Queen Charlotte I

## Charlotte

**Charlotte Alessia Iryna Marie Petrovna**, Queen of Karoleva, (15 April 1886-) (Karolevian: Королева Шарлотт Петровна tr. Koroleva Sharlott Petrovna). She was the first child and first daughter of Queen Alexandra and Frederik II of Karoleva. She was the oldest sister of Grand Duchess Maria Petrovna, King Nikolai II, and Grand Duchess Tatiana of Karoleva. She is known for being a member of the Petrovna family during the Christmas Revolt of 1905 and for her short reign as Queen of Karoleva in the spring of 1907.

## Early Years (1886-1896)

Born the first child of Queen Alexandra and Fredrick I at the Kathrin Palace at Tsarskoe, Karoleva away from the public life that watched the Royal Family in St.Romovna. She and her siblings had a peaceful childhood for ten years.

## Train Crash of 1896

 1896 was a tragic year for the royal family. A train crash caused the death of King Alexander II, Grand Duke Alexi, his wife, and children. Grand Duke Frederik of Karoleva became King and moved his family to St.Romovna and suddenly the family were in the public eye. She was know as being the most mature of the siblings, having a high sense of propriety.

## The Christmas Revolt of 1905

 King Fredrick II, due to being unprepared for King, was not the best ruler which caused mass unrest among the people of St. Romovna. He was unpopular with the people, which resulted in the the Riot of November 14th, ending with the shooting of the protesters. This led to a protest by Erik Verraten which turned violent and led to the shooting of Grand Duke Nikolai Petrovna. Soldiers were sent by King Fredrick II but were defeated. The family planned on leaving the city to Tsarskoe after the 400th Ball .

 This led to the invasion of the Romovna Palace at the 400th Ball led by Erik Verraten on 21 December 1905 resulting in the death of Tatiana Petrovna by the hands of Bear Jenkins and Verraten. Charlotte, Maria, Alexandra Petrovna , and Nikolai made it out of the ballroom with the help of Dryia "La" Kilman.

 The family left the Romnova Palace in a car and were captured in The Slums by Verraten and his followers and put into The Shack with Maria and Alexandra. Charlotte and Maria are soon let go by Verraten and were told to leave the country in two days under threat of execution. They both fled to an orphanage ran by Tommy Milkins under the names of Katya and Olga. Lucky ran by Tuck Evergreen at the time of their arrival who did not recognize them. They stayed there for a while before leaving for the Romovna Palace to find their father.

 Charlotte and Maria Petrovna met Juste Dan Renon and then left the palace on a cart to take a boat to the train station. They all went to Tsarskoe disguised as a refugee family. Renon left them at the Kathrin Palace , the residence of Ilsa Petrovna Alexandrovna and Dowager Queen Maria Feodorovna Petrovna. Juste dan Renon gave Charlotte two letters, one for his father Victor dan Renon and one detailing the reason for his crimes. Juste tells her to put his dog tags on the grave of Mira Dan Renon . She is also given back her father's seal.

 Charlotte and Maria are later told of her father's death by the rebels by their aunt and grandma, both devastated. They both sent telegrams to try to look for their mother and brother. She is later approached by Juste dan Renon to detail his plan to turn himself in and confess to his war crimes under the guise of taking orders from Verraten. Telegrams informing them of a rebel group moving toward Tsarskoe made them move to a town near Ekaterinburg. The rebel army was defeated by the Eurovan Army and Erik and his followers were soon captured and later executed. The family were reunited in Ekaterinburg.

## Life after the Succession of Nikolai II (The First Time)

After the Christmas Revolt, the Royal Family moved to Belinksy due to the inhabitable state of St.Romovna. King Nikolai II was crowed King two years later on his 20th birthday on April 3, 1907 in the Dorogoy Cathedral attended by the entire royal family. Here Charlotte met Isabella Affini and King Cedric of Livadia. The former being arranged to marry Nikolai II and the latter arranged to marry Charlotte by King Frederik II before his death. Here Grand Duchess Maria Petrovna was attacked by a man named Mad Mohan who was hired by Stanislav to collect the blood of a Petrovna.
The ball was ruined due to Juste dan Renon rigging one of the fireworks to exploded near the glass ceiling of the ballroom, making everyone flee. Along with leaving a threatening note in the bedroom of Nikolai II, and a knife in the headboard of Charlotte's bed.

On April 7th, 1907 Charlotte hosted a Charity Ball in order to raise money to fund giving food, fire wood, etc to the poor of Karoleva. The ball was only a minor success due to a rebel named James being shot and the royal vault being raided by Lisbeth Vaughn, both ordered by Dormin Lothar. This caused the attendees to leave early only raising a small chunk of money for the efforts. Due to being generally overwhelmed and being upset over not being told that she was arranged to marry the King of Livadia, she ran away from the palace for about two days. Though she was able to improve her relationship with the King of Livadia later.

It was said that Charlotte had fallen ill but really she was somewhere in Belinsky. Here she spoke to Juste dan Renon where he told her of his "game" that he was forcing them all to play. She was later later found by guards and taken back to the Alexander Palace.

 Some time later the same day, Charlotte was shot in the leg by Renon in the Alexander Palace gardens but managed to survive. Her wound was treated by Dormin Lothar who treated gunshot wounds while in service in the Espanian army, who also made her a wheelchair to move around in.

Charlotte is informed on the situation in Alingsky and they have to prepare for a siege of Belinsky led by the Espanian army and that Dormin Lothar had a hand in it. The majority of the servants were dismissed from the palace and Maria and Charlotte helped hide jewels in the garden.

During the family's stay in the Queen's Parlor, supposedly the safest place in the palace, Juste dan Renon forces **Alexandra** to sign papers at gunpoint that give him and his Wraiths a full pardon, himself being named temporary field commission as Colonel, and a bounty for every Espanian soldier they kill, which Nikolai II did not take well.

The Dowager Queen later told Charlotte her plan to overthrow Nikolai and place her on the throne. After some convincing, Charlotte eventually agreed to her mother's plan hoping it will help save Nikolai II from dying due to being King of such a chaotic country.

On 14 April, 1907 Charlotte and Maria are told by Nikolai that the gate of Belinsky has been breeched and tells them that he will stay behind in the worst case scenario and has a plan to get his family along with Isabella Affini out of Karoleva and plans of Charlotte ruling if he dies.

Dormin Lothar and his men were able to infiltrate the Alexander Palace, killing all the generals and officials in the War Room and many others. Lothar almost killed Maria Petrovna in the process but was stopped by Renon and they both fell through a window.

The Seige of Belinsky ended with the surrender of the Espanian army and the death of Dormin Lothar by Renon's hand. During Renon's announcement of the end of the Seige, Renon stabbed Nikolai II with a poisoned knife before stabbing himself in the throne room. Due to already being in her majority, Charlotte was immediately Queen of Karoleva.

## Queen of Three Days

 After the "death" of King Nikolai II, Charlotte was shortly Queen Charlotte I of Karoleva for three days. But Nikolai II, to the surprise of everyone, came back to life ending her short reign.

## Life after the Succession of Nikolai II (The Second Time)

Three days after his death, Nikolai II woke up from the dead. The knife he was stabbed with was laced with rhododendron that slowed down his heart rate enough to be declared dead. This also means that Renon also was risen from the dead as well.

Charlotte fainted when she say her brother's tomb empty in the palace rotunda and was carried to the medical wing by King Cedric of Livadia where Isabella Affini was also brought due to being stabbed by her adviser.

Later Charlotte is told by Maria that they need to leave Belinksy immediately with Juste dan Renon. She eventually agrees and leaves Belinsky with Dowager Queen Alexandra, Nikolai II, Isabella Affini, King Cedric of Livadia, Juste dan Renon, Justin Tombs, Lisbeth Vaughn, and Peter Gabriel.

Her family, their entourage, and herself stayed on night in a monastery in a village between St.Romovna and Belinksy. Here Isabella Affini and Nikolai II got married despite advisers being against their marriage due to Isabella being queen of Manturia now.

Men led by Magnus Vitori , the former leader of a secret legion in the Karolevian army responsible for war crimes that was almost killed under orders from Grand Duke Alexi, went and killed the monks of the monastery and the nearby village in search of the Petrovna's. The Petrovna's fled to St.Romovna were they stayed at the d'Alabanza house in the eastern banks of the Dvina river.

After a fight with Maria about the treason plot against Nikolai II, Maria ran away and Charlotte went to look for her with Isabella. During this they found King Cedric and Renon who both got separated from the group at some point during their escape from the monastery.

## Second Reign

25 April 1907, Nikolai II left the d'Alabanza House with a note strongly implying he wanted Charlotte to replace him with no word on if he would return. This was taken as an abdication and some believe to be the start of Charlotte's second reign as Queen. Though due to being removed from the capital and most power, this is was mostly name only. Grand Duchess Ilsa Petrovna Alexandrovna was Grand Duchess Regent at this time and was the one truly in power during this time.

## The Treason Plot against Nikolai II

In April of 1907, Dowager Queen Alexandra convinced Charlotte Petrovna to agree to her plan to overthrow Nikolai to put Charlotte on the throne. The Dowager Queen did this to supposedly help keep Nikolai alive and strengthen Karoleva by indirectly putting herself on the throne. Queen Alexandra attempted to write to The Pope to remove Nikolai from the throne.

## Charity Efforts

The money raised at the charity ball in 1907 was used to had out supplies to the poor in Belinsky during the start of the attack of Belinsky from the Espanians. But it was only a minor success and any improvement in the people's opinions of the Petrovna's was overshadowed by the Espanian siege.

## Family

Grand Mother: Dowager Queen Maria Feodorovna Petrovna

Grand Father: Alexander II (deceased)

Father Frederik III (deceased)

Mother Queen Alexandra

Brother Nikolai II

Sister Grand Duchess Maria

Sister Grand Duchess Tatiana (deceased)

Sister-in-law Queen Isabella of Manturia

Aunt Queen Irina of Eurova

Cousin Prince Alexander

Cousin Princess Samantha

Cousin Prince Felix

Aunt Grand Duchess Ilsa Petrovna Alexandrovna

Cousin Grand Duchess Olga of Karoleva

Cousin Grand Duchess Katerina of Karoleva

Uncle Grand Duke Alexei of Karoleva (deceased)

Cousin Grand Duke Pavel of Karoleva (deceased)

Cousin Grand Duke Dmitri of Karoleva (deceased)

Cousin Grand Duke James of Karoleva (deceased)

## Relationships

**Queen Alexandra** Charlotte grew up close to her mother, as she did with the rest of her family, but their relationship grew distant after the Christmas Revolt. Charlotte agreed with her about overthrowing Nikolai, supposedly in order to save him from the danger of the throne.

**Frederik III** Charlotte grew up close to her father, like the rest of her siblings

**Nikolai II**Charlotte loved and cared about her brother, but their relationship turned for the worse after the Flight to St.Romovna, when she realized Nikolai was weak and easily manipulated by those around him.

**Queen Isabella of Manturia** Charlotte had a good relationship with Isabella, reminding her of her sister Tatiana

**Grand Duchess Maria** Charlotte and Maria grew up close together with their sister Tatiana, even sharing a room together. But after the Christmas Revolt, Charlotte became emotionally distant which caused strain on their relationship, especially after Charlotte were along with Queen Alexandra's plan to overthrow Nikolai.

**Grand Duchess Tatiana** Charlotte grew up close with Tatiana and loved her

**King Cedric of Livadia** Charlotte was planned to marry King Cedric of Livaida, though their engagement was called off. They had a friendly, if not mildly romantic, relationship.

**Grand Duchess Ilsa Petrovna Alexandrovna** Much like the rest of the family, it's implied they had a close relationship.

**Dowager Queen Maria Feodorovna Petrovna** Much like the rest of the family, it's implied they had a close relationship.

**Justin Tombs**

**Peter Gabriel** No known thoughts about Peter Gabriel other than that he was too young to be a guard.

**Erik Verraten** Having been held hostage by Erik Verraten, and causing the deaths of Tatiana and King Frederik, Charlotte despised him and was glad after he was hung for treason.

**Lisbeth Vaughn** Though not having spoken to each other, Charlotte despised Lisbeth Vaughn because she was a rebel.

**Lilly von Buren**

**Magnus Vitori**

**Juste dan Renon** Charlotte despised Juste dan Renon for his attempt at killing many of her family members, and wished that her family would not put their trust in them.

**Prince Alexei Gorchakov** Charlotte's relationship with General Gorchakov was based on mutual respect, and appointed him to his position as Head General during her reign as Queen of All Karoleva

**Dormin Luthar** Charlotte's relationship with Dormin Luthar was originally friendly, as he helped her survive being shot by Juste dan Renon. But this changed after he was found to be an Espanian spy.

**Countess Katerina Mendoza** Implied to have known Katerina Mendoza since they were young, due to General Mendoza being a friend of the family.

## Titles and Styles

**1 April 1886 - 26 December 1905**  *Her Royal Highness, The Grand Duchess Charlotte of All Karoleva*

**26 December 1905- 15 April 1907** *Her Royal Highness, The Crown Grand Duchess Charlotte of All Karoleva*

**15** **April 1907- 18 April 1907** *Her Royal Majesty, Queen Charlotte of All Karoleva*

**18 April 1907- 25 April 1907** *Her Royal Highness,* *The Crown* *Grand Duchess Charlotte of All Karoleva*

**25 April 1907- Present** *Her Royal Majesty, Queen Charlotte of All Karoleva*

## Trivia

* Favorite color is dark blue
* Enjoys chocolate
* After the Siege of Belinsky and her succession as Queen of All Karoleva, Charlotte gave pensions to families of all guards that died defending the Royal Family, either by the Espanians or by Juste dan Renon.
* Is the only member of the known Royal Family to have a French name, though with a Karolevianized spelling in Karolevian as Sharlott. Though her name is commonly translated to Charlotte in English.
* Her childhood nickname was Lotti, though became Char in adulthood (or more accurately Shar in Karolevian)
* It is implied that the name Charlotte became used after, or was trending before, Charlotte's birth. Sharlotta Rostova, the sister to Olga Rostova, who was born the same year as Charlotte, but was given a more traditional Karolevian version of the name.
* Her favorite perfume is scented with violets