Vivienne de Ardennes

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Vivienne Chantrice Princess of Alstion Predecessor: Aloisia Horen Born: 13th of Owyn's Flame, 1692 Ardennes, Man Spouse: John Alexander, Prince of Alstion (m. 1705) House: d'Amaury Father: Francis I, Margrave of Ardennes Mother: Aileen of Daelands

Vivienne Chantrice (High Imperial: Vivianna), of the House of d'Amaury, was the only legitimate daughter of the last Margrave of Ardennes and his consort, Lady Aileen of House Gromach. She was first raised in the care of Princess Amelia of Alstion in her youth, before being sent to Aeldin in her adolescence to wed Prince John Alstion, the Duke of Furnestock at the time.

Family & Childhood

Vivienne Chantrice d’Amaury was born in the short-lived Margraviate, Ardennes. At the time of her birth, her father, the Margrave Francis d'Amaury, succumbed to a depressive state and was influenced to believe that the holding should be renounced and promptly destroyed. Vivienne was the Margrave Francis and Lady Aileen's first and last legitimate child.

After the renunciation, Francis set off on a pilgrimage, leaving both his wife and daughter penniless. On the date 7th of the Sun's Smile, 1697, Several years after from having fallen from grace, Lady Aileen opted to leave her daughter before the Gates of Carolustadt on her lonesome. It is attested by civilians that when Vivienne entered the capital city, she bore a broad smile and walked with a determined gait, despite the public upheaval of her family's various attempts to rise throughout society's strata.

After arriving at the doorstep of the Imperial Palace, the girl received a surprise greeting from the Princess of Alstion, Amelia Horen, who informed her that her father requested that she'd be her word. Astonished, Vivienne's only recorded retort to such was embracing Amelia. From thereon, Vivienne grew a fondness for both the pianoforte and Amelia's son, Prince Hadrian Horen. Many were convinced a courtship would take place between the two once they were of age, as they would spend many hours of the day together composing songs in the city's tavern. However, at the young age of ten, Vivienne was abruptly summoned to the courts of Banardia in Aeldin.

Marriage

Vivienne spent three years in the Banardian Court of Velling, and during her stay was described as a jovial and beauteous child; She was often compared to her ancestress, Claude of Lotharingia in her mannerisms when she herself stayed in the city. She grew close with Queen Anna-Maria and even suspected she'd be betrothed to the King's eldest son and heir, Louise-Auguste Anion. Despite her assumptions, Louise was wed and upon her first flowering, an Imperial writ of betrothal was delivered to the Banardian Courts. When the announcement was made amongst the crowd, courtiers writ that the girl mirthfully ran across the hall, calling out the name of her beloved Hadrian, to only fall to her knees and sob as she found out it wasn't to him.

In the early hours of the morning of the Snow's Maiden, Vivienne arrived to Walden, the Duchy of Alba's cosmopolitan capital, where she was carelessly stripped of her garments in front of the Imperial Guard and made to wear a most unappealing dress in the colors of the House of Horen. But thirteen years of age, Vivienne was ushered into a new carriage where she promptly arrived at the Horenic Holding of Pronce. Once the citizens caught sight of the disheveled bride, most stopped what they were doing to bow or curtsy to her. Still hopeful for her future, Vivienne waltzed into the cathedral, greeted by rows filled with people unfamiliar to her. Upon reaching the dais, she could make out the faces of both Amelia and a somber Hadrian, his arms feld over his chest. She was wed to her foreign husband, Prince John Alexander, in a formal ceremony before being forcibly dragged away into his family keep.

Family friends to the Duke of Furnestock surmised that Vivienne refused to consummate the marriage, the once bright and cheery girl locking herself away within the furthest reaches of their keep, for four years before the eventual birth of her firstborn daughter, Princess Adeline Margaret. Her marriage with John was a rocky one, with a venomous conflict between the two often keeping them apart; the palace staff once noted that after John told Vivienne that she'd be nothing if it weren't for her marriage to him, she let out a shrill scream and set off to throw her wedding dress into a lit fireplace.

As Mother to the Empress

Right after her pregnancy with Adeline, John took on the mantle of the Principality of Alstion, making Vivienne the Princess-Consort. During this time, it is said she became merry once again, playing the pianoforte for the underprivileged children at the orphanage and spending an abundance of money on dresses for herself and her growing daughter.

When Adeline turned six, a betrothal was sent to the Prince of Alstion by the young Emperor, Godfrey II, Holy Orenian Emperor. Prince John hastily accepted without the council of his wife, something that Vivienne would resent him for the years to come. But a Saint's Week after, her young daughter was wed and became the Empress.

Issue

Name	Birth	Death	Marriage	Notes
Henry Stephen, Duke of Furnestock	13th of Horen's Calling, 1705	Alive	Margaret of Renatus	N/A
Charles Edmund, Duke of Corazon	13th of Horen's Calling, 1705	Alive	Unwed	N/A
Empress-Consort Adeline Alstion	4th of Owyn's Flame, 1709	Alive	Wed	Consort to Godfrey III, Emperor of Renatus
Julia Adelaide	5th of Sigismund's End, 1718	Alive	Unwed	N/A

Ancestors of Vivienne de Ardennes

16. King John of Lotharingia               8. Hughes d'Amaury, King of Lotharingia                       17. Charlotte Horen, Queen-Consort of Lotharingia               4. Lothar III, Archduke of Lorraine                             18. Warwick Horen-Rothesay, Duke of Leon               9. Mary Horen-Rothesay, Queen-Consort of Lotharingia                       19. Eleanor Horen               2. Francis d'Amaury, Margrave of Ardennes                                   20.               10. Fergus Gromach                       21.               5. Jessalin Gromach                             22.               11. Isabella de Morvelyn-Horen                       23.               1. Vivienne de Ardennes                                         24.               12. Fergus Gromach                       25.               6. Owen Gromach, Baron of Herborn                             26.               13. Isabella de Morvelyn-Horen                       27.               3. Aileen Gromach                                   28.               14.                       29.               7. Mairi Guthri                             30.               15.                       31.