Louise of Artois

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Louise of Artois

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Baroness-Consort of Rosius
Tenure: 16th of the Grand Harvest, 1838 - 2nd of the Malin's Welcome, 1856
Predecessor: Claude de Frand
Successor: Vacant
Born: 12th of the Sun's Smile, 1809
Providence, Holy Orenian Empire
Status: Deceased
Spouse: derosiusnewcoa.png Sir Otis Maximilian de Rosius
House: HalcourtCoA.png Halcourt
Father: Olivier, Baron of Halcourt
Mother: Adalene de Motte

Louise Antoinette Halcourt (12th of the Sun's Smile, 1809 - 2nd of the Malin's Welcome, 1856) was an Orenian noblewoman, and the antepenultimate child of Adalene de Motte and Olivier Alexandre Halcourt, the Baron and Baroness of Halcourt. Although raised in a Banardian boarding school to preserve her family's Auvergnian heritage, Louise was noted at the Augustine court to be rather bold, and vulgar, in dress and language though she retained acclaimed positions within the town of Redenford and the Augustine Palace.

Biography

Early Life

Louise Antoinette Halcourt was born in the parlor of a palatial Little Ves Lane townhouse on the warm afternoon of the 12th of the Sun's Smile, 1809. To her parent's dismay, Louise Antoinette was born a girl, and could not become an heir to the line of Halcourt. Already absent for a majority of Louise's life, Adalene de Motte had not looked favorably on the girl, whose nature turned to be mischievous at a young age. Olivier, Baron Halcourt, dotted upon the girl, spoiling her with gifts frequently and teaching her how to ride horseback and garden. At the age of five, it was forcibly decided by her mother that she attend boarding school in Banardia - where the Artois lineage decends. Here, Louise attained a passion for becoming disgraced, launching food and small objects at her peers and tutors. In literary records, the girl was noted to not have a grand surrounding of friends, leaving her isolated. Although alone, Louise grew to become a well read, and creative woman, taking a love of Auvergnat literature, arts, and architecture. However, like many ladies in her society, Louise was to debut at age eighteen in Oren before the Imperial Courts for permission to marry.

The Debutante of 1828

1828 was the year the fashionable young ladies of high Orenian society were to be passed on the marriage market, and Louise was no exception. The gathering in the Augustine Palace was as grandiose as it had been in decades. With the new fashion reforms of 1822, gowns had become more elaborate in style and color. In a crowd of over five-hundred spectators, Louise was lined second in a group of thirty to be presented to Elizabeth Anne, the Princess Imperial. The young Halcourt stepped forth in a gown that was described as "haute-lothringen ... fitting for the new age" in the Season's tabloids. The gown was certainly immense: cloth of silver supported by incredibly wide panniers embedded with thousands of seed pearls and diamonds. It certainly took its grand toll when Louise had risen too slowly, deducting her of points to win the coveted Ruby of the Season. At the reception ball was where Louise Antoinette had introduced herself to her first beloved, Henry Joseph Draskovic-Kovachev. After one dance, the couple were inseparable. Henry was the only man who dared call on Louise. However, the instant match was kept in secret to prevent scandal within the papers. The tabloids of the season certainly did no help in preventing immense rage in Louise's heart when rumors had been printed about Lord Draskovic-Kovachev. Nevertheless the pair were married by the end of the 1828 Social Season, causing widespread surprise when the match was revealed.

Life in Lower Petra

Louise, now rebranded as Madame Louise Draskovic, found life in the Lower Petra district to be incredibly boring. With more daily absence of her newfound husband, the lady of the manor redecorated rooms and brought music by purchasing a piano from Lord Othaman. Louise had also taken up horseback riding again with her new dowry horse gifted by Baron Halcourt. It was only then after her move-in that her new uncle in-law was declared dead. Due to the state of their non-inheritable peerage, a passage on the certificate that certainly wasn't read by Louise, or Henry, caused the title of Draskovic to be reclaimed by the Imperial Crown. Louise experienced what 'new money' was, as she was no longer part of peerage. A disgrace it caused upon their names, Henry had vanished from Louise's life over the quick span of a couple years. Thinking he was dead or abandoned her, Louise began to support herself, with somewhat little income, from making gowns, a skill passed down from her grandmother, Madame Jeanne de Motte. During palace balls and other gatherings of the sort, Louise drank herself to a tipsy, misidentifying random men for her missing husband. As the minas dwindled from Louise's bank, she decided to start anew, in the Principality of Savoy. However, as she experienced traumatic abuse from their peoples for donning a powdered wig, a scandalous assortment, the woman decided to quickly move back to the derelict Draskovic Hall. She had fallen into ruin. While on a carriage ride, it was then that Otis de Rosius had made a visit to Draskovic Hall to discuss with Louise architectural plans for Redenford and Draskovic Hall itself. The woman was entranced by Otis, who was nearly twenty years her senior. However, this did not stop her pursuit of the widower.

Life in Redenford

Ten years after what she thought was her forever marriage to the presumed dead Draskovic, Louise and Otis married in the Augustine Palace chapel. A small occasion but beautifully done. It was then that Louise boarded up her old manor and exited her yellow coach onto the grandiose property of Chateau de Rosius, a splendid house that held celebrations for her own debut in 1828. Together, Otis and Louise took control of the architectural industry in Oren, designing a new town design for the aging Redenford, townhouse interiors, and even a new palace for New Providence; a monumental task. However, her work did not stop her from bonding with her step-grandchildren and new nieces and nephews.

New Providence

New Providence proved to be a difficult task. As Louise was appointed by their Imperial Majesties to design a grandiose and superior palace, the drawings and blueprints were spliced, redrawn, inked spilled, and eventually disposed of. It was only then that Lhoris offered a hand in redesigning something of substance for the city. Louise worked alongside Lhoris to recreate a design similar to Novellen Palace. With constant power struggles with Mary Casimira Othaman, Lhoris took control of the situation and disposed of the entire palatial architectural team besides Louise. Afterward, when the city was constructed, Louise became proud of their work when citizens adored the edifice of the palace. Soon after the deaths of Prince Philip, Duke of Adria, and Philip II, New Providence was overtaken by Philip III. Louise was delivered of this news in her new palatial apartment, where she nearly had an aneurysm. The new government, albeit coarse for Louise, proved to be tolerable of the now aging Baroness de Rosius.

Death & Legacy

It was only on her departure from New Providence, when her apartments were reclaimed by the Empress, that Louise became a recluse from Oren's high society. Its quickly and ever-changing ways proved difficult for the woman who lived in an entirely different era. The baroness took to her readings and hobbyist architectural drawings in the also aging chateau. Louise began seeing her husband less and less, with his hands being tied in city matters. Nevertheless it didn't stop her from preparing her two granddaughters for the Social Season. It was in this moment that Chloe de Rosius had been traversing through the chateau gardens, where she found Otis de Rosius dead in a rosebush, consumed by its thorns. Louise flew into a rage and rushed into the chateau's parlor, taking a pair of log grabbers and thrashed out a flaming log into the center of the room, igniting the chateau. Louise's escape was hampered as one of the entrance pillars toppled and trapped her, letting the flames consume her.

Other Notes

As noted by historians on the subject of the Chateau de Rosius's ruins, there was a massive amount of gold squirreled away in the attic. It became a signature design of Louise to hide gold bars in floorboards and ceilings of her creations. It is unknown as to why she did this, some guess it could it have been from a source of psychological damage.

Louise had been noted for her foul and excessive use of swear words. This had gotten the woman into predicaments and disassociation from various social gatherings.

Issue

From her first marriage to Henry Joseph Draskovic, Louise had only one child. She had two children with the Baron of Rosius.

Name Birth Death Marriage Notes
Rickard Draskovic 15th of the Sun's Smile, 1829 Living Unwed Firstborn Son of Henry and Louise.
Louis Alphonse de Rosius 11th of The Deep Cold, 1842 Living Unwed Firstborn Son of Otis and Louise.
Lucien Sylvestre de Rosius 8th of The Grand Harvest, 1843 Living Unwed Subsequent Son of Otis and Louise.