Teddie Wythe

Ethel Henrietta Jayne Fiederlow Wythe, Countess of Woodshire, née Lettice (born 1679), and known by her nickname Teddie, is the third and current wife of Chrysostom Wythe, Count of Woodshire, Steward of Shireroth.

Born in Yardistan as Ethel Henrietta Jayne Fiederlow Lettice (written in Yardistani as Aaþel Hengred Jjeyn Fjedrlo Leticj) to a minor noble family, she entered Metzler University in 1697 to study in the prestigious Public Policy Program. Here she was a coursemate of Dina Wythe, the youngest daughter of Chrysostom Wythe through his marriage to Winona. As part of their final year, Ethel and Dina were assigned to internships in the Ministry of State, the Office of the Steward and the Commission for the Fiscus respectively. Chrysostom Wythe gave the two golden bracelets as graduation gifts in 1700 AN, and quietly intervened to ensure their permanent appointment to the offices in which they had interned.

On 15.XIII.1700, Chrysostom informed Ethel that he would be divorcing Winona in the new year, and that he would be in need of a new wife. Upon her acceptance, Chrysostom then scheduled a meeting to inform Winona, a former mistress herself. After negotiating a generous severance package, the divorce was finalized on 5.II.1701 AN, which included her favorite estate in the Wythe family, located outside Woodshire Village. Ethel attended this final meeting, so that they could file for their marriage license immediately thereafter. Ethel and Chrysostom married in a private ceremony in Raynor's Keep on 16.II.1701 AN, attended by Chrysostom's children and grandchildren (except Dina, who insisted on helping her mother settle into her new home).

In the household, of which she is now the Lady, all the children are instructed to call her Mother Teddie and all grandchildren to call her Nana Teddie. It is believed that "The Cabbage Lady" in Cassian Wythe's personal diary refers to Ethel.