Camylle Egen

Baronetess **Camylle Egen** (カミーユ・慧眼 *Kamiru Egen*), also known as **Camylle Egen Graceling**, and colloquially known as **Camille**, was one of the cousins-in-law of Empress Elizabeth III and a 11th cousin of Princess Imperial Brienne of Prisma; eventually being promoted to a Duchess of the Prisma Empire. She was the only daughter of Catelyn Egen (née **Glücksburg**); an scandel-ridden member of the Norwegian Royal Family, and Catelyn`s tenth husband; Lord Jeremiah Egen. Her family had always been estranged from each other (in some manner); as they greatly detested each other. Her paternal great-great-great-grandmother, Princess Margaret, disapproved of the measures her great-great-granddaughter-in-law (Catelyn Egen) went to, in order to effectively control Margaret`s great-great-great-granddaughter (Camylle Egen); Louise Margaret (one of her great-grandaunts) refused to even as much as glance at the face of either of her parents, due to some form of disagreements that happened years before she was born. Camylle remained as one of the many confidants of the-then Princess Elizabeth III (the future Empress consort); eventually marrying back into the Norwegian Royal Family, with a cousin far away from her genetically. With Prince Leopold, she had sixteen children, all of whom grew up to become empowered members of society.

## Biography

### Background

The second and eldest surviving child of Baronet Jeremiah Egen and Catelyn Marie of House Glücksburg, Baronetess Camylle was born on 25 December 1859 on a piece of land belonging to House Egen in Vienna, a year after the death of her older sister, Baronetess Victoria Marie Alois, and was baptised on that same evening; she was also given her late older sister` position as heir apparent to the lordship. Marchioness Wilhelmine Amalie (one of her paternal aunts), Marquess Rupert (one of her maternal uncles), Duke Alois Benedict, and the rest of her first-cousins were present at her birth; in addition, the one-week-old Princess Louise Caroline of Norway (a *very* distant niece of the future Duchess) was also present at her birth. The youngest of her father`s bastard children; Lady Josephine of France, Camylle was noted to be the favourite half-sister of Josephine. Her paternal great-grandmother`s closet and greatest friend as well as the namesake to Camylle, was Princess Camylle Elisabeth Victoria of France; the daughter of Marie Thérèse of France, the only *Madame Royale* of France, and the only daughter of an reigning King/Queen to receive that title. Thus at the request of her paternal great-grandmother, she was given the name 'Camylle' by Lady Thérèse (the mother of Lady Josephine of France); her mother was reportably appalled at the presence of Lady Thérèse at the birth of Camylle and tried to have her thrown out of the room. Dame Adèle Louise of France, a daughter of Queen Cornella of Wales.

#### Friendship with Elizabeth III

Crown Princess Elizabeth III of House Leidenschaft befriended Camylle Egen, during their childhood, while both of them were growing up. The day they met, sparked a bond between the two girls, which would continue for many years; the two of them learning Kendō, specifically Iaidō.