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This is heavily implied that so I guess so.
His marriage to Keira's mother was basically imposed on him by her family.
They did whatever they could to drive the 1st wife out the household.
From spreading lies about her being "barren" to wiping out her entire household to make it easier to eradicate her. They were callous and ruthless. No wonder the count wants revenge.
If you look at prior timeline he has flashbacks about the 1st wife that indicate he did have feelings for her UNLIKE Keira's mother.
He did things with "Cosette" he never did with Keira like go for walks etc.
He also showed more warmth to her that even the maids began to have the audacity to say openly Keira wasn't the Duke's child to her face.
Keira looks exactly like her mother which is another clue. Why he prefered Cosette and mistreated Keira her entire life.
Also in the first life he KNEW she was his biological daughter but still voted to have her executed anyway.
So much for "neutrality" and publicy denounced her as a "fake".
I do not like Cosette… nor the duke. Curious as to how his redemption will unfold heh