Anna Maria II

*Queen of Avuvaria*

**AnnaMaria II** (AnnaMaria Christina Lillith; Nov 27 xx37 - April 12 xx08) is one of four protagonists. She was Queen of the Kingdom of Avuvaria up until her execution. She was the sixth queen regnant of Avuvaria’s history. Her reign was 45 years long.

## Early Life

AnnaMaria was born at Aerolia Castle as the first child of Princess Rayven, Countess of Aerolia and her husband, Edric Shadowend, Earl of Aerolia. She was born three minutes before Princess Valaria, Countess of Aerolia She was born in the reign of her maternal aunt, Queen Sylvia VI (older sister to Princess Rayven.) AnnaMaria was born second-in-line to the Avuvarian throne.

She was born a few minutes before her twin sister Valaria Shadowend. AnnaMaria was named after Queen AnnaMaria I, a feared tyrant of Avuvaria’s past; Christina, after her paternal grandmother; and Lillith, her maternal grandmother. She was nicknamed “Ann” and “Aria” by various of her family members, and “Anna” affectionately by her mother and aunt.

## Heir Presumptive

During the first few years of AnnaMaria’s life she was second in line to the Crown, behind her mother as her aunt had not married nor had children yet. It was suspected that the (then) Queen would marry and have children of her very own, and that would then lower her down in the line of succession.

When AnnaMaria was 3, her parents had been assassinated, which then made her heir presumptive with the title “The Simulacrum Princess.” The People of Avuvaria had accepted AnnaMaria as their heir with great honour, as she had “great potential as a future crown princess.” AnnaMaria, with being considered heir, was raised by her aunt, and various other handmaidens. She was brought up as any other heir of the world, with top education, and living - With this, she usually lived away from her sister, Valaria, as she was the spare with more freedoms. She grew up studying court life and started to undertake small royal duties at the young age of six. She was usually involved as a senior member within parliament , with her being included in conversations of crucial important matters like passing laws, and debating with other people within it. She was fairly wise, even at six years old, so everyone did account for the opinions of their potential future monarch.

### Education

#### Early Schooling

AnnaMaria attended multiple high-end schools in Avuvaria. She attended Aklakonia’s School for the Gifted Young, a preparatory school in Neive City, Feivelize which provides the best education for young nobles and children of dignitaries across the world, and in Avuvaria. She graduated as salutatorian. In a private interview with *Avuvaria Tonight* the then-princess at twelve defined the experience as exhilarating.

#### Attending Instinguere Eligere Academy

As heir presumptive, AnnaMaria attended Instinguere Eligere Academy - a prestigious grade 9 to 12  boarding academy in Aerolia City where scholars, and nobility all across the world attended - at 13.  By tradition of the heir, she attended at default.  She attended with her aunt’s intent to educate herself on how to communicate with her people and to converse with other teenagers who also had their futures ahead of them. She had met various other nobles and royals who she did befriend, and eventually became allies with during her reign.