Andrea II Arturia

**Andrea II Arturia** (Andrea Arturia Viktoria Bernadotte Irene-Aquitania; 18 January 1919 – 30 January 1969) was Empress of Irene from 1939 and was styled with the address of *The Honorable* since her marriage to the youngest son of Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood and Mary, Princess Royal, Lord Arthur Lascelles—unlike her mother who married to gain a more powerful military alliance with Britain, Princess Andrea married for love, a sense of devotion and a sense of duty towards her people of her Empire—her new husband (Arthur) echoed these sentiments. Her younger brother, Prince Alfred, found Arthur guilty of being too low in rank and not politically savvy like their parents—he deemed her husband unworthy of marrying his younger sister—though a majority of the Empire`s people saw the marriage as wonderful, her younger brother and other people saw the marriage as "disgusting" and a "insult taken at the late Empress`s name", they demanded for Lord Arthur to be returned to his homeland and their Empress married to somebody of equal rank. Over the years, though the country came to love Arthur—as he was a devote Catholic and lover of nature, which many people in the Empire loved and enjoyed frolicking around in, taking photographs, and even discovering things in. An Empress in her own right, she was considered one of the most powerful rulers of her time—her husband was elevated to the same status as she, with the two kept busy with their own duties—the couple`s eldest daughter, Princess Mary, was often kept busy with her schoolwork but often found time to visit her parents. Andrea`s mother, the late High Empress Viktoria had died on 30 April 1939, when Andrea was twenty and her younger brother Arthur was eighteen. Her coronation on 30 April 1940, was a symbol of pride for the nation—the new King of Britain, George VI, was invited to her coronation, and the people of Irene turned out in droves to support their new ruler.

In September 1939, the Irene Empire—except the Southern Islands—declared war on Nazi Germany. War with the Kingdom of Italy and the Empire of Japan followed in 1940 and 1941, respectively. The monarchs of Irene who had always lived in simple palaces, sometimes out in the countryside with their peasantry, shared their dreams and hardships with their people—Andrea continued this tradition and the popularity of the monarchy rose as a whole. She was succeeded by her eldest daughter, Mary.

## Life

### **Early years**

Andrea was born in Germanicus, Makarova, to Carl of the British Empire and his only wife, Victoria I of Irene on 18 January 1919. At the time of her birth, she was was first-in-line to the throne, her parents were the current reigning Empress and Emperor. Her only sibling, a younger brother named Alfred, was born two years later on 18 January 1920, which didn`t change her position in the line of succession. Her birth, which occurred on the day of the death of Prince John caused a period of mourning—the birth of Andrea caused much superstition in the British court who considered her to be a bad omen. Though the oldest child of her parents, Andrea was often ridiculed by her younger brother who was considered to be smarter than her by courtiers around them—even if the common people disagreed with the statement. Growing up in the post-war era, Andrea`s country was embroiled in war from the time that she was a young adult—much of her waking hours were spent training and practicing diplomacy, war tactics, archery, and wielding various types of weapons.

#### **Death of Mother**

On 30 April 1939, her mother passed which made her father the Emperor Dowager as the consort of the late Empress—the now twenty-year-old Andrea became the Empress of Irene—she married her husband Lord Arthur the following month in 20 May 1939, one month after the passing of her mother. Though the large majority of the people in her Empire loved her new husband—a large majority of her Empire`s people (specifically soldiers stationed overseas in Germany and Canada) balked at the prospect of being ruled by a British Emperor and advocated for his removal—the Empress was notably dismayed with the dismal response and offered to abdicate in favor of her younger brother, Prince Alfred. This caused public uproar as both groups of people called for Arthur to be sent back to the United Kingdom and the Empress to be married to her younger brother—both siblings were notably disturbed at the notion and refused the motion internally. Though her younger brother despised Arthur, both for his low rank in British society, and not telling the previous Empress that he was courting the young Andrea—Alfred was incredibly reluctant to marry her off to a noble of either Sous Novia, Rawansia, and Aura Moonstone. He eventually relented and let her be—his supporters were notably upset.

##### **Birth of Princess Mary**

The birth of Princess Mary in 30 May 1940, one month after the coronation of Empress Andrea brought much celebration and party-going into the Empire itself—it also raised the hopes of the Imperial soldiers of Irene and she became the face of the Irene Empire`s resistance. The tale King Arthur, a possession which had originally belonged to her mother, Viktoria I Arturia, was passed down to her daughter, Princess Mary on 2 September 1945 when the young Princess was age five. Her birth heralded the steady decline of Nazi Germany—and she turned five-years-old on 2 September 1945, the final day of WW2.

##### **Birth of Princess Viktoria II**

The birth of Princess Viktoria in 31 May, 1941, one year after the birth of Princess Mary, and one month after the coronation of Empress Andrea, as well as two years after the death of the previous Empress caused much controversy among the people of her Empire—Viktoria grew up incredibly hard-of-hearing in one ear due to her father being deaf in one ear. No more children were conceived between the couple until February 19 1949, when Princess Viktoria was seven-years-old.

##### **Birth of Princesses Arturia II, Andrea III, and Prince Arthur II**

On 19 February 1949, Princesses Arturia II, and Andrea III were born, along with her eldest son (Prince Arthur). The popularity of the monarchy soared as the two young Princesses and Prince were considered extremely beautiful—soon after his death (Prince Arthur) grew incredibly ill—he mysteriously improved overnight and was raised separate from his siblings—this self-imposed isolation made him incredibly tense around his mother.

##### **Birth of Andrea`s remaining children**

On 19 February 1959, when Prince Arthur was ten-years-old, his remaining siblings were born—Princess Grace and Princess Fiona were both born sickly, inheriting hemophilia from their father`s lineage as well as cognitive deafness in their right ear from their father.

#### **Cold War Era**

The now forty-year-old Empress aligned herself as well as her Empire with the United States—her allies did as well, making it the first time any of the *extremely* *isolated* Mythical Nations had even considered allying with somebody outside of their own sphere of influence—the member states were prone to trying to shut the other person down usually but the rise of communism heavily worried the Empires of the Mythical Nations. The unanimous agreement of the *usually arguing* Mythical Nations, who agreed with Empress Andrea and her nation caused much concerns to rise among the Western Bloc that Russia would attack one of the Mythical Nations—that claim was proven true after Russia attacked a territory of the Empire, the Southern Islands—the islanders reacted immediately and the Empire`s country personification (Victoria) personally led a battalion of soldiers to retake the Southern Islands. They swiftly and promptly took the Russian troops down—drowning them in icy absolute-zero ocean waters—the bodies of the frozen Russian soldiers would be discovered a few days later by ravenous and blood-thirsty water camels who would devour the bodies, skin and bones. When the Cold War Era ended—Russia demanded their soldiers who had gone to take over the Southern Islands back—they were then informed by a rather *amused* Princess Viktoria II that the soldiers were eaten by ravenous water camels (the traditional mounts of the Irene Empire).

### **Illness and Death**

For years, Andrea had been suffering from unexplained illnesses and incredibly-painful back pain which stemmed from her sickly state as a child—her mother even declared it as the cause for her slow healing—doctors even explained that she had an incredibly slow healing rate, and suffered from a slight case of hemophilia due to slight interbreeding among the various families of the Irene Empire. Compared to her younger brother, Prince Alfred, she had awful back-pain, used to suffer from painful bunions which affected both of her big toes, and was incredibly frail during her earlier years. On 30 January 1969, Andrea passed due to an unexplained illness—considered one of the most treasured rulers of her time, her legacy lived on and her eldest daughter, Mary (formerly Princess Mary), now known as Empress Mary ascended to the throne.

## **Legacy**

Widely regarded as one of the most influential leaders of the Empire itself—her stead-fast views and ideologies changed the political landscape of the Empire—in return it became more accepting, more welcome, and more pacifist. Andrea was considered the "Mother of Irene" as she attempted to stabilize the Empire at the time where two nations (the United Nations and the USSR) were both trying to claim dominance—her reign is not without it`s haters though—her younger brother who reluctantly kneeled before her so unwillingly before despised her husband and assassinated him by poisoning him. This sparked instant outrage across the Empire—Mary had him executed for crimes against the Crown and the State itself—which pacified the more relentless people.

## **Titles, styles, honours and arms**

### **Titles and styles**

* 18 January 1919 – 30 April 1939: *Her Royal Highness* Princess Andrea of Irene
* 30 April 1939 – 30 January 1990: *Her Majesty* The Empress
* 5 November 1940 – 30 January 1990: *The Honorable* Lady Andrea

Andrea held three titles throughout her life, as successively the heir apparent to the throne, the new Empress, and as a member of British aristocracy. As sovereign, she was referred to most often as simply The Empress, Her Majesty, or even Milady. In her position as sovereign, Andrea automatically held the position of Commander—this power was rarely used as Andrea relied on the advice of her bright military officials (who grew up in military-oriented families).

## Trivia

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