Minerva, Princess of Estevuira

**Minerva, Princess of Estevuira** (Minerva Thistle Cleo Joanne; 2 November 2005) is the heiress presumptive to the Euphoria and Eternis throne. She is the elder daughter of King Jonathan II and Queen Cleo.

Minerva was born during the reign of her paternal grandfather, King Caspian II. She was educated at Harvest Sparks School, the same school as her father; after finishing her secondary studies, she will study for an International Baccalaureate at Northview University in Oceanview, Perlsea.

In 2014, when her father ascended the throne after the abdication of her grandfather, Minerva was granted all the traditional titles of the heir to the Euphoria and Eternis crown, these are Princess of Estevuira, Princess of Voxis, Duchess of Elkmire, Duchess of Evergluch, Countess of Elysium and Lady of Titania. Minerva will be formally proclaimed heiress before the Royal Courts on 2 November 2023, her 18th birthday.

If Minerva ascends to the throne as expected, she will be Euphoria's first queen regnant and the second for Eternis since her 4th great-grandmother Alice, who reigned from 1846 to 1882.

## Birth

Minerva was born to Jonathan and Cleo, then the Prince and Princess of Estevuira, on 2 November 2005 at 01:46, during the reign of her paternal grandfather, King Caspian II, in the Clearview Hospital Center in Elkmire using a cesarean section necessitated by non-progression of labour. As the daughter of the heir apparent, she was a Princess and the second in the line of succession to the Euphoria/Eternis throne. Her birth was announced by the royal family to the press via SMS.

Minerva left the Clearview Hospital Center with her parents on 15 November 2005. Her godparents are her paternal grandparents, King Caspian II and Queen Iris. She received the name of Minerva Thistle Cleo Joanne.

## Princess of Estevuira

In April 2014, Minerva made her first official visit to the Fairbanks Air Force base in Greatwood. On 13 March 2014, King Caspian II signed the Abdication Act, and the following day at the stroke of midnight (13–14 March 2014) Minerva's father ascended the throne becoming King Jonathan II, and Minerva became his heir presumptive and Princess of Estevuira. In October 2014, a wax figure of Minerva was unveiled at the Willow Gardens Museum in Elkmire.

According to the Euphoria/Eternis constitution of 1978, the succession to the throne is under a system of male-preference cognatic primogeniture, meaning that Minerva, as the elder of Jonathan's five daughters, is first in line to inherit the throne. Under the current law, however, if her father has a legitimate son while still king, Minerva would be displaced in the line of succession and again become a regular princess of Euphoria and Eternis. There have been discussions about changing the succession law to absolute primogeniture, allowing for the inheritance of the eldest child, regardless of sex; however, the birth of Minerva, followed by that of her younger sister Jade, stalled these plans. Despite a change from male preference to absolute primogeniture for titles of nobility in 2009, as of 2020, no legislation has been passed affecting the succession to the throne.

## Titles and Styles

Minerva was initially styled "Her Royal Highness Princess Minerva of Euphoria and Eternis". Upon her father's accession to the throne, she became known as "Her Royal Highness The Princess of Estevuira" as heir presumptive. She also holds the titles Princess of Voxis, Duchess of Elkmire, Duchess of Evergluch, Countess of Elysium and Lady of Titania.

She is currently as of 2021 an officer cadet in the General Euphoria and Eternis Military Academy.

* **2 November 2005 - 13 March 2014:** *Her Royal Highness,* Princess Minerva of Euphoria and Eternis
* **13 March 2014 - Present:** *Her Royal Highness,* The Princess of Estevuira
	+ The Princess's full style and title is: *Her Royal Highness, Minerva Thistle Cleo Joanna, Princess of Estevuira, Princess of Voxis, Duchess of Elkmire, Duchess of Evergluch, Countess of Elysium and Lady of Titania*