Viktoria of Metterden
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Viktoriya Sofiya Konstanievna (Common: Victoria Sophia), known regally as Viktoria of Metterden was the thirteenth Queen-Consort of Hanseti-Ruska, and the ward to her predecessor Queen Maya from 1758 to 1762. She presided over the courts after the assassination of Queen Maya in 1762 at the mere age of eleven, and transcended the position when sixteen years old upon her marriage to Sigismund II of Haense in 1766.
Early Life
Viktoria Sofiya Ruthern was born on the 12th of the Deep Cold, 1751, as a daughter to the Count of Metterden and his countess consort, Katherine. She would be the eldest of three siblings; Elizaveta and Alexander. In spite of her relatively large family of five, Viktoria struggled forming any lasting relationships with her parents or siblings. Her sister Elizaveta would become more involved with the imperial court of Helena, and almost never seen in their homeland. Her brother, on the other hand, never left their home at all and stayed within the walls of their house.
In her youth, she was known for her bright and floral dresses that stood out amongst a crowd and separated her from the other dark clothed Rutherns. As she socialized and further integrated herself into the Haeseni Queen’s court, she would be randomly picked among a group of other courtiers to attend the Queen on her meetings. More often than others, she was brought to political gatherings or other occasions of note. Eventually, Vitkoria was chosen as a ward under Maya Alimar as well as her sister.
A majority of the Ruthern’s education would rely on the wardship as her parents were rarely seen or a part of her life. Maya would educate her in the previous courts of the Haeseni Queens as well as some imperialistic courts of the past. Reza of Turov would bring the young girl’s interest, and the conspiracies surrounding the almost-queen, Valera of Adria. Most of her assignments were surrounded with palatial affairs and queenship. “At the point in her life of her studies, she was generally content and saw Queen Maya as a maternal figure. Her sister Elizabeth soon left and continued her education in the Novellen Palace.
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Marriage
With the help of the Queen’s Council and other courtiers of the royal court, the wedding was planned and arranged for 1766. The betrothal, in the specific terms of the document, stated Viktoria would wed King Sigismund on her sixteenth birthday. Plans were set into motion nearly three years prior to the wedding date in exact.
The wedding was officiated by the Bishop of Hanseti-Ruska, Anton Barclay. Viktoria's wedding would include the attendance of the Haelun'or Silver Council, . Her dress was made of white charmeuse and overlaid with a layer of a creme chiffon. The top of her bodice would be lined with an intricate white lace work, and she donned long gloves of the same color. Sewed into the shoulders of her dress was a floral cloak with designs of roses embedded into the fabric. She wore a golden necklace, but more traditionally the diadem settled in her coiffure was Valera of Adria’s - which had been worn in the weddings of the Haeseni queens Milena of Adria and Maya of Muldav.
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