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| name                = Philip Michael Hughes
 
| name                = Philip Michael Hughes
| birthdate          = ca. [[3066]]<ref name=HScP>''Hunting Season'', Prologue</ref>
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| birthdate          = c.a. [[3066]]<ref name=HScP>''Hunting Season'', Prologue</ref>
| died                = 4 August [[3146]]<ref name=HScP/><ref name=SFp99>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 99</ref>
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| died                = 4 August [[3146]]<ref name=SFp99>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 99</ref><ref name=HScP/>
 
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| affiliation        = [[House Hughes]]
 
| affiliation        = [[House Hughes]]
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| parents            = [[Justine Hughes]] (mother)<ref name=TRtCc22>''To Ride the Chimera'', ch. 22</ref>
 
| parents            = [[Justine Hughes]] (mother)<ref name=TRtCc22>''To Ride the Chimera'', ch. 22</ref>
 
| spouse              = [[Jessica Marik]]
 
| spouse              = [[Jessica Marik]]
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| children            = [[Janos Marik IV|Janos]]<br/>[[Julietta Marik|Julietta]]<br/>[[Elis Marik|Elis]]<br/>[[Christopher Marik (32nd c.)|Christopher]]<br/>[[Nikol Marik|Nickol]]
 
| children            = [[Janos Marik IV|Janos]]<br/>[[Julietta Marik|Julietta]]<br/>[[Elis Marik|Elis]]<br/>[[Christopher Marik (32nd c.)|Christopher]]<br/>[[Nikol Marik|Nickol]]
 
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'''Philip Michael Hughes''' was the son of [[Justine Hughes]] and a member of the influential family which controlled [[IrTech]], the [[Irian]] based industrial company; he was the first husband of future [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] [[Jessica Marik|Jessica Halas]].<ref name="J:FRp26">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 26: "Halas Heir Engaged To Irian Scion"</ref>
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'''Philip Michael Hughes''' was the son of [[Justine Hughes]] and a member of the influential family which controlled [[IrTech]], the [[Irian]] based industrial company; he was the first husband of future [[Captain-General]] [[Jessica Marik|Jessica Halas]].<ref name="J:FRp26">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 26, "Halas Heir Engaged To Irian Scion"</ref>
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
Philip Hughes met Jessica Halas, only daughter of the "false Thomas Marik" [[Duke]] [[Thomas Halas]] and Duchess [[Sherryl Halas]] of the [[Duchy of Oriente]], in the spring of [[3080]] at an [[Oriente]] University fundraiser held in Amur in support of victims of the [[Word of Blake]]. There was considerable political and celebrity speculation that Philip and the 17-year-old Jessica had formed a relationship after meeting, although their relationship wouldn't be announced publicly until October 3080.<ref name="J:FRp26"/> The engagement between Philip and Jessica was announced formally from Oriente on 15 January [[3081]].<ref name="J:FRp26">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 26: "Halas Heir Engaged To Irian Scion"</ref><ref name="J:FRp61">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 61: "The Jihad In Review"</ref> As Philip was a cadet member of an influential Irian family, there was much speculation at the time that the engagement was a matter of political expediency to create close ties between the industrial base on Irian and Oriente in the wake of Irian joining the [[Republic of the Sphere]]. Despite these rumors, Duke Halas was quick to comment on the marriage as a parent:
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Philip Hughes met Jessica Halas, only daughter of the "false Thomas Marik" [[Duke]] [[Thomas Halas]] and Duchess [[Sherryl Halas]] of the [[Duchy of Oriente]], in the spring of [[3080]] at an [[Oriente]] University fundraiser held in Amur in support of victims of the [[Word of Blake]]. There was considerable political and celebrity speculation that Philip and the 17-year-old Jessica had formed a relationship after meeting, although their relationship wouldn't be announced publicly until October 3080.<ref name="J:FRp26"/> The engagement between Philip and Jessica was announced formally from Oriente
{{Quote|''While as Duchess and Duke we recognize the tremendous diplomatic and dynastic import of this union, Sherryl and I would like to say that we are far more proud of our daughter and her husband-to-be simply as parents who wish their children all the happiness in the world.''|Duke [[Thomas Halas]], 15 January [[3081]]<ref name="J:FRp26"/>}}
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on the 15th of January [[3081]].<ref name="J:FRp26">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 26, "Halas Heir Engaged To Irian Scion"</ref><ref name="J:FRp61">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 61, "The Jihad In Review"</ref> As Philip was a cadet member of an influential Irian family, there was much speculation at the time that the engagement was a matter of political expediency to create close ties between the industrial base on Irian and Oriente in the wake of Irian joining the [[Republic of the Sphere]]. Despite these rumors, Duke Halas was quick to comment on the marriage as a parent:<ref name="J:FRp26"/>
  
 
===Death===
 
===Death===
 
Philip would be assassinated during a hunting trip at his favorite hunting reserve on [[New Delos]].<ref name=HScP/>
 
Philip would be assassinated during a hunting trip at his favorite hunting reserve on [[New Delos]].<ref name=HScP/>
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{{Quote|''While as Duchess and Duke we recognize the tremendous diplomatic and dynastic import of this union, Sherryl and I would like to say that we are far more proud of our daughter and her husband-to-be simply as parents who wish their children all the happiness in the world.''|Duke [[Thomas Halas]], 15th January [[3081]]}}
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
 
* ''[[Shattered Fortress]]''
 
* ''[[Shattered Fortress]]''
* ''[[To Ride the Chimera]]'' (novel)
 
  
 
[[Category:Free Worlds League Characters|Hughes, Philip]]
 
[[Category:Free Worlds League Characters|Hughes, Philip]]

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