Annika of Reza

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Annika of Reza Queen-Consort of Hanseti-Ruska Tenure: 1823-Present Crowned: 12th of The Amber Cold 1823 Basilica of Saint Henrik, Karosgrad, Haense Predecessor: Mariya of Aurveldt Successor: N/A Countess of Reza Tenure: 1829-Present Predecessor: Henry II of Haense Successor: Henry II of Haense Born: 1st of The Sun’s Smile, 1795, Astfield, Arcas, Haense Spouse: Henry II of Haense House: Vyronov Father: Anton Boleslav Vyronov Mother: Milena Katterina Ludovar

Annika Anastasija (New Marian: Annika Anastasiya), otherwise known regally as Annika of Reza (formerly Annika of Astfield), or Queen Annika, was a Haeseni noblewoman born to the House Vyronov and second wife to the King Henry II. She was the first daughter and second-born child of Lord Anton Boleslav Vyronov and Lady Milena of Otistadt.

At the age of twenty-eight, she was wed to Henry II of Haense following the assassination of his first wife, Mariya of Aurveldt, and ascended to the regal position of queen upon her marriage. She was the first Haeseni queen to be the second wife of a reigning king, with none having remarried before during their respective monarchical tenures.

Biography

Early Life

On the 1st of Sun's Smile, 1785, Annika was born as the first and only daughter Lord Anton Vyronov and his wife, Milena of Otistadt. From birth she was separated from her brother after a muddied upbringing rocked by familial abandonment. Details of her youth are minimal amongst historians, yet it was believed her childhood consisted of strict rules in a traditional household with unknown relatives. These traditionalistic views were studied alongside law and theology, with this education being a part of her everyday life.

Her whereabouts remained away from the general populace of Haeseni life and the kingdom until the early months of 1814. The bustling city had been unlike anything she had ever known before in comparison to her life of quietude she was familiar with. This exposure to an entirely new lifestyle was not met with shock or fear, but instead a desire to pursue all that was now at the young Vyronov's fingertips. She expressed her interest in law, as she had always studied, and was appointed Jovenaar after the assassination attempt known as the Wives' Plot of 1814. In a desperate measure to swiftly trial one of the assassins, the previous Lady Speaker Irene Sarkozy, the king Heinrik II charged Annika with the position to participate and conduct the trial.

The sudden appointment to the position of Jovenaar only heightened the ambitious Vyronov's desire for more in her life and thus led her to the royal courts under the jurisdiction of the king's wife Queen Mariya. As stated by the chronicler Dmitry of Reza "With never before seen noble ardor the Lady Vyronov threw herself into the quiet courts with aspirations to uplift it into a refined state." She was known to be remarkably interested in fashion, etiquette, and the structure of the court in of itself. In the span of only one year since her first day in Karosgard, Annika had forged a name for herself among the ladies of the court and the populace of the kingdom.

The relations between Annika and the king in the late months of 1814 is speculated today, though the pair were never officially seen with each other. It had been no secret of the royal family's that King Heinrik and Queen Mariya held no love for each other, and that their marriage was coming to a tumultuous end. In 1815, one year following her appointment to Jovenaar, the assassination of Queen Mariya shook the kingdom as the youngest queen in the history of Haense to die. Annika was among those to see the horrific aftermath of the consort's death and rushed to her brother's comfort– the Baron of Astfield, Stefan, who had been one of Queen Mariya's confidants since their early squireship to become knights. The halls of the palace were quieter than ever before in decades of court life upheld by previous queens. The abhorrent marriage between the king and queen had taken its toll on the royal courts and left it to dry. Annika dove into action to attempt to revive what she could of the court and was appointed as Palace Custodian to the Grand Lady.

In the years following the queen's death, Annika and Heinrik grew closer through frequented discussions and talks as confidants in the Nikirala Prikaz or promenading the city. Her focus had been entirely to revive a court that had fallen after the latter months of the previous consort's short reign and to that much she was said to have been a great appreciation for the widower king. Heinrik would formally ask to court Annika through more traditional means of Haeseni culture. Discussion was had between the king and his vassal, Annika's brother Stefan, which quickly turned sour. Brazenly, Stefan demanded Heinrik leave Astfield at once upon his request for courtship. Against her brother's words, Annika accepted the courtship on her own behalf when asked through a letter.

For nine years Annika toiled for the royal court under the psuedo title as queen to be at the side of the Grand Lady. Annika and the king's courtship, and later engagement, was highly controversial considering the circumstances in which Queen Mariya of Aurveldt had passed and the publicly displayed horrendous relations held between the previous royal pair. These rumors (and her brother's denial) did not stop Annika on her path to queenship, nor did it halt her passionate unrelenting work in court life.

As a Jovenaar

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The Royal Wedding of 1829

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As Queen consort of Haense

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As Countess of Reza

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Titles and Styles

• 1795-1814 Lady Annika Anastasija Vyronov

• 1814-1823 The Honorable, Annika Anastasija Vyronov, Jovenaar of Hanseti-Ruska

• 1823-1829 Her Royal Majesty, Annika of Astfield, Queen consort of Hanseti-Ruska

• 1829-Present Her Royal Majesty, Annika of Reza, Queen consort of Hanseti-Ruska, Countess of Reza

Issue

Name	Birth	Death	Marriage
Prince Andrik Nikolas, Duke of Akovia	11th of The Deep Cold, 1826	Alive	Unwed	Son of Henry II and Annika of Reza, Twin of Anastasia.
Princess Anastasia Isabella, Baroness of Antioch	11th of The Deep Cold, 1826	Alive	Unwed	Daughter of Henry II and Annika of Reza, Twin of Andrew.
Prince Marus Aleksandr, Duke of Alban	9th of The Deep Cold, 1829	Alive	Unwed	Son of Henry II and Annika of Reza