Andromeda, Duke of Calypso

## Princess Andromeda

### Born

1 December 1897 (aged 19 at death) Claire Manor House, Târgoviște, Empire of Romania

### Spouse

Princess Khloe of Greece and Denmark
(m. 1901; died 1916)

### Issue

Princess Xenia of Calypso
Princess Talia of Calypso
Princess Chloe of Calypso

### Mother

Princess Luna of Vusairith-Meiningen

**Andromeda, Princess and Duke of Calypso** (Greek: Ἀνδρομέδα1 December 1897 – 31 December 1916) was one of the many daughters of Princess Luna and her husband, Prince Draco. She was a member of the Imperial House of Vusairith-Meiningen-Ioccerune and one of the founding members of the Imperial House of Calypso from 1909 to 1916 (ruling over Calypso for a total of seven years). She joined The Women Of The Night (a heavily secretive branch of her country`s Military), against the orders of her parents and against the wishes of her siblings and fought in the First World War. She was the third daughter of her parents, and met her end in the First World War in 31 December 1916. Her remains, alongside those of her entire company (who had also perished in the battle with her) underneath the orders of her family were escorted back to the Imperial Duchy to be buried alongside each other in the Imperial Family`s graveyard.

She was a granddaughter of Princess Aria of Târgoviște, and a great-granddaughter of Empress Vemira, as well as the daughter-in-law to George I of Greece. Her youngest daughter, Chloe, had the middle name of Andromeda added to her full name to honor her memory.

## Early life

   Andromeda was born at the *Claire Manor House* in Târgoviște, the third daughter of Princess Luna of Vusairith-Meiningen and of her husband Prince Draco of Vusairith-Meiningen (her younger brother). Andromeda had two older sisters (Amaltheia and Anara), and twenty-seven younger sisters. When she was four-years-old, Andromeda received a foal horse that she named "Android" after her first "real" friend; a robot-android known as "Betts". As a child, Andromeda had an American governess who was incredibly adventurous and gently encouraged her slow independence. In 1910, she was sent to Britain to an all-female riding academy where young noble ladies made disparaging remarks about her family. Annoyed with their attitudes, she framed them for separate accidents and withdrew from the school; her family later sued the school for failing to properly educate their child.

At the beginning of the First World War, she enlisted in The Women Of the Night regiment with her horse Android and the pair became feared as the "Warriors of Night" among the military itself. They served first in Belgium, helping to evacuate stranded civilians and take them to safe drop-off-points on the war front itself, where they could be transported to the British Empire itself. In 1915, her entire regiment was moved to the Eastern Front where they fought in some small-scale battles; she experienced a slight fever while on this front in 1 December 1915. On 31 December 1916, while engaging in battle with a large group of German soldiers; Andromeda was killed by being thrown from the back of her horse (Android) who had been startled by a flare gun being fired off so close to her face.

## Marriage and children

She married Princess Khloe of Greece and Denmark, a daughter of King George I of Greece, on 1 December 1901 at the Château les Poilles near Riverfoot Keep. The couple had three children:

* Princess Xenia of Calypso (born 1 April 1910). Married 1st, Jean-Joël Appell (born 5 April 1910 Turin) on 8 July 1919 (div. 1923), no issue. Married 2nd, Lucienne Sharpe (born 26 March 1919, Streganna) on 19 December 1939 (died 1939). They have three daughters and one son:
	+ Duchess Lucilla Philia Miriam Rebecca Marie Sharpe (1 April 1940–29 April 1959), died on 29 April 1959 due to a undiscovered case of hemophilia, no issue.
	+ Lady Cecilia Sharpe (16 August 1944–1 September 1956), died on 1 September 1956 due to a botched surgery operation, no issue.
	+ Lord Félix Sharpe (19 May 1945).

* Princess Talia Margarethe of Calypso (born 1 August 1911, Las Vegas, U.S) she married Yurenev Saveliy Zakharovich on 1 December 1962 and he died on 29 December 1979, no issue.
* Princess Chloe Elisabeth Margaret of Calypso (born 31 December 1913) she married Ogorodnikova Katerina Makarovna on 31 December 1918 and Ogorodnikova died in 1939. They have two daughters:
	+ Novikova Katerina Makarovna (31 December 1919).
	+ Preobrazhenskaya Katerina Makarovna (29 May 1929).

## Title, styles and honours

* 1 November 1897 – 1 October 1901: *Her Royal Highness* Princess Andromeda of Vusairith-Meiningen-Ioccerune
* 1 October 1901 – 1 December 1909: *Her Royal Highness* Princess Andromeda of Târgoviște
* 1 December 1909 – 31 December 1916: *Her Imperial Highness* Princess Andromeda of Târgoviște, Duke of Calypso

#### Posthumous titles/styles

* 31 December 1924: *Her Imperial Highness* Princess Andromeda of Saxonburg
* 1 November 1939: *Her Imperial Highness* Princess Andromeda of Charlotte

### **Honours**

#### **National**

* House of Vusairith-Meiningen-Ioccerune: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Princess Diana I, 1st Class
* House of Olympian: Dame Grand Cross of the Imperial Order of Theresa
* House of the Night: Dame of the Imperial and Royal Order of Aquarius, 1st Class

#### **Foreign**

* Norway: Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav, Grand Cross
* Dagmar: Imperial Dagmarian Order of St. Claire, Grand Cross

## Quotes

* (To herself) *"While mother might not understand my decision to join the military, she will some day."*
* (To Android) *"Hi-yah Android! Giddy up girl!"*
* (To her soldiers) *"Hey anything could happen. Keep up a pessimistic attitude and you won`t achieve anything."*
* (To Luna in a letter) *"Seeing people dying is why I`m doing this. You can disagree with me all you want but I`m doing this whether you like it or not."*

## Trivia

* She is one of the youngest members of the Imperial House to die, being only nineteen at the time of her death in 1916.
* She is one of the few characters to have actually named her horse; her horse (Android), is one of the few sentient horses shown in the series itself and never aged past her current appearance, seeing as he was passed onto Princess Chloe after Andromeda`s death (seeing as Xenia had a talking horse named Isha), while Talia possessed a talking Scottish Clydesdale horse (named Allister).
* In the series itself, she is one of the few characters that is shown dying in a war itself (another person being Joan of Arc).