Marie of Wied

Marie of Wied
Marie of Wied in 2077
Queen of the Netherlands
Reign	29 April 2059 - 23 August 2059
Predecessor	Willem-Alexander II
Successor	Anna I "the Silent"
Prime Minister	Claude Roudophe
Stadtholder of the United Provinces Queen of Holland
Reign	4 April 2066 - 20 September 2070
Predecessor	Position Created
Heir Apparent	Prince William Frederick
President(s)	Jorge Wieringa Sr.
Queen Consort of Espana Queen of Bavaria Queen of Portugal
Tenure	23 March 2064 - 23 May 2066 Espana 9 August 2066 - 9 September 2066 Bavaria 14 September 2066 - 4 August 2073 Portugal
Coronation	21 April 2064
Duchess of Wied
Tenure	14 April, 2059 - present
Queen of Bavaria
Tenure	9 August 2066 -
Born	5 March 2041 (age 39) Utrecht, Netherlands
Spouse	Prince Nicolaas, Duke of Tecklenburg (m. 2059-2062) (2073-present Charles II of Espana (m.2064-2066) Maximilian II of Bavaria (m.2066) Luís II of Portugal (m.2066-2073)
Issue	Prince William Frederick Juliet-Alexandra, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Selesburge Princess Zoë, Duchess of Tecklenburg Prince Adrian Christophe Prince Charles Henry Prince Jordão Prince Felipe Princess Leocádia Prince Lisandro
Full name Marie Anna Elisabeth Ariana Wolf Orange-Nassau-Wied
House	Wolf by marriage Orange-Nassau by birth
Father	Frederick, Prince of Orange
Religion	Dutch Reformed Church

Marie(Marie Anna Elisabeth, born 4 March, 2041) is the youngest child and daughter of Frederick, Prince of Orange and the cousin and the successor of the former King, Willem-Alexander II, King of the Netherlands. She was the heir apparent to the throne as the King and his wife, Queen Alexandrine wereunlikely to produce children. She is the first female ruler since her cousin Catherina-Amalia.

Birth

Marie was born in the city of Utrecht in the Netherlands, the fourth child of Prince Frederick during the reign of her first cousin, Queen Catherina-Amalia of the Netherlands. She was praised as her eldest brother, Frederick Albert, had died as an infant. Because of this, both her parents were highly attached to their children and she is very close to her siblings, Louise and was to you her brother William Frederick before his death in 2051.

Childhood

Marie lived in Utrecht for most of her life, briefly living in Berlin in 2044-2047, where her father at the request of the reigning Queen served as Ambassador to the Prussians. Marie was raised with her older brother who was 7 years older than her. Marie has been described as a polite child and a charming person, though her interest in politics and education were and are startlingly lacking.

Name Origin

Marie was named after one of her distant relatives, Marie and from her older sister with Elisabeth and from her mother with Anna. In hopes of not confusing her with the foreign princesses Marie Anna or Marie Elisabeth or Marie Fervondana, she is often just referred to as Marie or the Duchess of Wied.

Education

Marie, as daughter of the Prince of Orange was able to enjoy a well funded education, attending the royal academy of Gustertein Academy in Southern Derita, and then attending Saint Denis Academy in Denmark before returning to the Netherlands. Here she spent most of her time, though she here also learned French and English besides her native Dutch tongue. Marie attended college in the Netherlands until she left in order to be married and then later became Queen.

Reign

Marie's reign is the shortest in Dutch history, lasting only five months from April to August. In her reign, deemed as a relative ultimate failure, she was tasked with rebalancing the Dutch finances, dealing tax, increasing the amount of money available, increasing infanstructure and such. Marie's reign failed in all of that and in June of 2059 the nation went bankrupt. The nation was saved only by Bavarian Intervention which lead to the Bavarian Adminstration from June to August.

The Bavarian Adminstration was a council of banks and businesses that ultimately controlled the navy of the Dutch Empire. The Navy was crown jewel of the empire. Who ever controlled the navy controlled the country. Queen Marie was soon forced to obey the Bavarian Adminstration's every command or face a coup. As the Bavarian Adminstration's grew in power, it earned or bought seats into the Dutch States-General, much to the shock and horror of Prime Minister Roudophe. Roudophe's own cabinet was being rendered useless and he commanded the Queen to act. She refused.

Young Queen Marie

Marie attempted to govern, however she was not prepared nor educated on the matter of governance and as such relied more on her councils. Her councils were soon brided by the Bavarian Adminstration. Soon more Bavarian political men and women and business people than Dutch ones were incharge of the country. Marie, fearing that she would be reduced to a mere puppet monarch.

Marie responded in the only way that she knew. She acted irrationally and with bursts of anger. Marie was most violent with her husband, often times in frustration she would punch him in the chest and slap him or such. This domestic abuse was even at times witnessed by others. Most shocking was in July when Marie, in a terrible fit of anger hit her husband whilst having lunch with her sister, Princess Louise and her husband Prince Louis-Raphael. Princess Louise was horrifed by her sister's violent abuse towards her husband and his lack of response in the situation and Marie slapped Louise when she said something.

This with the fact that the former king, the now late Willem-Alexander II had gone insane made people believe that perhaps the issue was within the entire royal family. This horrifed many and made the Bavarian Adminstration fearful of letting Marie make any choices. Soon they were giving her fake documents and following their own choices. This worked for a while, but soon Marie found out about the plot and took control directly. Marie was going to make political war with the Bavarian Adminstration.

Fall from Power

As the summer of 2059 grew to a close, so did Marie's reign. Marie as she fought against Bavarian Adminstration, she had to ignore the States-General, leading to a three break in the government. Where before a good United Queen and States-General could have possibly stopped the Bavarian Adminstration, separate they could not. Marie, with her erratic and rebellious behavior was becoming annoying to the Bavarian Administration. A queen who wished to be heard and would fight to be heard would not be a good puppet. The Bavarian Adminstration needed a puppet monarch or a monarch who would serve in their best interest in the Dutch Empire.

The soon found the later in a cousin of Queen Marie. Prince Claus II von Armberg, a Dutch Prince who had at a young age moved to Munich, Bavaria and had made a living of himself as a businessman and viper of a politician saw an opening and rushed to join the Bavarian Adminstration. The Dutch Empire was tethering under Marie. As Marie's cousin, and a cousin of the late King, Prince Claus himself was a possible heir to the throne. This automatically made him a threat to Marie in a way that had not been seen in the Netherlands in centuries.

Prince Claus bought out the Dutch Navy, refining it and making it compete with the ships of the FDC and Derita and Great Hyruke. Soon he held Marie's nation in his hands. All that he needed now was her crown. Marie became more fearful and violent as she waited for Prince Claus to make her abdicate. Her councils however believe she was being simply paranoid. But already Prince Claus acted as if he ruled the country. He made residence at the Royal Palace in Amsterdam, he bought himself a set of crowns and wore the finest outfits. He had his entourage bow to him and walked with an air of commanding everything he saw. Even the Queen.

Attack on Haarlem

On the 23 of August, Queen Marie, taking up residence in Utrecht was meet with Prince Claus. Marie, several months pregnant and with her husband away, had to face the sneaky Prince alone with only her private guard. Prince Claus, seeing the weakness that held the Queen, demanded subtly at first that she peacefully hand the throne over to him. Marie did not at first realize that, and waved off such thought as a simple joke. Prince Claus then grew more forceful, demanding that she do it now and give him all the powers of the monarch. Marie was horrifed at the thought of giving up the power she had held for less than a year and naturally refused. She called out Prince Claus on his treasonous thoughts and ordered that he be removed from her sight and arrested.

However, Marie's own anger would be her destruction. She yelled and scream and three things from her desk ordering the guards to arrest Prince Claus. When she felt that they were taking too slow to arrest him, she ordered that they kill him on sight, something not even the mad King Willem-Alexander II would have done. This made the guard loose supper for Marie and Prince Claus acted on that. He convinced the hestitant and confused guards to instead turn on to Queen Marie. Shocked, she attempted to flee, but the guards held her and she was taken to the library to sign abdication papers. Marie, seemingly helpless and threaten with the fact that her unborn children could be killed by her own guard agreed to sign them.

However, Marie's husband, Prince Consort Nicolaas had heard from loyal Atmoran Guards of the situation in Utrecht and quickly moved into action to save his wife and her throne. He ordered that the 3rd Dutch Army, which he commanded move with the Atmoran ones as well to free the Queen in Utrecht. In Haarlem, seeing the Dutch Navy as a great threat due to the principle of whoever controls the navy controls the nation, attacked the Dutch naval base with an Atmoran and Provite Fleet. This would prove a fatal mistake. Haarlem was a disaster, the Atmorans destroying a proportion of the navy and killing Dutch servicemen aboard the vessels in the process. In Utrecht Prince Claus was arrested and later deported, but Marie would never be the same.

Batavia Coup

With Prince Claus deported, Marie saw the Bavarian Adminstration crumble and sink. She had done to war and she had won. But her own downward slope continued, grown steeper and faster. The States-General under Prime Minister Roudophe saw Marie as no longer fit to be a ruler. Whilst it was true the Bavarian Adminstration was in shambles, Marie's lunatic husband had attacked the nation, condemning him to the fate of a terrorist and he was convicted of treason. Queen Marie refused to put him on trial and Roudophe saw Marie as having helped Nicolaas. In Batavia Roudophe in one swoop was able to get the States-General against the Queen and end her rule.

Marie and Nicolaas were inprisoned in Amsterdam as the States-General looked for a new monarch. Marie was heartbroken that she and her husband were condemned as it seemed. The States-General seemed ready to execute her. However that proven not the case. The States-General was hesitant to kill unborn children and to murder a member of the Wolf Dynasty. Marie's replacement, Anna Charlotte also did not wish to start her reign in the midst of blood shed and regicide. So instead they choose to imprison and exile the former Queen and Prince Consort. Marie was stripped of all but two titles, Duchess of Wied and Princess of Atmora. In Wied she was put under permanent house arrest.

Exile in Wied

With Marie no longer Queen, she was exiled to the Duchy of Wied, where at the mercy of the kind hearted new Empress Anna Charlotte, she was given the title Duchess of Wied. Her other titles were ripped away from her. With Marie were her two children and her husband. Marie was ready to expect the life of a queen thrown aside. Nicolaas was not. In a bold move, Nicolaas fled the Duchy of Wied, and soon after wards another mission freed the children. The merciful Empress of the Dutch had seen Nicolaas flight as surprising, and had not protested for the children, as they were potential heirs to the throne, but the fear of letting Marie loose lead to tighter security in Wied. The Duchess was left to be surrounded by a virtual army.

Divorce

In 2062, three years after being married to Prince Chase Nicolaas of Atmora, Marie's marriage was in danger. Having not seen Nicolaas, now returning to calling himself Chase, the two were distant and problems popped up. Marie first wanted her children returned to her, missing them. This was blown up by reporters after letters and emails from Marie about her children were made public. In February of 2062 Marie's father, Prince Frederick, Duke of Limburg was able to gain custody of her eldest child and son, William Frederick.

How that did not end troubles. In Atmora, Chase grew to love another woman Aurora, Duchess of Strathcona. Marie when learning of the affair was shocked and horrified. Marie was thrown into a deep depression upon hearing the news, fearing that Chase no longer loved her as he once had. She was terrified of being cast aside. This fear was probably developed from her being cast aside by the States-General for the prettier, richer and more well connected Anna Charlotte as Queen. Marie was not willing to lose her husband and for months fought with vigor trying to keep the marriage alive. Marie even planned a great escape from Wied to Atmora to see Chase herself.

Finally Chase filled for divorced and a court was put together. Marie chose a Hyrukian lawyer to represent her in court, and whilst the marriage was clearly over, Marie was able to get 7% of Chase's accounts, getting NS$3.15 million or A£5.61 million

Escape from Wied

In 2064, after five years of being under house arrest in Wied, Charles II of Espana, fighting in his war against the Empress of the Dutch and having grown tired of his estranged wife, Catherine d'Montrose, decided to make Marie his new Queen. The King of Espana and the Duke of Parma lead a small army to the weakly guarded Duchy of Wied, because Wied was separate from the rest of the Dutch-Empire and merely a prison for Marie, it had not been well defended as the Dutch has never expected someone to even think of attacking the Duchy. In the horrific Battle of Wied, with more civilians than combatants dying, most of the duchy was destroyed and Marie was freed.

Spanish-Dutch War

Upon Marie being freeded by Charles II of Espana, she was meet by the King and the Duke of Parma. Marie had with her three handmaidens who were all ether criminals charged with conspiracy and one volunteer. Among the handmaidens was Marie's best friend and most loyal supporter, Francine Tunnow. Marie meet with King Charles. During their meeting, King Charles quickly proposed to Marie, which she accepted on the condition that Charles and his army execute the Army that had held her hostage during her imprisonment. King Charles agreed eagerly and had them out to death and Marie joined him and the Duke of Parma in their travels for the war.

While in the ruins of the Duchy of Wied, Marie was formally declared the rightful Queen of the Netherlands, but since no Dutch official recognized it, she merely became a pretender to the throne, but to her supporters she was referred to as Queen Marie.

Marie quickly got local support in smaller towns that were not completely swayed under that of Anna Charlotte. Despite this popularity, majority of the people however couldn't see to put themselves behind Marie with Charles II at her side. Marie was able to get Charles II support from the Chancellor of Rhine-East Berlin and this drew in Prussian support on the side of the League of Magenta. Marie was given a small army to be in command of.

Marie was sent off away from the King of Espana, traveling with General Arguelles. During the Battle of Venlo, Marie was a key figure in making sure that the victory at Venlo was made a very big event.

In the city of Nijmegen, Marie lead an expedition to meet with the local officials in seizing control of the city. Queen Marie and two of her handmaidens, Francine and Rosemarie were able to use Spanish guards to force their way into the local Mayor's Office. Marie confronted Mayor Fikken and offered a deal for him, bribing him with titles and money for her handing over the city of Nijmegen. Marie then forces Mayor Fikken to then attempt to corrupt the rest of the Queen's Commissioners in the Netherlands. Marie also began to arrange her wedding to King Charles.

Much of the Netherlands fell under the control of Marie. During this conquering of the Netherlands, Marie was forced to wait in Nijmegen till Charles arrived from Venlo. There was another problem, Pope Pius XIII (who was Deritain by birth) was strongly against Charles divorcing Catherine d'Montrose and marrying the Duchess of Wied. The King-Emperor of Derita, Christopher II was strongly against it and used his influence to stop the Pope from even thinking of approving.

However in late March of 2064, Pope Pius was persuaded by Charles's many agents in the Vatican to approve of the divorce and Charles and Marie's marriage. Soon afterwards, Charles II arrived in the city of Nijmegen after having been delayed several times in his journey of what became know as the King's Venlo Campaign. Charles and Marie were reunited and then quickly married in a lavish ceremony in the local cathedral in a Catholic Wedding. Marie however though she became the official Queen of Espana, was not crowned during the ceremony like past wives of Charles. King Charles then presented Marie the province of South Holland as a wedding gift and they continued to Amsterdam together.

Following their marriage, Charles and Marie and their collective armies attacked the city of Zaandam in the Battle of Zaandam. Following the victory, King Charles took an army to fight the Swiss back to the east. Marie were sent to attack Amsterdam.

In the Battle of the Royal Palace, the climax of the war, Marie was able to force her way into the palace and was meet with Empress Anna Charlotte. Fighting began when a Spanish agent of King Charles unexpectedly tried to assassinate Anna Charlotte. However Prince Jacques of Orange saved his mother's life, getting shot in the process.

At this moment the Deritains, lead by Crown Prince Andre began the battle. Marie attempted to flee but was captured by the Duc d'Angoulême. Marie was then handed over to Anna Charlotte and imprisoned in a local jail in Amsterdam. However Marie was later able to escape with help from her friend, Francine. Following her escape Marie and Francine sailed south to Espana.

Queen of Espana

Marie arrived in Espana in mid April of 2066 after having been queen of a country she had never been to before, nor spoke the language of. Marie and her closest friend, Francine Tunnow arrived in Santander on the northern coast and after being recognised, they were greeted by two men, Don Rodrigo João Escarega and Don Francesco Colõnnes. Colõnnes was a minor statesmen and Escarega was a officer in the Spanish Army. Both men would later serve Marie in a unofficial Triumvirate in her Regency in Espana.

King Charles and Queen Marie

Marie and Colõnnes quickly traveled from Santander to Madrid, along the way they stopped in several villages and towns so that the Spanish people could meet their new queen. Although at first there were various problems, due to many not recognising Marie as their legitimate new Queen since Catherine d'Montrose was still alive, most welcomed her. To most, Marie appeared weak and like an underdog, traveling modestly in the company of only three other people. This modest traveling method was uncommon in Espana when involving Royals, as King Charles was flamboyant and paraded. Marie however was respresenting true Spanish and Communist values to the people.

Another weakness of Marie's position was the laissez-faire attitude that grinned the nation in the wake of the quagmire of the Spanish-Dutch War. Unlike with all of Charles II's previous wives, Marie lacked the strong and terrifying King by her side to prop up her tenure as the people's new queen. Instead she had to make her own way in Espana and establish her own connections in the nation. However, this would later prove useful. Because Marie created her own popularity, it was unconnected to Charles and allowed her more freedom than any other queen before her. Many of the people she meet with in the towns of the countryside of Espana joined her in going to Madrid to be crowd, a sort of pilgrimage taking place idolising the Queen.

Finally Marie arrived in Madrid two weeks after arriving in Espana. Marie entered the Madrid Royal Palace unexpectedly, interrupted a meeting between Crown Prince Charles (her stepson whom she had never meet before) and Prime Minister Dante Pantellria. Marie demanded a coronation and the regency from the crown prince, as well as an annual salary of 567,000 pounds. Pantellria lowered the amount to 250,000 instead, but Crown Prince Charles, pressed by Marie harshly, quickly gave in and handed the reins of government over to her in the absence of King Charles. On April 21 2066, Marie, Queen of Espana was officially crowed by a Spanish Cardinal. Unlike her predecessors once again, Marie was the only queen consort to be crowned in the Spanish Monarchy Crown Jewels, meant for regnants.

Régency (2064-2066)

Marie would ultimately be Regent of Espana for a little less than 22 months. Marie took her position with a great deal of seriousness and effectiveness that rivaled that of her own husband's way of ruling. Marie promoted Don Colonnes and Don Escarega to her top visors, putting Colonnes in charge of the political sphere, and Escarega in charge of military affairs.

In the remainder of 2064 Marie worked well with Pantellria and Clare Reinaz. Pantellria and Marie continued King Charles's work and completely reorganised the Spanish Army and Navy. Marie was able to increase funding for the military, education and scientific advancement, much to the pleasure of Pantellria, Reinaz and the public.

The first time that Marie and the Prime Minister butted heads was when Empress Anna Charlotte celebrated her fifth anniversary as Empress of the Dutch and Queen of the Netherlands. Marie refused to send an ambassador to Amsterdam, stating that she could not support that regime. Pantellria was horrified as he feared that Anna Charlotte would be insulted and try to retaliate in some manner. Marie, taking into account her rivalry with the Empress and her own power as Regent of Espana, was brace enough to happily provoke the Dutch. Pantellria accused Marie of trying to break the fragile peace between Espana and the Dutch and serve her own interests.

Marie responded:

"While I have no desire for war, I would happily put an end to that retched woman (Anna Charlotte). As for serving my interest, I admit it, for my interests are for the betterment of my two nations, the Netherlands and Espana."

Because the Queen Regent saw herself as the rightful ruler of the Netherlands, and hated her rival, Anna Charlotte (as well as viva versa) this put a great amount of pressure and stress on Spanish-Dutch affairs. Pantellria and Reinaz repeatedly tried to have Marie and Anna Charlotte have a formal meeting, they had only meet once before during the Spanish-Dutch War and only for a few seconds. Marie naturally refused to do so. She instead decided that she could not trust Pantellria. Pantellria was temporarily banned from the Madrid Royal Palace and Dr. Reinaz was put under constant watch.

In order to still have control over the Spanish political situation, she used Don Colonnes and Don Escarega to replace Pantellria and Reinaz. Colonnes was soon seen constantly at the Queen of Espana's side. Colonnes moved quickly against Pantellria's continuous crusade, the meeting of the Spanish Congress, which would limit the power of the monarchy and the executive branch, and instead pressed to give more and more power to the monarchy in order to save the nation. Marie and Colonnes meet with President Reinaz in November of 2064 in Madrid. At the meeting, in exchange for more funding for scientific development, Reinaz approved handing over more power to the Regent in times when Congress was not meeting.

However, immediately afterwards on 7 November 2064, Reinaz and Pantellria went against the previous decision and tried to call the Congress to meet. The date was set for the first of January in 2065.

In the winter of late 2064, Marie decided to meet personally with members of congress, and invited many to the Madrid Royal Palace. These meetings had various different outcomes. In her meeting with Congressman Pablo Rodriguez, he remained firmly for a meeting of Congress. However with Congressman Rigo Vallenos, she was able to completely change his position. Vallenos in fact moved to hand more power over to the Regent, due to the fragility of the state of the nation given the recent war.

Then, on 30 December, Pablo Rodriguez and many other members of congress were revealed to have been in a plot to assassinate the Queen.

Marie, popular and beautiful, loved by the army and the public quickly responded with utter brutality. One of the co-conspirators was arrested in Madrid and Congressman Rodriguez and his followers fled the capital city. Don Escarega was sent with 120 military officers after them. They were finally cornered in Tortosa. On the first of the year, in 2065, Don Escarega lead the attack on the plotters and killed then ex-Congressmen and ex-congresswomen. Rodriguez was shot, but was able to escape from the the building via a window. The wounded Rodriguez was chased to the local docks where he boarded a ship full of mercenaries.

Queen Marie at Torosa

Abattle begun between the two forces and quickly Escarega's forces started to loose. Majority of his lives were lost till reports were stated that Marie had arrived in the city with reinforcements. While the Queen never got even close to the fighting, her small but highly effective reinforcements were able to turn the tide.

Don Escarega was able to blow up the docks and the ship of mercenaries and Rodriguez. The massive explosion and destruction of the insurgents forces resulted in great popular and political support for Marie and her Triumvirate. When Marie and Don Escarega returned to Madrid, she was hailed as a brilliant commander and leader, smart and clever in defeating her enemies in having so successfully handled herself.

Marie decided that a Congress would not be met and quickly pasted with help from Colõnnes the Torosa Tax Bill on 7 January 2065.

Throughout 2065, Queen Marie went on as regent, much to the concern that of the officials in the Spanish Government. Queen Marie continued to have search parties go and try to find Charles II. All where unsuccessfully, wither because they never found him, didn't try or where turned away by the King himself. Marie continued on to reign over the Spanish as their Queen. However soon came her darkest act while acting as regent of Espana. The wedding of her stepdaughter to the Grand Duke of Pomerania.

At the wedding, which was attended by over two hundred guests, most of them being politicians, after Luisa and Edward were married, Queen Marie ordered guards into the hall and ordered the guests executed. A massacre was the result as Queen Marie, Grand Duchess Luisa and Grand Duke Edward were protected. With the wedding massacre, Marie was able to eliminate all possible political opponents.

Much later in the year, King Charles returned and awarded Marie with several honours for her successful reign over the country and let her remain in the position of regent until January of 2066.

Return to Atmora

Following Marie’s divorced from King Luís II of Portugal, she remarried Prince Nicolaas of Atmora. In 2074 her family with Nicolaas was once again reunited as Prince Adrian Christophe returned to Atmora after having lived in Derita since 2070. Marie once again quickly took control of her family’s household. Like in all her marriages, Marie took up the dominant role, refusing to follow behind her husband in anything.

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Imperial Cypher

Main article: List of titles and honours of Marie of Wied

Titles and styles

Marie is, by marriage, a princess of Atmora and Lieseltania and entitled to the style of Imperial Highness. She is usually styled as "Her Imperial Highness The Duchess of Wied and Tecklenburg".

• 23 August 2059 – present: Her Majesty Queen Marie of the Netherlands (title of pretense and by courtesy)

Honours

See also: List of honours of the Atmoran Imperial Family by country

• 5 May 2074: Dame of the Order of the Great Wolf (DGW)
• 19 May 2059: Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Katherine Order (GCKO)

Honorary military appointments

The Duchess of Wied holds the following military appointments:

Atmora

• File:Flag of the United Atmoran Army.png Colonel-in-Chief, 1st Silesian Fusiliers
• File:Flag of the United Atmoran Army.png Colonel-in-Chief, Highland Light Infantry
• File:Ensign of the United Atmoran Navy.png Commodore-in-Chief of the Naval Medical Service

Westphalia

• File:Ground Ensign of the Westphalian Army.png Colonel-in-Chief, 3rd Vovelsheim Regiment