Otto Antal

Otto Johnathan Benjamin Remus Antal II. was born to his parents Otto Jonathan Benjamin Remus Antal, and Magda Annalia Milady Antal (maiden name Backer) in the year 1703, on the 4th day of the of the 4th month (May), in the city of Vienna, Austro-Hungary.

His family being well-to-do people of the higher class, Otto - as a young child until age 7 was raised by an Austrian nanny. Then, from age 7 until 9 he was raised by a Gernam nanny, and from age 9 until 11, he was cared for by a Hungarian nanny. His parents had made this arrangement so that even at a young age, their child can master three languages at fluent level, and that in the near future, it will be easier for him to learn even more.

Otto had a private teacher at his parents' estate. His classes weekly were grammar, mathematics, philosophy, political sciences, history, and of course - manners. During these studies, he also learned the English language in his free time, to of course, a fluent level. By age twelve, Otto Antal was possibly the most mature child many of his parents' aquaintances have met.

At age 14, Otto was enrolled into Cambridge University, and after 6 years of attending univesity, he sucessfully achieved a Proffessoral Degree in Political Sciences. All throughout his studies at the university, he was at the top of his class, and later in his 6th year, elected head boy of the school. He only took six years, insead of seven because when he was in his 3rd year studies, he also completed his 4th year studies, and therefore skipped a grade. His teachers always had high hopes for him. Many envied him, for being possibly the most intelligent person - student or staff - at Cambridge University.

During his time at Cambridge University, Otto also mastered the Spanish and Italian languages, to once again a fluent ability.

He was the favorite of all his teachers, and worked hard to impress them with his lectures on what might have perhaps been on the medieval king Charlemagne, or even his views on the modern society.

After graduating, Otto purchased 1,000 acres of land (not far from Vienna) from the government, and began raising crops with a staff of 74 persons. He also had a well designed manor house (16 bedrooms, with a private library, and even some secret passageways) built into the middle of this land, which was the bearer of a magestic garden, and a private lake, which was mainly populated with trout. This land produced quite the income after just a year, and Otto himself was only present at the manor house when he was asleep or he had thrown a party. He mainly spent his time in the office estate, also located on this land, but it was at the Nothwest part of the estate. He would travel between these two places on horse in the morning while it was still cold, and after sunset, when it was no longer so hot.

Of course, everybody knew it was just a matter of time until Otto was admitted to a title of nobility in either England or Austro-Hungary. That matter of time was taken out of the equation when on his 22nd brithday, Otto recieved a letter from the Archduke of Austria, and King of Hungary (the Austro-Hungarian empire consisted of two leading positions, both held by the same person. Austria had an archduke, while Hungary had a king - the archduke and the king were the same person) that in the time of the next consisting 2 months, he is to report at the Vienna court of Károly III., the Archduke of Austria, and King of Hungary.

And so, as per the directions provided in the letter, only after 3 weeks of recieving it, Otto Antal was sitting in a horse drawn carriage that was entering the Vienna castle of Károly III. The time being 11 o'clock in the morning, he was invited by the king himself to join him for lunch an hour and a half later, so that he can dine with the royal court of the king, including many counts, lords, dukes, and other nobility, as well as the Archbishop of Austria. Having returned to his own estate half an hour after his invitation, he changed to more elegant and moody clothes for a lunch with the Archduke, and then, returned to the castle just in time for the festivities of the lunch.

Unfortunately, young Otto was faced with some distressing news at the lunch. He was told the positive news that he would be made the new Duke of Vienna (the previous having just passed away) as soon as possible, but, as the archbishop informed him, cannot happen until he found a worthy wife for himself.

So, Otto began looking for a wife. Of course, many heads of noble families approcached Otto to try and arrange a marriage between their daughter and Otto. Not being noble, Otto was wealthy, in some cases, more wealthy than the noble family approaching him. Many wanted to get on his right side, especially after the fact that he would be the future Duke of Vienna - a position usually with the requierment of at least 20 years sucess after sucess. Otto did qualify for that, but most elected for this position were in their late 40s and early 50s at the time of their appointment, not 22. It could have easily been predicted that Otto would become something much more than just the Duke of Vienna (that being a very honorary and high position all alone) sometime in the near future.

So, many noble families appeared at his estate in the following few months, from the famous Bethlen, honorary Szécsényi, and even the wealthy-beyond-belief Zichy family.

Otto turned down all of these requests, but he had a request in the back of his mind, still struggling with a decision to make. This request was from a Hungarian