Kailee Bridgerton

Queen Kailee of Downton is the first Tsarina of Downton. She used to reign beside her husband, Tsar Benedict I of Downton, before her death. Her heir would have been whoever respectable woman married her first son, Tsasarevich Luka of Downton but he bore an illegitimate child so he was removed from the line of succession. Her heir is the wife of Tsar Johan, Tsarina Alicia of Downton.

## History

### Early life

Kailee was born the Princess of Downton. She wanted to reaffirm her country's place as a military country so she signed up to fight alongside Aubrey in the Strangerville war where she met her future husband, the then Prince Benedict of Aubrey, General Aubrey.

### Life as Tsarina

Once Kailee and Benedict had married, Kailee had ascended to Tsarina of Downton. Due to the Imperial family preferring a male bloodline, Benedict was declared the new Tsar of Downton with Kailee to rule beside him. This didn't bother Kailee since she had been brought up to know her future role as potential Tsarina.

Kailee and Benedict were quick to produce heirs, with their first born: Luka to be proclaimed Tsasarevich and heir to the Downton throne, short after, Grand Prince Johan was born. Kailee and Benedict was strict on Luka's upbringing since they believed it would be him to succeed to the throne. By the time Luka and Johan were reaching teenage hood: Kailee and Benedict had two more children: Grand Princess Brylee and Grand Prince Cristopher of Downton.

Kailee enjoyed taking interest in Benedict and her children's lives although her role as Tsarina kept her busy and away from her children through important aspects of their life which Kailee loathed. Due to both her and Benedict's absences, their children began to differ from their upbringing. Luka found interest in attempting to skive off school whereas Johan began to take serious interest in the roles of Tsasarevich, making the public question why an inappropriate choice was made by having Luka as first in succession. This was mainly due to Downton's dynasty being mostly based around power, which Luka wasn't inhabiting in his behaviours.

#### Tsasarevich Luka's scandal

News soon reached the Tsar and Tsarina about their eldest sons antics. Kailee was surprised to say the least, yet she had to support her furious husband in his choices since he was the Tsar of Downton. Kailee attempted to lock herself away from facing Luka (now Grand Duke Luka, Duke of Downton), Kailee didn't know what was worse, Luka not facing his responsibilities to his country, or that she now had an illegitimate grandchild. Because of Johan's new ascension to the role of Tsasarevich, Kailee vowed that she would try her best to support Benedict as he now had the duty of insuring that Downton had a capable heir.

### Later life

Kailee struggled with going out in public following Luka's scandal and banishment, the situation didn't help when Kailee was told about her eldest sons death from alcohol poisoning. Kailee couldn't believe that her eldest son was so unhappy with his life that he began drinking so heavily that he had risked his life.

Eventually, as she began to get older, her youngest daughter Grand Princess Brylee began taking some of her duties although Brylee also suffered a tragedy when she also died on a royal excursion. Kailee's eventual death impacted Benedict badly, with him taking a step back for Tsasarevich Johan to step up to the plate.