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Queen: Rosa Katarina Elizabeth Alexandra, Her Royal Highness Queen Rosa (19)
King Consort: Thaddeus Giacomo Matthias, His Royal Highness King Thaddeus (20)
-DPrincess: Mirabella Rosa Helen Katarina, Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mirabella "Mira"
Of the Royal House of Gilain, of the kingdom of Tayel.
The young queen's pregnancy was not really a surprise; Rosa and Thaddeus had planned to have a baby soon after marrying and had taken no "precautions" as Rosa's mother said. A quickly-produced heir was a sign of a fertile queen, the advisors said, and put the entire kingdom at ease with regards to succession. And young as they were, Rosa and Thaddeus wanted a baby, a child of their own. They wanted a family, and a large one. Rosa had always wanted brothers and sisters, especially sisters, but all her mother's other pregnancies ended in miscarriages. Rosa had been afraid for the first months that she had inherited that tendency and she had several physicians on constant noticed. But with each growing month she grew rounder and more excited until finally, a few weeks after her and Thaddeus's first wedding anniversary, their daughter was born, a beautiful little girl with her mother's dark hair and startlingly blue eyes and her father's cheerfully up-turned nose. She was plump and ruddy, screamed loudly and nursed eagerly, then settled quietly to sleep. Rosa and Thaddeus were in love with her at first sight. Thaddeus's little sister Catherine, with whom Rosa is quite close, was entranced, and all their parents could not stop smiling. They named their daughter Mirabella, a name her parents had consistently said they would use for another daughter, Rosa for the queen, Helen for a popular queen from history, and Katarina for both Rosa and the founder of the Gilain line. Mira, as she is known, was welcomed with true Tayelan fanfare, with a holiday declared and alms given in every city and a large festival held on the palace grounds with games and food and bards and troupes of traveling players. Nobles and important commoners from far and wide all visited little Mira, and the holiday spirit ofher birth infected even the lowest commoners. After it was made how devoted the queen and king were to their infant, a general good-feeling toward them was solidified.
This outpouring of goodwill for the royal family was just what Rosa's monarchy needed after a rather risky move of hers did not go over as well as she had hoped. Shortly before annoucing her pregnancy, after six months of making only very minor moves, a pet project of Rosa's since childhood was finally proposed and the Royal Library was established. It would provide access to books and even tutors on certain days of the week to those who could not afford them. Rosa, a bibliophile since early childhood, had loved the palace's private library and had wanted to open that same freedom to everyone. The project itself was popular, especially among the poorer classes, but the cost of stocking and staffing was high and Rosa's proposal to raise funds by taxing the nobility was frowned upon. Though the ruling monarch did have the right to tax anyone he or she saw fit, the nobility had rarely been subject to taxation. Queen Rosa's plan of taxing their holdings, be it in property or ready money or incomes, wasnot looked kindly upon, especially when it was not for purposes of war. But Queen Rosa was determined to get those who could easily afford it to pay for this project. Some began to question her readiness to rule after this, but after Mira's birth the grumblings over taxes were forgotten among the mobility in the face of a new heir.
Queen: Rosa Katarina Elizabeth Alexandra, Her Royal Highness Queen Rosa (19)
King Consort: Thaddeus Giacomo Matthias, His Royal Highness King Thaddeus (20)
-DPrincess: Mirabella Rosa Helen Katarina, Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mirabella "Mira"
Of the Royal House of Gilain, of the kingdom of Tayel.
The young queen's pregnancy was not really a surprise; Rosa and Thaddeus had planned to have a baby soon after marrying and had taken no "precautions" as Rosa's mother said. A quickly-produced heir was a sign of a fertile queen, the advisors said, and put the entire kingdom at ease with regards to succession. And young as they were, Rosa and Thaddeus wanted a baby, a child of their own. They wanted a family, and a large one. Rosa had always wanted brothers and sisters, especially sisters, but all her mother's other pregnancies ended in miscarriages. Rosa had been afraid for the first months that she had inherited that tendency and she had several physicians on constant noticed. But with each growing month she grew rounder and more excited until finally, a few weeks after her and Thaddeus's first wedding anniversary, their daughter was born, a beautiful little girl with her mother's dark hair and startlingly blue eyes and her father's cheerfully up-turned nose. She was plump and ruddy, screamed loudly and nursed eagerly, then settled quietly to sleep. Rosa and Thaddeus were in love with her at first sight. Thaddeus's little sister Catherine, with whom Rosa is quite close, was entranced, and all their parents could not stop smiling. They named their daughter Mirabella, a name her parents had consistently said they would use for another daughter, Rosa for the queen, Helen for a popular queen from history, and Katarina for both Rosa and the founder of the Gilain line. Mira, as she is known, was welcomed with true Tayelan fanfare, with a holiday declared and alms given in every city and a large festival held on the palace grounds with games and food and bards and troupes of traveling players. Nobles and important commoners from far and wide all visited little Mira, and the holiday spirit ofher birth infected even the lowest commoners. After it was made how devoted the queen and king were to their infant, a general good-feeling toward them was solidified.
This outpouring of goodwill for the royal family was just what Rosa's monarchy needed after a rather risky move of hers did not go over as well as she had hoped. Shortly before annoucing her pregnancy, after six months of making only very minor moves, a pet project of Rosa's since childhood was finally proposed and the Royal Library was established. It would provide access to books and even tutors on certain days of the week to those who could not afford them. Rosa, a bibliophile since early childhood, had loved the palace's private library and had wanted to open that same freedom to everyone. The project itself was popular, especially among the poorer classes, but the cost of stocking and staffing was high and Rosa's proposal to raise funds by taxing the nobility was frowned upon. Though the ruling monarch did have the right to tax anyone he or she saw fit, the nobility had rarely been subject to taxation. Queen Rosa's plan of taxing their holdings, be it in property or ready money or incomes, wasnot looked kindly upon, especially when it was not for purposes of war. But Queen Rosa was determined to get those who could easily afford it to pay for this project. Some began to question her readiness to rule after this, but after Mira's birth the grumblings over taxes were forgotten among the mobility in the face of a new heir.
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