Marie-Thérèse of Lotharingia

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Marie-Thérèse of Lotharingia Queen-Consort of Courland Tenure: 1609 - 1615 Coronation: None Predecessor: Lisette of Virdain Successor: None Born: 7th of the Sun's Smile, 1590 Metz, Kingdom of Lotharingia Died: 29th of the Sun's Smile, 1650 Alba, Aeldin Spouse: Joseph Staunton House: d'Amaury Father: John I of Lotharingia Mother: Charlotte of Alstion

Marie-Thérèse of Lotharingia (1590 - death), also known as Marie d’Amaury, Marie of Lorraine, Madame Royale, and Maria Theresa, was a Lotharingian princess and a Queen-Consort of Courland.

She was the eldest of the “Lotharingian Sisters”, a set of three sisters from House d’Amaury that were all wed to prominent human monarchs in rapid succession.

Birth and upbringing

Marie-Thérèse was born alongside her twin brother, Lothar Augustus, on 7th of the Sun’s Smile, 1590, to John d’Amaury and Charlotte Sophia Horen. At the time of her birth, her father was but an archduke, seeing as he had not yet rebelled from Oren and created the Kingdom of Lotharingia. Nevertheless, her mother was the first Orenian princess imperial, and the d’Amaury family was arguably the wealthiest Savoyardic family of the time, so Marie still had a prestigious birth, and went on to receive an excellent education at the very exclusive and expensive finishing school for noblewomen, Brillantmont.

For a very brief period of time, Marie-Thérèse was considered as a possible bride for the child king of Haense, Marius, mainly because her and her mother, Charlotte Horen, were favorites of Marius’ mother, Queen Reza Elizaveta. However, such plans were thwarted by Reza’s enemy at the Hansetian court, Prince-Regent Karl Barbanov.

Upon her father’s accession as King of Lotharingia, Marie-Thérèse was quickly recalled from Brillantmont, her Aeldinic finishing school, so that she may witness his coronation. While a young Marie-Thérèse was rather sorrowful that her favorite uncle, Emperor Philip, had to have such a horrendous death for her family to be elevated to royal status, she still found it in herself to rejoice and be merry in honor of her beloved father’s accomplishments. She, along with her mother and two sisters, organized “The Victory Ball” a couple of months after her father’s coronation, as to assemble all of the rebels of Oren so that they all may enjoy their victory together. It was at this event that her younger sister, Eleanor of Lotharingia, gave an iconic speech, and Marie-Thérèse was declared as the first Madame Royale of Lotharingia, and betrothed to the son of King Tobias of Courland, Crown-Prince Joseph.

After her betrothal and promotion to Madame Royale, Marie-Thérèse hastily finished her schooling at Brillantmont, and even graduated as the valedictorian, in an attempt to return to Metz as soon as possible so that she may assume a full-time role at court. Immediately after her return to Lotharingian court, she quickly became a trusted advisor of her father, and the constant companion of her queenly mother. It was Marie-Thérèse, along with her mother, that personally imported court etiquette from Auvergnian courts such as those of Banardia to Lotharingia. Many of her contemporaries at court described Marie-Thérèse as being the perfect mixture of her two younger sisters: she had all of the domineering qualities of Eleanor, along with all of the gentleness of Claude. She was seemingly the perfect balance.

When her father died, Marie-Thérèse was forced to briefly assume all of the duties of a Lotharingian queen, seeing as her mother, Charlotte of Alstion, fell into a state of temporary depression after the death of the love of her life. Marie-Thérèse apparently performed her mother’s duties with ease, something that King Tobias took notice of, which eventually caused him to call for Marie to be brought to the Courlandic court to grow closer to her betrothed, his son. Immediately after Marie-Thérèse’s brief departure from Lotharingian court, Eleanor, her very own sister, instigated a plot that would see Marie’s betrothal to Crown-Prince Joseph broken. However, this plot would never come to fruition, supposedly because of Joseph’s great affection for Marie.

Days after her brother’s assassination by the hands of Anna Sophia, Marie-Thérèse immediately left Courlandic court, mustering as much support as she could along the way in the name of her brother, the young King Philip Owyn. While all other female courtiers had fled Metz to wait out the war in the Aeldinic duchy of Alba, Marie-Thérèse remained, working closely with those who supported her brother and wanted Anna Sophia dead. It was due to her great courage that her betrothed, who had now succeeded his father and became the Courlandic king, hastened marriage arrangements and quickly married Marie-Thérèse as to show his support for the House of d’Amaury in the Lotharingian civil war. It was her marriage, that came along with a great amount of Courlandic support for her brother, that tipped the war in her family’s favor, and led to the deposition of Anna Sophia.

Issue

Name	Birth	Death	Marriage	Notes
Charlotte I	18th of the Amber Cold, 1609	Alive	Unwed	Princess Royal, firstborn of Joseph and Marie, Queen of Courland
Prince Henry Richard	13th of the Suns Smile, 1611	Alive	Unwed	Prince of Everux
Alexander II	3rd of the Grand Harvest, 1613	Unknown	Unwed	King of Courland, Declared Missing, then Dead
Princess Alexandra Theresa	12th of the Grand Harvest, 1615	Unknown	Unwed	Twin to Humphrey
Prince Humphrey Godwin	12th of the Grand Harvest, 1615	Unknown	Unwed	Twin to Alexandra