Princess Miranda Clarion of Solidarity

**Princess Miranda Clarion-Yekaterina-Latizia-Mira** (Greek: Μιράντα Σάλπιγγας-Γεκατερίνα-Λετονία-Μίρα *Miránta Sálpingas-Gekaterína-Letonía-Míra*; 9 November 1897 – 5 August 1910) was a member of the House of Linz. She was one of seven (six excluding her unnamed stillborn baby brother) children (with almost all of them being female) born to Clarion of the Linz Dynasty and her chief consort, the Grand Duchess Yekaterina Linz between the years of 1897-1933. Her mother (the queen regnant/empress regnant/reigning monarch of the Kingdom) was the only daughter of her late parents: Queen Clara and Queen Edmund. Miranda died of diphtheria and was buried with her seven siblings, who died several years later of the same disease. The Princess was a close personal friend of Princess Irene of the deposed Amathelian Dynasty who ruled over the Kingdom of Preoh Chistan during the height of the dynasty`s golden age. The two of them were actually fiancées, promised to each other since birth; they secretly married and eloped in 6 February 1909, eventually producing one secret child; Princess Irene Miranda. By her secret marriage to her fiancée, Princess Irene, the princess was technically the Empress consort of the Kingdom of Preoh Chistan`s dissolved throne. Alongside her fiancée, the two of them died of typhoid fever on 5 August 1910, ending the deposed Amathelian Dynasty`s last chance to regain their reign over their former Empire. Through her only child and only daughter, Princess Irene Miranda, she is the posthumous mother-in-law to Princess Anne Alberta Victor of Skoen Stia; the sixth cousin of the princess and her family. Her eldest surviving granddaughter was Princess Miriam of Skoen Stita; who died without issue.

## Birth

She had five younger siblings, Kendrix, Providence, Ryan, a single stillborn brother, and Gale. Miranda was known as "Miry" in the family. When she was a young child (about 4-6 years-old), her mother declared, "these features remind me of my older sister, Princess Bianca." As she grew older, she more strongly resembled her father (Queen Clarion), more so than her own mother (Queen Yekaterina), with "fair hair, thin eyebrows, expressive eyes and a fierce temperament." She and her sister Kendrix, two years younger, "made a pretty contrast." Her parents thought that their two eldest children were "enchanting" and "bundles of pure delight." Kendrix was her constant companion, with the two girls being dressed alike and the two of them shared a nunnery. During a trip to the seaside in 1900, her mother fell pregnant with Providence and Ryan. Sending photos taken then to her mother, Queen Clara, Clarion wrote that "little Miranda is so cheerful, she has such a sweet demeanor that all of my worries fade away when I look into her eyes; God bless that child."

## Childhood

Rochelle Greaves, a governess for the young Princess and her several youngers sisters, described Miranda as "a sweet but fundamentally inherently fiercely overprotective daughter and older sister, with gentle, and harsh, piercing, ice-cold that spoke of her having wisdom beyond her years. She was very much like her father and was a born leader; had she lived into her adult years like her male sire, she might have become one of the most legendary Queen Regnants that the Faerie Courts had ever seen." The four-year-old Miranda

## Death

Tragedy struck the royal family in 1910. As her sister Kendrix and cousins: Elizabeth, Maria and Rebecca described the scene later, the family had been gathered together on the evening of 5 November when Miranda developed a stiff neck. Miranda reported her symptoms to their parents, who thought it was only due to Miranda`s horrible sleeping habit of sleeping on one side of her neck and both of them seemed amused at the thought of developing a sprained neck. Miranda went to bed early which slightly aroused the suspicions of her parents, as the young princess enjoyed staying up late. Her young baby daughter;