Isabella Williams-Irene-Aquitania

Portrait by Richard Stone, 1942

### Parents

Claude, Duke of Williams and June, Princess of Irene-Aquitania and the United Kingdom

**Princess Isabella, Duchess of Irene-Aquitania and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland** (Isabella Margaret Rose Williams-Irene-Aquitania; 4 June 1903 – 2 September 1945) was the elder daughter and only child of Duke Claude of the House of Williams and Princess June of Irene-Aquitania and the United Kingdom.

Isabella spent much of her childhood with her parents and Irish-American governess, Marchioness Judith, and Marquees George (her beloved husband). At the tender age of six, she was appointed as a squire to the Irene Imperial Family, one of her distant relatives (Wallis Simpson then known as Bessie Warfield) often visited the young Isabella as she grew up—her British and Irenian relations were scandalized when Wallis divorced her second husband to marry the British king Edward VIII—though she was against the marriage in general, Isabella considered him to be a better husband to Wallis (her sixth cousin) than her cousin`s first and second wife—citing them as completely intolerable. She completely ceased communication with Wallis after marrying her own husband in 26 April 1923—her parents enjoyed the company of her beloved husband and often laughed whenever he got in trouble. A Imperial Knight and member of the House of Williams, as well as the House of Irene-Aquitania—she was incredibly popular with the ladies as well as males due to her position as a soldier, to be more specific, a Captain in the Imperial Air-born division and was regarded as one of the more mysterious figures of history. Her three children, Prince Philip, Princess Tracy, and Princess Erika—became the source of much speculation as despite being British citizens by both descent, and blood relations, they were born to a foreign mother who was a Princess of a foreign nation—Harrison and Isabella allowed them to hold dual citizenship.

## Life

An only child, Isabella Williams (sometimes written Duchess Isabella W.) Irene-Aquitania was born in Duchess Palace, the traditional vacation home of the Irene Imperial Family—her father`s youngest sister, Lady Cecilia, stood proxy for her oldest brother (her father) as he was away on business in the United States and couldn`t hurry back home—her birth was celebrated with much fanfare, though her safety was a cause for much concern. Cecilia later wrote about the occasion in a letter to her brother, "Dear Claude, I worry for the safety of you and your newborn daughter—God bless us all in this difficult time and have mercy on us all—Germany, is going to kill us all! Please do hurry back Claps, I worry for the safety of this nation and it`s people." Her pleads reached Claude in the United States, who came back as fast as he could—he was heavily injured after two civilian British boats allegedly crashed into each other—Cecilia became notably worried sick with the thought of her niece growing up without a father and often lamented Claude`s terrible luck when not spending her own day nursing him back to health—her mother (Princess June) reportably cursed her husband`s terrible luck calling him "unfortunate and simply unlucky."

#### **Early Childhood**

Isabella spent much of her childhood sheltered in the court of Irene—her maternal grandaunt (Queen Alexandra) rarely-if-ever saw hide-or-tail of the young Isabella citing her rare public appearances as the incredible paranoia of her parents who held real fears of Isabella being assassinated due to her Royal and Imperial heritage—as the daughter and only child of a high-ranking Duke of the British Nobility (Duke Claude), and a Princess of the Irene Empire—Isabella spent much of her early childhood underneath constant protection. On June 4 1907, on Isabella`s fourth birthday, her parents traveled to Great Britain with the rest of her family, her governess, and her governess`s husband—her maternal aunt, the current reigning Empress Shimousa traveled with them—while on the trip, Isabella happened across Prince Edward VII—she became heavily offended after he called her "small" and "short" and according to her diary, Isabella harshly kicked him six times as revenge. She also met a young Duke Harrison during this time—personally challenging him to a sword fight after he insulted her father to regain her father`s honor—after winning the sword fight she was reprimanded by her mother but displayed no signs of remorse.

#### **Heir Presumptive to the Irene Empire**

Her maternal aunt, the current reigning Empress Shimousa had no living heirs but was married at the time that she ascended to the throne—Isabella was named as her heir presumptive and thus more essential to the government than ever—in the eyes of the world, she had become more valuable than she was before. Concerns over her safety increased as Shimousa oversaw the eradication of hundreds-upon-hundreds of attempted assassinations against the new heir presumptive to Irene—security over the heir was heightened even more and somebody was always near the heir. She was deposed as the heir presumptive of Irene on 18 January 1908, after Princess Viktoria I Arturia was born—becoming the second-in-line to the throne, later third-in-line for Irene`s throne.

### **Military Career**

She entered the military on 18 January 1918—the Government was hesitant to sanction it, as Isabella was third-in-line for the throne—if they lost Isabella in battle, Irene would only have two heirs which would hurt it if either of the two remaining heirs died, pulling out of the military. They allowed her to rejoin the military after she threated to leave the country—Lord Kitchener cited the young fifteen-year-old Princess Isabella, as inherently gentle, kind-hearted, but incredible composed and dedicated to the path of a true Knight—yet unlike her Knight predecessors she was inherently humble and refused any compensation, content to simply help people and then leave. She served in several minor conflicts between the Irene Empire and it`s incredibly aggressive neighbor, Avalon—she was injured by shards of shrapnel piercing into her stomach and both of her legs—only surviving through the surgery by her sheer quantity of magic, which had protected her vital organs. In the War of August, she abandoned her gun and shoved six of her fellow soldiers out of the way—taking the brunt of the blast and surviving the experience.