach, offered to summon Reinhard von Lohengramm to the door, but the can exploded before he could do so. Fortunately, moments before the explosion, the cane had been removed from the main ballroom, preventing the deaths of Reinhard von Lohengramm, Magdalena von Westfalen, Baron Flegel and Otto von Braunschweig.
Marquis Klopstock learned of his failure to kill either Braunschweig or Friedrich IV and set his home on fire, killing himself. The Imperial security forces there to arrest Klopstock, led by captain Anton Ferner, refused to douse the flames because there was a statue of Rudolph von Goldenbaum in front of the gate: to break through would be to disrespect to first Kaiser.
The Imperial Civil War
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The Lippstadt Alliance conspired against the Imperial Government, planning to launch a preemptive assault on the Imperial Capital to arrest both Lichtenlade and Reinhard. Information of the planned coup leaked to Reinhard von Lohengramm's admiralty, however, and he moved immediately to arrest the conspirators for treason. Immediately prior to this, Duke Braunschweig rejected a suggestion by Anton Fellner to assassinate Duke Lohengramm and to capture his sister, Annerose von Grünewald, instead preferring to face Duke Lohengramm in open conflict. Duke Braunschweig's insistence on overcoming Reinhard von Lohengramm in direct battle was based on the motive of establishing a political advantage in the expected following struggle with Marquis Littenheim for control of the throne. The Lippstadt Alliance's plans were cut short and the Imperial Civil War began when Duke Lohengramm pre-eemptively moved to arrest the members of the Lippstadt Alliance.
Of the total 3760 High Nobles that joined the Lippstadt Alliance, 625 were arrested, but the ringleaders of the conspiracy, Littenheim and Braunschweig, managed to escape Odin. Together, they fled to Geiersburg Fortress and marshaled their forces, determined to settle things with Reinhard on the field of battle. (LOGH: 'The Lippstadt Conspiracy')
Legacy
Duke Braunschweig epitomised the final decadence and incompetence of the nobility of the Galactic Empire, under the rule of the Goldenbaum dynasty. Having inherited vast wealth and territory from birth, he took for granted his power and station. He valued bloodline and pedigree and scorned those of lower birth than him. He was biased towards the nobility, even when they had transgressed military law. Arrogant, he refused to listen to advisors and insisted on meddling in military affairs despite his own lack of ability. He viewed the people under his rule as his own personal property, to be treated and if need be killed in any fashion he wanted, and took the loyalty of his retainers for granted.
His actions in causing the Westerland Massacre forever lost the high nobles and the Goldenbaum dynasty any support they might have had from the rest of the population.
Family Life
It was a suppressed fact that Elisabeth von Braunschweig, and Sabine von Littenheim, had inherited a genetic disease via their mothers, who were sisters. Under the Inferior Genes Exclusion Act, this would have made Sabine and Elisabeth ineligible for the throne, and would have disgraced both Duke Braunschweig and Marquis Littenheim. (The Retriever|Chapter IV)
Appendices
Apocrypha
Otho is a mistranslation/misspelling of the common German given name Otto, which was also held by Otto von Bismarck, the German Chancellor during the Weimar Republic. Braunschweig is a big city in the southeast of the county of Lower Saxony. The noble family of von Braunschweig is descends from the Guelphs themselves.
Appearances
- LOGH:
(8)
- 'The Klopstock Incident' (first appearance)
- 'New Trends'
- 'The Lippstadt Conspiracy'
- 'Bloodshed in Space'
- 'Courage and Loyalty'
- 'The Fall of Goldenbaum' (death)
- 'The Day Before Destiny' (corpse)
- 'Farewell, Distant Memories' (corpse)
Name variations
- Otto von Braunschweig (LD subtitles)
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