Princess Amélie of Lewes

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Amélie of Lewes Amélie Lucinde aged sixteen, c.1863 Born: 9th of Godfrey's Triumph, 1846, San Luciano, Principality of Savoy Died: 17th of The Deep Cold, 1863, Providence, Holy Orenian Empire House: Savoie-Lewes Father: Prince Leufroy, Count of Lewes Mother: Caterina Louisa Helane

Princess Amélie of Lewes (Savoyard: Amelia Lucinda) was the firstborn daughter and secondborn child to Prince Leufroy Renault, son of Olivier I of Savoy, and his wife Caterina Helane. During her childhood in the Principality, she was said to have been affectionate and adoring to her family and friends. The comital family of Lewes was exiled and sought refuge in the Orenian capital of Providence following Leufroy's attempted coup of the throne and later disappearance.

Early Life

Born Amélie Lucinde Ashford de Savoie-Lewes, her childhood was especially fruitful for a girl of her age. She adored her family and was more often than not seen playing with her many cousins or siblings around the capital or in the Palazzo Algradé. Once, her mother recalled in a letter surfaced from the ruins of Savoy, the princess Amélie lead her cousin Carolina of Savoy into the vineyards to play only for the entirety of the court children to be found with them later that eve.

Amélie pictured on her eighth nameday (c. 1855)

She was a ward to the Princess of Savoy, Catherine of Sutica, and was highly educated alongside her mainline cousins by various nannies and teachers. By the age of fourteen, two years before her passing, Amélie was fluent in common, Waldenian, Savinian, Auvergnian, Illatian, and was studying High Imperial or 'Flexio'. Alongside language studies, she was also taught etiquette, needlework, and ballet, the latter of which she was remarked to have excelled.

Exile from Savoy

The comital family of Lewes were forced to flee the country and instead seek refuge in Oren following Leufroy's attempted coup of the Savoyard throne from his brother and his disappearance that followed. Amélie continued wardship under Catherine via letters though it fell through after a while.

Adolescence

The move to a foreign court proved excruciatingly difficult for the young Savoyard princess, and she was quite swiftly regarded as haughty by a number of Orenian courtiers due to her withdrawn nature and general distaste for the country as opposed to her own. She had little friends besides her siblings, and the family lived in a humble house along the canal bank. Meeting her cousins was as infrequent as ever despite their growing attendance in the Orenian court, and it was only through a brief reunion between Carolina and herself that she was informed of Princess Catherine's murder earlier that year.

Letters penned from Amélie to her missing father state that she loathed Oren and urged him to come home and fix his wrongdoings. It is unknown whether or not the princess had contact with the outlaw-prince of if her letters were a concoction of grief, etcetera.

In her later life the princess was taken under apprenticeship via the illustrious Seamstress of Oren. A mere assistant, Amélie found the most joy out of pursuing her interest of fashion and regarded it as the "[...] peak of life as an Orenian citizen." Despite this she still refused to make nice with members of the court who disliked her, her stubbornness leading her to isolate herself further. The rest of her days were spent in the Seamstress' store on St. Tobias Ave or travelling in intervals back to her home country.

Death

Throughout her life post-exile, Amélie was permitted to visit the country a number of times. With Leufroy presumed dead, the exile was eventually lifted for the remaining members of her family and thus trips of visitation occurred much more often for the princess. While some were to visit her family and friends, others simply were to bask in the Southern heat and comfortable surroundings. It was these trips, however, that would lead to her fateful demise.

During a two week trip to San Luciano, Amélie was caught completely by chance in the 1863 bombing of Savoy's capital city by off-shore mercenaries. Caught in the initial impact, bystanders that had witnessed the explosion rushed the princess, among many other dead and injured citizens, to aid outside the walls. While Amélie was not pronounced dead at the scene, she later passed bed-ridden in intensive care. Perhaps ironically, the hospital she passed at was in Oren, the place she favoured the least.

Titles and Styles

• 1846 - present Her Highness, The Princess Amélie of Lewes

Ancestors of Princess Amélie of Lewes

16. Lucien Alexandre Ashford de Savoie               8. Griffith Ashford de Savoie                       17. Marie Aimée Ashford de Savoie               4. Olivier I, Prince of Savoy                             18. Guy Ashford de Bar               9. Maria Luisa Ashford de Bar                       19. Maria Leopoldina Ashford de Bar               2. Leufroy Renault, Count of Lewes                                   20. Richard Victor, Count of Rochefort               10. Adrian Othodoric, Count of Rochefort                       21. Lorena Antonia Helane               5. Adeline of Rochefort                             22. Frederick Leopold, Viscount of Albarose               11. Charlotte Rosamund Pruvia-Albarosa                       23. Alexandrine de Morvelyn-Louvain               1. Amélie Ashford de Savoie-Lewes                                         24. Camilius Helane               12. Augustus Helane                       25. Louise Gloriana Pruvia               6. Lucius Maximus Helane                             26. Robert Castor, Duke of Cathalon               13. Wilhelmina of Cathalon                       27. Letizia Ashford de Aryn               3. Caterina Louisa Helane                                   28. Joseph II, Holy Orenian Emperor               14. Joseph Leopold, Count of Aldersberg                       29. Anne I, Holy Orenian Empress               7. Georgiana Beatrix Novellen                             30. Henry Louis, Count of Österland               15. Henrietta Maria of Österland                       31. Angelika Helena Ludovar