José Manuel Cayetano Tol y Toste
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| Full Name | José Manuel Cayetano Tol y Toste |
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| Birth Date | 19.X.1653 AN (aged 78) |
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| City and Region of Residence | Cárdenas |
José Manuel Cayetano Tol y Toste, Count of Las Cruces (born 1653 in Dos Gardenias, Natopia) is a New Alexandrian court official, genealogist, historian, and nobleman.
Biography
When José Manuel Cayetano Tol y Toste, or Manuel Tol as he goes by in his social circles, was born, he was the only surviving child and son of his father. His father, Juan Carlos Patricio Tol y Carrizosa, the 9th Count of Las Cruces, was a Martino nobleman and aristocrat. Juan Carlos had been married earlier, though all his five children and his then wife died in the Alexandrian Flu (1650–1651). Managing to escape the calamity of the destruction of Alexandria, Juan Carlos was taken in as a refugee in Dos Gardenias, Natopia. He remarried, this time to María Nazarina Toste García, the only surviving child of another aristocratic line from San Martín, and they had a son, José Manuel Cayetano. They had no other children.
Manuel thus grew up in Dos Gardenias. In 1673, Manuel enrolled at the University of Punta Santiago. He graduated with a bachelor's honours degree in history in 1676. A master's degree from the same university was received two years later. He published his first paper, a scoping review in the difficulties of producing pedigree and genealogy within the Alexandrian diaspora. The article gave him some renown, and the House of Carrillo Association employed him for a genealogy project 1678–1680. He returned to academia in 1681, when he began a doctorate in Alexandrian genealogy and history. He received his doctorate in 1686, after publishing his thesis, A nation without lineage: How the loss of family records has affected the sense of identity among the Alexandrian diaspora. At a function, he met Queen Alexandra, who had become invested in his research due to her own Alexandrian heritage (House of Carrillo), and when Alduria and Wechua merged in 1691, Queen Alexandra pushed for his inclusion into the court as court genealogist.
The following years, Manuel remained at court, performing genealogical and historical research, while also undertaking guest lectureships at various universities in Nouvelle Alexandrie, Hurmu, Natopia, and, for one semester only, Shireroth. In 1695, he was promoted to chief genealogist of the Court, and in 1705, he was promoted to Marshal of the Court (the top director or chamberlain of the Royal Court).
Personal life
His interests include hunting (elephants are his favourite prey, but foxes will do), smoking cigars, skiing, and reading crime novels. He collects now banned art from Elwynn.
Married with four children.
Considered a snob. Known socialite in Cárdenas. Speaks Martino (native language), Istvanistani (language of education), and some Alexandrian (third language). Basic knowledge of Wechu (fourth language), which he studies in his spare time.
Upon his father's death in 1697, Manuel inherited the title Count of Las Cruces, becoming thus the tenth holder of that title. It is an old Martino title that upon San Martín's inclusion into Alexandria was recognized by the following Alexandrian emperors. Heir apparent to the title is his son, Archibaldo Miguel Luis Tol y Anchorena de Lis.
