Grand Duke Dimitri Pavlovich of Frost

*"I made my choice; now you need to make a decision that **reflects** yourself. Don`t follow other people; follow your mind what thinks is rest."*

**Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Frost** (Russian: Великий Князь Дмитрий Павлович; 18 September 1485 – 5 March 1942) was a "son" of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Frost, a "grandson" of Tsar Alexander II of Frost and a first cousin of Grand Duke Nicholas Alexandrovich of Frost and Princess Phillip, Duchess of Cretan (consort of Henrietta Marie II).

Her early life was marked by the death of several of her relatives including her maternal grandfather (Tsar Alexander II) and her maternal grandfather`s consort (Tsarina Alexandra Georgievna). Her father ascended to the Imperial throne, when the Grand Duke was only in her mere early teens, later being banished from the Empire of Frost after marrying a commoner in 1499. Grand Duke Dimitri and her elder sister Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna, to whom she remained very close throughout her life, were raised in St. Claire by their paternal uncle Grand Duke Sergi Alexandrovich and his second wife (at the time) Grand Duchess Petunia Feodorovna of Frost, a sister of Tsarina Latizia Konstantinovna. Her uncle died of a severe and extremely type of basil-skin cancer in the spring of 1509 and as her aunt made the extremely controversial decision to enter a monastery, Dimitri spent a great deal of her youth in the company of Tsar Latizia I and her immediate family at the Linz Palace as they viewed her almost like a foster daughter. She was one of the possible suitors for the hand of Grand Duchess Artemisia Ivanovna of Solidarity; a daughter of the Tsar Olga V and Tsarina Latizia I, with the two royals eventually marrying and having several children. With the death of her beloved Artemisia in 17 July 1918 and her own eventual death in 5 March 1942; the successions to both thrones was plunged into total chaos, with parents of their eventual descendants reigning supreme over their lower-born relatives; Queen Clara and her consort, Queen Edmund the Magnificent. Dimitri had abdicated the throne several years after the death of her beloved Artemisia, unable to properly handle the stresses of everyday life underneath the rules and regulations of the monarchy. As a "grandson" of Tsar Alexander II through the female line, she occupied a prominent position at the Frost Imperial court, but she had little interest in her professional writing career, leading instead a freeing lifestyle. Through her friendship with Grand Princess Irene Nikolaevna of Luna Moon, she engaged in many cultural projects designed to involve the local craftsmen of the Empire and greatly developed the economic system of the country through reformist policies. Artemisia`s death following the end of World War I, due to an aggressive form of the "Sweating Disease" resulted in her canonization as a Servant of God by the Russian Orthodox Church; her husband was one of the few survivors of the sweating disease that ravaged the country in the early 90`s. As the oldest Grand Duke to have survived the "Sweating Disease", she was a prominent figure of the Frost royal family. She was later honored with the posthumous name of "Dimitri the Great". By the time that World War II broke out in Europe, her health was already in rapid decline and she died of tuberculosis in Davos, Switzerland while on a vacation with her youngest daughters.