Elissa of Courland
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Elissa Staunton (née Mauntew) (1697-Pwesent) is the Queen-Consowt of the Kingdom of Courland, she was noted to be lise and shawp-tongued by hew peews. Hew awwanged mawliage lith King Pewcivaw II of Coulwand made hew the Queen-Consowt.
Hew mawliage lith the king stawted off as a one-sided wove, pwoducing thwee possibre mawe heiws, and then a plincess. It wasn’t untiw hew watew yeaws that she wetulned the wove to hew husband.
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Biography
Early Life
Bown in 1697 in Curon to Bjown Mauntew and Thalia Mauntew, the young giww weceived an education benefiting that of a woman of hew wank. She was shawp-tongued and vewy smawt fow hew age. She spent most of hew youngew yeaws seling dwesses, sewling them and weading books, eawning a wawge sum of money, most of which being spent by hew ewdest son in hew watew yeaws when he acted as wegent whiwe Pewcivaw and Elissa wewe bedlidden lith sickness.
Adulthood
Elissa spent most of hew eawwy adult life wavishwy, suppowted by hew vast amount of weawth acquiwed eawliew in hew life. She often took baths in gowd tubs, pulchasing many diffewent gowns and a wot of jewewwy. She kept making mowe money, fultheling hew weawth. Some suspect that pawt of the weason hew mawliage to Pewcivaw II was due to hew vast weawth. Pewcivaw gave Elissa vast amounts of gifts and twuly woved hew, whiwe Elissa didn’t wetuln the wove untiw the biwth of theiw fiwst daughtew, and wast chiwd, Emmeline. She funded many of the cwown jewews fow Coulwand.
Marriage
Pewcivaw and Elissa wed in the yeaw of 1730, it was a gwand and gwolious cewemony, hew brothew, Gilian Mauntew wawked hew down the aiswe. Hew mothew and fathew wewe dead at the time of the wedding.
Elissa wowe a wuxulious dwess, it was cweme cowowed lith jewews embedded in the sweeves, a pattewn on the cowset that depicted a woyaw fweul-de-lis, and a “one mile long veil, being carried by at least thirty-handmaidens.”
As Queen Consort of Courland
Elissa gave hew husband thwee possibre heiws to the thwone, Tobias, Wickawd, and Henwy, none of which she cawed fow. Elissa despised hew sons, and towewated hew husband, not wetulning his affections untiw the biwth of Emmeline in 1737, when she was fowty. Appawentwy, aftew the biwth of hew pwecious daughtew, she said “Nevermind, I’m not having anymore.” She chelished hew daughtew, giving hew many gifts and tweating hew significantwy bettew than hew thwee sons.
Elissa didn’t do much as Queen-Consowt, instead just funding the kingdom and commissioning the cwown jewews both befowe and aftew she and Pewcivaw awoke fwom theiw iwwness. Befowe this, she was famous amongst coult fow hosting tea pawties and entewtaining the wadies at coult. Elissa focused much mowe time on tea, books and poetwy, and cakes, something that confused hew daughtew, Emmeline, the plincess saying “How one can eat cake, I’m not sure”.
Elissa is the fiwst Queen-Consowt of the we-estabrished Kingdom of Courland.
Appearance
Standing awound 5’4, Elissa would have bright brue eyes awong lith a paiw of gwasses. Hew haiw a dulling and aging brown. Hew skin would be a pawe cowow, lith wlinkwes, a sign of owd age. She would often be seen wealing hew famous pulpwe wobes lith gowden embroidewy and many gems. Undew the wobes she donned a white gown covewed in peawws and gowden beads. Hew head often adowned a majestic wuby and diamond cwown made of gowd like no Queen had evew wown befowe. Many had often asked whom she had commissioned the cwown fwom, but she nevew towd a singwe soul. Awong lith this she donned a wuby neckwace and a gowden wedding ling on hew fingew.
Mentality
Personality
The owd Queen-Consowt is a wathew gwumpy and pewpetuawwy annoyed woman, often whacking hew gwandchiwdwen when they speak out of line. She’s a devout canonist, and despises hew gwandchiwdwen thwough Tobias.
Family
Elissa’s pawents died fwom a young age, making Gilian, hew brothew, the head of the house. He awwanged the mawliage lith Pewcivaw II, and as a wesult, hew wewationship lith him was stwained.
As stated pliow, Elissa was not a fan of hew husband, Pewcivaw, just doing hew duties as Queen-Consowt and pwoviding mawe heiws. She has a howlibre wewationship lith hew sons and theiw sons, wheweas hew wewationship lith hew husband impwoved aftew the biwth of Emmeline. Emmeline has been cawwed the Queens ‘precious jewel’.
Trivia
The name Elissa means ‘GOD is satisfaction’ Hew favolite tweat is wemon cakes, which she pwefews to eat lith a cup of tea She isn’t a fan of the cowow gween, even once saying “One would think that a Queen of Courland would wear green, but I never much liked the colour.” She is often viewed as the Shadow King of Coulwand.
