Talk:Jessamine Kaldwin/@comment-23900792-20130930002055/@comment-27202257-20131001054335

Actually, as the article states, it's been confirmed by Word of God that Jessamine was never married, and likely stayed that way for political reasons--i.e. if she got married, she would cede her power to her husband, which she didn't want to do. (Alternatively, if she wanted to marry, say, Corvo, that would be virtually unworkable for different political reasons.) As for why Emily's father isn't identified, two things: if the father isn't Corvo, that would give the mystery man in question some claim to the throne that Jessamine doesn't want to give up, and if the father is Corvo, that would be an explosive scandal. There might even be resistance to Emily claiming the throne if Corvo was recognized as her father. Lot of political side-stepping, but that'll happen when you're Empress.