Isabel of Valwyck
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Isabel Franziska Petrovna Baruch (Common: Isabella Francesca Baruch, Flexio: Elisbela Francesca Barucid) was the fourteenth Queen consort of Hanseti-Ruska as per her marriage to Josef I, King of Hanseti-Ruska on the 18th of the First Seed, 1786. She was a Haeseni noblewoman as the daughter of Peter I, Duke of Valwyck, and his consort, the Duchess-consort Sofiya of Vasiland.
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Early life
Born in the year 1770, Isabel of Valwyck was raised as daughter to Duke Petyr Baruch as the youngest of five siblings. She matured early into her youth as a onlooker to the brutish familial ongoings resulted from her father, who has been oft monikered by historians as Petyr the Beater. When such events did not occur within her household and her father was away as the Lord Palatine to King Sigismund II, she was raised by her mother in courtly manners and received a proper education befitting to a noblewoman of her status as the daughter of a duke.
She bore witness to the abuse of her mother and four eldest siblings but was one of the few in the family to have been safe from her father's cruel physical punishments. However, frequently was the Baruch youth reminded by her father that her mother held no love for her and instead despised the girl. The abuse was said to have allegedly gone as far as her mother being beaten whilst pregnant with a bottle, but - to the luck of young Isabel - she had never seen that act in particular as the youngest. Around six years of her life, Isabel found the mutilated body of her mother after she took her own life by jumping from a balcony in Valwyck. Her father accused Isabel of being the sole reason and fault of her mother's suicide, leading to a guilt that would consume a majority of her life thereafter- even into her adulthood. After the accusation, he was murdered at the hands of her brother Petyr (later disowned to be Petyr Wick), which occurred before her eyes.
Isabel spent little time in Valwyck and instead in the Ekaterinburg Palace with Viktoria of Metterden, Queen consort of Hanseti-Ruska, after she was orphaned and her family fell further into shambles. Her eldest brother was disowned and no longer considered the heir to Valwyck after the murder of his father. He was later adopted into House Wick, much to the dismay of those still remaining in the family. She was seen as the most suitable match for the future King of Haense, Prince Josef after having been around him throughout her youth and befriending him as a result of her father's prominent occupation in the palace.
From the view of the Haeseni courtiers and too the Queen-Mother, Prince Josef and Isabel held a close relationship with one another after her accumulated recent time spent in the palace thereafter her parent's tragic deaths. The House of Baruch had been of most prominence amongst the Haeseni houses at the time, serving in the peerage as dukes, and the late Duke of Valwyck's position as Lord Palatine led to the suggestion of Isabel to be the successor to Viktoria of Metterden. At nine, Isabel was betrothed to the crown prince and taken as a ward under Queen Viktoria. She took particular interest in the Queen's Council and any other vassal meetings the queen attended to. Whenever called for, Isabel flanked the side of the queen with utter attentiveness. The guilt of her mother's death still weighed heavily upon her and often was said to have brought nightmares to her, according to servants of the Ekaterinburg whilst she was resident there.
Marriage
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Queen Consort of Hanseti-Ruska
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Titles, Styles, and Honors
Titles and Styles
- 1751-Present: The Honorable, Lady Isabel of Valwyck
- 1786-Present: Her Majesty, the Queen of Hanseti-Ruska
Style as Queen Consort
Her Royal Majesty, the Queen-Consort of Hanseti and Ruska
Issue
| Name | Birth | Death | Marriage | |
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| Henrik Karl, Grand Prince of Kusoraev | 11 Amber Cold, 1791 | Alive | Unwed | Firstborn son of Josef and Isabel. |
| Katerina, Princess Royal of Haense | 7 Amber Cold, 1794 | Alive | Unwed | Firstborn daughter of Josef and Isabel. |
