Editing Mary Davion

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| name                = Mary Davion
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| died                = [[2715]]<ref name=HD:FSp55>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 55</ref>
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| affiliation         = [[House Davion]]
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| profession          = Noble
| parents             = [[Roger Davion (27th c.)|Roger Davion]] (father)<ref name=HD:FSp55/><br />[[Lois Chandler]] (mother)<ref name=HD:FSp55/>
| siblings            = [[Joseph Davion (27th c.)|Joseph Davion]]<ref name=HD:FSp55/>
| spouse              = [[Soto Kurita]]<ref name=HD:FSp55/>
| children            = [[Vincent Kurita (28th c.)|Vincent Kurita]]<ref name=HKDCLS>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', foldout: "The Draconis Combine's Line of Succession and Partial Kurita Family Tree"</ref><br>[[Quentin Kurita]]<ref name=HKDCLS/><br/>[[Chada Kurita]]<ref name=HKDCLS/>
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'''Mary Davion''' was the daughter and eldest child of [[First Prince]] [[Roger Davion (27th c.)|Roger Davion]] of the [[Federated Suns]].<ref name="H:LoTV1p16">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', pp. 16–18: "A Plague on Both Your Houses: The War of Davion Succession (Second Hidden War)"</ref><ref name="HD(TFS)p55"/>

==History==
Mary Davion was the oldest child of First Prince Roger Davion and [[Lois Chandler]] of [[Robinson]], and as a part of her introduction to the art of governing Mary joined the Federated Suns [[Corps Diplomatique]].<ref name="HD(TFS)p55">''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 55: "Beginning of the End"</ref> Mary was subsequently stripped of her right to the throne by her father following a diplomatic mission to the [[Draconis Combine]] in [[2696]], a mission which saw her meet and fall in love with a young man named [[Soto Kurita]]. What would have been a relatively innocuous event became hugely contentious and would ultimately prompt a war because of those involved; not only was Mary Davion their heir to the throne of the Federated Suns, her husband was the youngest son of the [[Coordinator]] of the Draconis Combine, [[Urizen Kurita (27th c.)|Urizen Kurita II]], and brother to the future Coordinator [[Takiro Kurita]].<ref name="H:LoTV1p16"/><ref name="HD(TFS)p55"/> Both families protested against the marriage between Mary and Soto, but the two defied the protests and were married in [[2698]]; following the marriage Mary returned to [[Luthien]] to live with Soto.<ref name="HB:HDp44">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 44: "Unholy Union"</ref>

There was a precedent for other family lines taking the throne of the First Prince - the Davions had been willing to see the Holt-Davion family take power in the mid-[[twenty-seventh century]] - but that had been palatable because it kept [[House Davion]] in power. It was certain that any children Mary and Soto had would be raised as Kuritas, with little or no regard for their Davion heritage.<ref name="HD(TFS)p55"/> In [[2700]]<ref name="HD(TFS)p55"/><ref name="HB:HDp44"/> Roger passed the [[Succession Act of 2700|Act of Succession]], barring Mary and her heirs from pressing a claim to the throne; Mary chose to accede to the act<ref name="H:LoTV1p16"/> in [[2702]],<ref name="HD(TFS)p55"/><ref name="HB:HDp44"/> giving up her rights for the man she loved.<ref name="H:LoTV1p16"/> Neither Soto nor any other member of [[House Kurita]] signed the Act, however.<ref name="HD(TFS)p55"/><ref name="HB:HDp44"/>

With the act in place [[Joseph Davion (27th c.)|Joseph Davion]] was recognized as Roger's heir, and the issue appeared to be resolved.<ref name="H:LoTV1p16"/> The Kuritas made no effort to block or contest Joseph's succession in [[2703]], despite him being the youngest First Prince since [[Zane Davion]].<ref name="HD(TFS)p55"/> Mary and Soto had a son, Vincent,<ref name="H:LoTV1p16"/> in [[2699]]<ref name="HB:HDp44"/> and matters would remain peaceful until Mary's death in 2715.<ref name="H:LoTV1p16"/> Takiro Kurita produced paperwork stating that while Mary had acceded to the Act of Succession, she hadn't abrogated the rights of her children, and that Vincent should be the legal heir to the throne of the Federated Suns.<ref name="H:LoTV1p16"/> Takiro's claims were rejected by Joseph and ultimately led to the [[War of Davion Succession]],<ref name="H:LoTV1p16"/><ref name="HD(TFS)p55"/><ref name="HB:HDp44"/> one of the few open armed conflicts between member states during the era of the [[Star League]] and the death of Joseph Davion.<ref name="H:LoTV1p16"/> The documents produced by Takiro disputing Joseph's claim weren't proved to be forgeries until later.<ref name="HD(TFS)p55"/>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Handbook: House Davion]]''
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]''
* ''[[House Davion (The Federated Suns)]]''
* ''[[House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)]]''

[[Category: Federated Suns Characters|Davion, Mary]]
[[Category: Draconis Combine Characters|Davion, Mary]]