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Julia Memendin Albraun, the new Duchess of the Duchy of Affnaria. She said that the previous Duke was actually her Uncle, but she had already demonstrated to us that she didn't care about him one bit.
She stated that he made her mother's life hell when they were younger, so I assume her mother is part of the royal family while her father is the outsider. I don't know how royalty works, but if they gave a woman a duchy, they don't discriminate by gender as much as in Earth's past.
Usually, Duchess' were very rare, and often the husband, even if an outsider, ended up becoming the Duke of the Duchy at the end while they were left behind. But this young girl seems to have been given the role of Duchess, and she looks way too young to be married.