Eleanor of Provins
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Eleanor Lucienne Adelaide (17th of Sun's Smile, 1850) was the first Queen-consort of Aaun, and concurrently foundress of the aforementioned and the Kingdom of Balian. She was born as the second youngest child of many siblings under the strict and watchful eye of her mother, who could have cared less for one of her many daughters, and an absent father. None was expected of her, yet by her eighteen birthday to the surprise of her family she wed Charles Leopold, the heir to the Principality of Alstion and by extension the Johannian inheritance, siding with the Imperialists in the Brothers' War as opposed to her kin, who backed the Royalists.
She went on to become the first Governess of the Monterosa in the southern and balmy lands, together with her husband and his family, as they laid the foundations of a new state under the Novellens. The woman diligently performed her work, promulgating many documents which have been used as basis for modernised ones by successors to her office, furthermore establishing the palatial customs of the Balianese. Yet, by each year she found less and less time for her children, and then abruptly she resigned, proceeding to indulge in many voyages and journeys with her issues, concentrating on their education and development.
To her revelation upon one return to Atrus after a long retreat, she got ahold of a correspondence that her spouse had joined the Harvest Confederacy and was elected as its de facto leader in its collapse, thereafter creating the United Kingdom of Aaun in the latter's demise. In immediate response the aging woman set sail towards her old home, the Heartlands, and joined her partner in once again an inception of a new domain. In the period of restoration that no bureaucratic institution existed, she directed the documentation and finances of the realm.
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Adolescence
At birth she was the sixth child by the union of her parents, having fully matured siblings and not many years later even nephew and nieces. As she was the second youngest of many children, little hopes were had in her future or success in marrying an influential Orenian noble. Her prior education being disregarded and not seen as vital by the familial tutors, who dotted around her older sisters. Understanding of this, she frequented any library that was accessible to her, focusing on reading history and law as those subjects seemed most important to her. It was obvious to her that she had to develop sharp writ in balance to her status, and become sought after in the distinguished circles of the Empire.
Oftentimes the mademoiselle felt unneeded and as extra to her menage, later resulting in her distancing herself from them. She warded under none, yet developed admiration for figures such as the Imperial Princess Josephine and the centenarian Saint Alexander of Furnestock, whose works she examined as a hobby. Upon each of her father’s journeys to the far away lands of Aeldin, she boarded with him and was astonished by the Aeldinic architecture and diversity in cultures and languages. The growing girl demanded of her mother to be sent to capital of the Kingdom of Banardia to be enrolled in one of the prestigious colleges of the city. Such was done with heavy deliberation, resulting in Eleanor being absent from Almaris for more than five years till the age of eighteen.
The Dame's Thoughts
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Inception of Balian; (1869-1893)
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Consort and Protectress of Aaun; (1893)
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Bequest
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Titles and Styles
- 1850 - 1869 The Honourable, Lady Eleanor Lucienne Pruvia of Provins
- 1869 - Present Her Highness, The Princess-consort of Alstion
- 1870 - 1875 Her Royal Excellency, The 1st Governess of the Monterosan Palace (in Kingdom of Balian)
- 1893 - Present Her Royal Majesty, The Queen-consort of the United Kingdom of Aaun
Full Title as Queen-consort of Aaun
Her Royal Majesty, Eleanor of Provins, Queen-consort of Aaun, Princess-consort of Alstion, Duchess-consort of Corazon and Balamena, Protectress of the Realm
Issue
Eleanor and Charles I produced four children in the span of their union, none of whom bearing the names of their mother's dynasty, excluding her youngest.
