Henrietta, Princess of Alstion

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Orenian Princess
Henrietta Karenina

Henrietta, Duchess Furnestock, c. 1751.
Duchess of Furnestock
Predecessor: Charles Edward, Prince of Alstion

Born: 7th of Sigismund's End, 1735 Nova Horos, Empire of Aeldin
Spouse: John VII, Emperor Emeritus
House: Alstion
Father: Charles I
Mother: Magdalena, Princess Imperial

Henrietta Karenina (High Imperial: Henrica Catharina), of the House of Alstion, was the daughter of Prince Charles of Alstion, claimant Holy Orenian Emperor and Magdalena, Princess Imperial of the Empire of Man. Throughout her childhood, the Horenic dynast was a ward to Simon Basrid.

Family & Childhood

Born at a nondescript estate in the Aeldinic Heartlands on the way the from Khalestine to Agathor, presumably owned by Horenic loyalists, Henrietta Karenina, christened Henrietta Karenina Alexandria after her grandmother the Empress Dowager Karenina, aunt and ancestress Princess Alexandria, and relative Queen Henrietta, was born the eldest child of Prince Charles of Alstion and Magdalena Helane, succeeded by her sister Heidemarie two years afterward. From birth, as the designated heir-presumptive to her father's legacy, she was styled Duchess of Furnestock, however, was colloquially known as Henrietta of Alstion, and not of Furnestock, solely due to her father's seniority.

In Agathor, the heiress spent half of her childhood, surrounded by the courtiers of Benda Chivay and her familial members. In part due to her father's claim, and his ultimately unsuccessful instatement as Holy Orenian Emperor, Henrietta garnered the unofficial epithet of Princess Imperial, which lasted for the duration of her life, amongst her intimates and Johannian supporters.

As the revival of the Pertinax Empire came to be, an elated Magdalena, readied her daughter, aged according to some sources five, to accompany her across the Aeldinic sea to Helena to reencounter the estranged Prince Charles, who had returned some time prior. In what could be seen as an unfortunate happenstance, Magdalena fell ill prior to embarking on the newly constructed yacht, the Blessed Adeline, leaving her impressionable daughter to voyage alone, tended to by one of her grandmother's loyal handmaids, Arielle de Morvelyn-Louvain.

Her arrival to the city was hailed with a lack of warmth, as war had erupted between the Holy Orenian Empire and AIS. Initially finding sanctuary in her father's estate outside the city, it was stripped from them by the Imperator and her uncle, Peter the third's, administration due to allegations surrounding the Prince's loyalty. Disheveled and without a proper home, the heiress, aged now only seven, set her eyes on the Novellen. It was during this time where the then-Archchancellor, Simon Basrid, extended an invitation to Henrietta, who became his ward.