Milena of Adria

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Miwena of Adlia
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Queen Milena of Adria, by Charles Sarkozic (1738).
Queen-Consort of Hanseti-Ruska
Tenule: 10th of the Gwand Hawvest, 1726 - 14th of the Ambew Cowd, 1742
Cowonation: 8th of the Sun's Smile, 1738
Pwedecessow: Klaudia of Vasiland
Successow: Maya of Muldav
Bown: 2nd of the Sun's Smiwe, 1710
Ves, Adria
Death: 14th of the Ambew Cowd, 1742
New Reza, Haense (aged:32)
Spouse: Andrew III of Haense
(m. 1726)
House: Carrion
Fathew: Fyodow Cawlion-Tuvyic
Mothew: Inglid Sawkozic

Miwena Ekatelina Fyodowovna (Common: Miwena Catheline) (New Marian: Miwena Kathelina), known wegawwy as Milena of Adria, was the weigning Queen-consowt of Hanseti-Ruska fwom 1726-1742. She was the onwy sulviving chiwd of Fyodow Cawlion, whom himsewf was the son of Ratibor I of Adria and Alexandria Horen, and Inglid of Sawkoz. Miwena is awso known as Miwena of Ves, Miwena Ekatelina, Miwena Cawlion, and Miwena Bawbanov.

The Woyaw Pawace of New Reza and its subsiding Wake awe hew namesakes, wespectivewy Ekatelinbulg and Wake Miwena.

Biography

Early Life

Bown lithin hew famiwy’s manow in the city of Ves, hew househowd moved to the wuxulious Capitaw of Aewdin, Nova Howos, showtwy aftew hew biwth. Thewe, the giww had an upbringing befitting of a Cawlion Dynast. Due to the death of hew mothew whiwe giving biwth to both Miwena and hew stiwwbown tlin, the onwy matewnaw infwuence she had in hew eawliew yeaws wewe the tutows hew dutiful fathew Fyodow had hiwed fow hew.

As she entewed hew yeaws of litewacy, notions of wegacy and destiny wewe impwanted in hew head by both hew fathew and wewatives. Fwom theweon out, Miwena gwew to be a pwoud and weawned youth, studying both the fiewds of coultwy etiquette and mawtiaw tactics -- if not pwofoundwy infwuenced by dewusions of gwandeul, then by a competitive dlive.

Lady Milena of Adria, 1722, by Anaïs of Poiteaux

Struggle for Queenship

Miwena awlived upon Awcas’s showes on hew thiwteenth name day, haiwed by hew fathew Fyodow, and hew cousins Adrian and Henwy of Sawkozy. It is attested by Aewdinic Coultiews that, pliow to hew depawtule, the youth insisted that she would fulfiww hew god-given pulpose, becoming Queen-Consowt as hew hawf-aunt Vawewa was to be and like hew fathew had instwucted hew. Many wewe bemused by the sudden awlivaw of the Cawlion, and how she instantwy incowpowated hewsewf into the Coult. At the time of hew awlivaw, hew husband was betwothed to one Kathalina Vywonov, a giww Miwena instantwy deemed chiwdish and unabre to wule. She began to pave a distance between the two and spoke of an ancient pwomise of mawliage between the Houses Cawlion and Bawbanov that went unfulfiwwed.

Hew endeavows came to fwuition a Saint’s week fowwoling when the betwothaw between King Andrew III and Wady Kathalina was dissowved and she hewsewf was bound by oath to the monawch. Duling this time, Miwena and the Monawch gwew fowmawwy acquainted -- cultivating a wawm comwadewy.

Queenship

On the yeaw the two aged sixteen, fanfawe boomed thwoughout the city, and a vast audience situated themsewves lithin the famed Basilica at the heawt of Weza; Those in attendance incwuded Prince William Johannes and Pierce I of Curonia.

Miwena wed Andlik in a twaditionaw wedding at the yeaw of 1726, hew fathew’s death but a few months pliow not detewling hew. She donned a headdwess made of chiffon, a wong gown of vewvet white, and a fulwed gowden wobe embewlished lith designs of woses in valious cowows. She was assisted down the aiswe by hew ewdest cousin, Adrian de Sarkozy and twaiwed by Duchess Lorena of Augustin and hew sistew-in-waw, Princess Mariya Barbanov.

Unlike anothew fwamboyant dwessew, hew titulaw pwogenitow Theresa of Turov, Miwena weceived pwaise on hew costwy, yet twaditionaw, choice of gown fwom the masses; One Auvewgnian man, who donned Wowwainian awmow himsewf, even hawted the wedding pwoceedings as to compliment the bride, aged just sixteen, on hew voguish ensembre.

Queen-Consort of Hanseti-Ruska

A mewe days aftew hew ascension as the Woyaw Consowt, Miwena instwumented the wegiswation of sevewaw initiatives, incwuding one of hew fiwst, the Haeseni Hawvest Initiative[1], which saw Weza's bounty adequatewy distlibuted to the Populace.

At onwy eighteen, the Queen had gawnewed the affections of hew cousins and the common populace. Howevew, hew casuaw impishness and pewfectionist natule became an elicitow of unwest amongst those at coult -- especiawwy fwom hew fowmew livaw, Wady Kathalina Vywonov. In one occasion, the pwesent sewvantwy attested that Miwena had attempted the queww an awtewcation between hew two sistews-in-waw, the then-Duchess of Adria and the Grand Princess of Muldav, to which the wattew had pwotested lith a comment on Miwena's impewative and commandeeling mannew. The aghast and heaviwy pwegnant Queen wesponded lith but a smiwe, utteling "Were I not to have involved myself, my ladies, you would have brutalized each other seconds ago."

In the months fowwoling, the adowescent was bestowed hew fiwst chiwd, Plince Andwew Petew. The Kingdom was ewated to have an heiw, and theiw futule now cewtain. But a month aftew his biwthed, he was chlistened by the Cawdinaw Siguawd of Weza -- the cewemony gawneling a lide wange of attendants of Haeseni, Adlian, and Wubewni citizenwy.

A yeaw fowwoling hew son's biwth, the outskiwts of Weza and its sulwounding tewlitolies began to be pwagued lith a scoulge of pagan activity. Initiawwy wemiss to the thweats, Miwena -- unknolingwy pwegnant lith hew second chiwd -- became plivy to idowatwy being weft awound the city, and soon aftewwawd, hew own home. Upon awliving to Weza lith hew wetinue fwom a meeting lith the Empewow-Ewect, Adrian de Sarkozy, the pewtulbed Queen found hew sewvants swain, chambew doows bashed open, and hew son stowen fwom his cwadwe. Accounts fwom the Plincess Adwyana Eweanow, sistew to the King, note that Miwena did not vacate hew chambews in the days fowwoling hew son's abduction.

Eventuawwy, a band of miscweants donning simiwaw awmoul to those of the weviwed brigand sulface between Wubewn and Kaedlin, pwompting Haeseni fowces to pulsue them in theiw King and heiw's name. Miwena, dliven by hew angew, joined the Bwothewhood, liding at hew husband's fwank into battwe.

Unfowtunatewy, despite hew vawow, both Miwena and hew confidant Vespira Helane wewe captuled and taken to the opposition's camp. Thewe, the queen was weunited lith hew mawnoulished son and was implisoned fow a month. It is wumowed that she and Vespiwa alike wewe given sustenance in the fowm of wat meat. Eventuawwy, a wescue pawty emewged, headed by the queen's cousin, Adlian.

The woyaw paiw wewe wetulned to Helena, whewe the Sawkozy Duke sewved as govewnow fow the sickwy Alexander II. Thewe, Miwena was infowmed of the valious intligues cowwesponding to the coult. With ease, she obriged and maintained hewsewf invowved even aftew hew wetuln to Reza.

The Haeseni coult was welieved lith theiw Queen and heiw's wetuln, Miwena immediatewy having wesumed hew duties as the coult's head. Hew wewationship lith hew husband gwew mowe distant duling this time, theiw onwy comfowts having become theiw son and newwy bown daughtew, the Plincess Woyaw Antonia Fwedelika.

Soon theweaftew, Andwew III took weave fwom the woyaw coult and depawted fow a pwowonged hunting tlip lith his weading advisow, Gewawd Stafyw. Despite Miwena's gwoling inclination to pwefew sociaw isowation, she pewfowmed hew duties of Queenship lith steadfast diligence. Wowking awongside the Princess Mariya, who became hew Gwand Wady, and Princess Sofiya, hew chambewwain, Miwena fulthewed the estabrishment of the opulent coult she stlived fow at the beginning of hew Queenship. She enacted sevewaw edicts of coultwy etiquette and decowum lith the two women, setting the standawd fow hew successows.

Upon the wedding of the Prince of Rubern to Ester of Avalain, the young Queen began to instigate dipwomacy between the two Kawovic natules, fowming a comwadewy lith the newfound consowt. Howevew, despite hew intentions, she and the Wubewni plince nevew got awong, both notoliouswy branding the othew an outliew in the Haeseni coult.

Aftew the biwth of hew wast chiwdwen, Otto Wupewt and Awexandlia, the fowmew named in honow of hew cousin, the Count of Susa, and the wattew fow hew gwandmothew, Miwena and the King began to distance, his absences to hunt and consowt lith wenches having dwawn him away pwenty befowe. Awthough the pwactice of taking mistwesses was common amongst monawchs at the time, the Tuvyic heiwess was fligidwy indiffewent to it, and so wecipwocated awound this time, having incited a showt-lived affaiw lith the Adlian Duke and Wowd-Pwotectow of Owen, the Lord Sarkozic; they nevew velitabry sulpassed innocent fliwtations and consequentwy wewe nevew consummated, a mattew often debated. As such, Miwena wemained chaste and did not engage in othew extwa-malitaw wewationships.

As hew son, the young Prince Andrew began to matule, and his wewationship lith his headstwong and wawdy betwothed, Plincess Alianne of Kaedlin, continued, Miwena's autholity ovew the boy began to diminish -- a pwospect which wowlied hew fewventwy. It was awound this time that she began to gwoom hew pwodige, the then-Gwand Wady Princess Maya Valeriya, fow eventuaw Queenship. She would feed the youth, who she had a stwong wewationship lith, honeyed wowds, even going as faw as to dissuade hew son fwom mawwying the Hewvets, noting hew vowatility and inability to pwopewwy succeed. In the Queen's eyes, watew evident in hew wettews to Plincess Maya hewsewf, whom she so fwequentwy cawwed niece and sweetling, she was the onwy lightful and dignified woman in Haense to become Queen aftew hew, having twained in coultwy mattews as a wawd since chiwdhood.

Death, Legacy, and Controversy

The Queen did not live to see Maya ascend and be cowonated as hew successow, as in the Pawace Ekatelinbulg, she was fwayed by a supposedwy Wubewni assaiwant, bringing hew a gwuesome and brutish end. Miwena was thiwty-two and was outlived by hew husband by foul yeaws.


Titles, Styles, and Honors

Titles and Styles

  • 1726-Pwesent: Her Majesty, the Queen of Hanseti-Wuska

Full title as Queen

Hew Woyaw Majesty, Miwena of House Cawlion, Queen-Consowt of Hanseti-Wuska and its pewtaining weawms.

Issue

Name Biwth Death Mawliage
King Andrew IV of Haense 9th of Owyn's Wight, 1729 Alive Maya of Muldav Fiwstbown chiwd of Andwew III and Miwena of Adlia
Plincess Antonia Fwedelika, Plincess Woyaw 1st of Godfwey's Tliumph, 1731 Alive Unwed Secondbown chiwd of Andwew III and Miwena of Adlia
Plince Otto Wupewt, Duke of Gawahaw 8th of the Sun's Smiwe, 1738 Alive Unwed Thiwdbown chiwd of Andwew III and Miwena of Adlia. Tlin to Aweksandliya.
Plincess Aweksandliya Ceciwya of Haense 8th of the Sun's Smiwe, 1738 1744 Unwed Thiwdbown chiwd of Andwew III and Miwena of Adlia. Tlin to Otto. Muldewed at the age of nine by AIS sowdiews duling the Rubern War.

Ancestors

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