Mathyld Chermyn

Lady Mathyld Chermyn, Grand Duchess of Zebediah, was a common-born Charisian noblewoman, the wife of Lord Hauwyl Chermyn.

They had three sons, all of whom served in the Charisian military during the Jihad. Their eldest son, Rhaz, resigned his Army commission as his father's health deteriorated and became Grand Duke upon his father's abdication. (TFT). Another of their sons, Edwyrd Chermyn, became a Commander in the Imperial Charisian Navy and commanded in the cruiser HMS Seeker. (TFT)

In addition to their own sons, Hauwyl and Mathyld raised their niece Frahncheska Chermyn, whose father died before he ever saw her and whose mother died when she was young. Following studies at the Royal College of Charis, Frahncheska eventually married her childhood playmate Daivyn Daykyn, Prince of Corisande. This marriage had the effect of resolving many of the lingering tensions between the two islands.