Katharina XII of Angvar
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| Katharina XII | |||||
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.jpg) Formal photograph of Katharina XII by Gottliebe von Stroheim, summer 2014 | |||||
| Empress over All the Angvars (more...) | |||||
| Reign | 30 January 2016—present | ||||
| Coronation | 2 August 2017 | ||||
| Predecessor | Charles IV | ||||
| Heir apparent | Conrad Frederick Louis, Crown Prince Imperial | ||||
| Empress consort over All the Angvars | |||||
| Tenure | 29 July 2007—30 January 2016 | ||||
| Coronation | 19 December 2007 | ||||
| Born | Lady Katharina von Beintrussel 20 April 1984 St. Winifred's Hospital, Mogork, Gau Vitebellia | ||||
| Spouse | Charles IV (m. 2007; died 2016) | ||||
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| Father | The Marquis de Beintrussel | ||||
| Mother | Lady Johanna Khâz'gorôkh | ||||
| Religion | Keanuism (Angvarian Cathericism) | ||||
Katharina XII (Adelheid Brunhilda Cunegunde Ermengard Katharina Winifred; born 20 April 1984) is Empress regnant of Angvar. The first to rule as a member of a non-ruling noble house with immediate connections to the Angvarian imperial family, she acceded to the Arcane Throne on 30 January 2016, following the death of her late husband Charles IV, and was self-crowned the following year on 19 August.
Born to the distinguished Beintrussel family in Mogrok, Vitebellia-Stadt, the future Katharina XII is the second of seven daughters of the Marquis de Beintrussel and Lady Johanna Khâz'gorôkh, and was known to her family and close friends as "Katie". She grew up in a village seminary not further from her hometown before she and her sisters moved to Novigard and was educated at Khâr'shúbskaï Boarding School. After attending Ûdmir and Ghôl'gosh Colleges, she went on to work as an assistant teacher for three years in the Rhâg'grosh Quarter until she was summoned by her parents to Mordegard to fulfill her obligations as a lady-in-waiting to the Empress-Dowager Liselotte. In the summer of 2005, she married the Crown Prince Imperial, Charles Eberhard, who then became Emperor Charles IV at the death of his father Frederick VIII; they have three children: Conrad Frederick Louis, Reinhard Walter, and Adelheid. Their marriage lasted for eight years until his death in 2016, due to serious health complications. As Empress consort, Katharina undertakes official duties on behalf of her late husband. She founded the Empress' Trust in 2011 and is a patron, president or member of seldom more than several hundred philanthropic and academic organizations. An avid enjoyer of symphonic, easy listening and light music, she is a friend of and patron to composers Max Pebblesocke and Ezzio Tano and holds the position of Principal Conductor of the Imperial Angvarian Symphony Ensemble to this day.
When her husband died, Katharina made sure their eldest child was not expected to inherit the throne at a 'fragile' age in spite of being the heir apparent of the late sovereign. On the evening of 30 January 2016, she delivered an address to the Curia Imperialis at Saint Ligeia's Palace formally proclaiming herself Empress. Two years since her coronation, she presided over the show trial of forty constitutionalist and parliamentarian conspirators, including pro-democracy activist Hildebrand P. Thalmann, the son of Social Republican leader Helmut Thalmann, who was revealed to be the assassin of her late grandfather-in-law. Their execution on 1 May 2018 was met with nationwide protests against the monarchy which culminated in the 2018 Grishgolbuz Square Massacre, an event which earned her international condemnation. While commencing a self-proclaimed 'anti-corruption campaign' that brought about the investigation and consecutive dismissal of over half a million Angvarian politicians ongrounds of disloyalty and defection, she oversaw the summary execution of political opponents deemed affiliated with proscribed groups of interest such as the Red Ribbon Army and the Judean People's Front, the construction of research camps, suppression of trade unions and elimination of political privileges of the Angvarian Catheric Church while appointing the reigning Pope as a member of the Privy Council and Minister of Religious Affairs, a move viewed by advocates of religious liberty as borderline intensifying caesaropapism. Katharina has behaved ruthlessly towards WMD policy by insisting on stockpile increase and the creation of additional ICBM testing bases in Farther Transudelia. She has led Angvar in a war against North Berbanian secessionists, re-asserting imperial control over the region. During the chancellery of the Duke of Doth, she ordered a military intervention on behalf of Draconia against rebel and syndicalist groups as well as granting power to the secret police, and issued an Edict banning the Maulland Sea Trade Unions Coalition from gathering after the Vladivoyna Shipyard Incident in 2020.
As sovereign, she holds ultimate commanding authority over the Angvarian military as Supreme Commander-in-Chief, plays the role of the absolute representation of Angvar in global relations, and is the Sovereign and Supreme Head and Pontiff of the Angvarian Ecumenical Catheric Church.
Titles, styles, honours and arms
Titles and styles
| Styles of Empress Katharina XII of Angvar | |
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| Reference style | Her Most Auspicious Majesty |
| Spoken style | Your Most Auspicious Majesty |
| Alternative style | Mistress |
- 20 April 1984 – 11 March 2019: The Lady Katharina de Beintrussel
- 11 March 2019 — present: Her Most Auspicious Majesty The Empress
Full style
Most High, most Potent and most Excellent Princess, KATHARINA, the eleventh of Her Name, over All the Angvars and of Her Dominions and other Territories Empress; Autocrat over All under Heaven; Sovereign of Sovereigns and Despot of Despots; Supreme Overlord of All the Omniverse who alone is the perfect incarnation of the Divine Countenance that a ruler should possess, commanding the tremors of the Earth and the tides of the Seas and the winds of the Air to Her bidding; Sovereign of the Most Sublime House of Gellert with the Splendor of Conan reigning over Two Seas and Two Lands, of the Great Citadel and of the Great See and of the Great Throne of All the Cimmerias, Invincible and Venerable One divinely crowned, who rules over all the nations and peoples upon the face of all the earth; Empress of the Four Cities of Mordegard, of Novigard, of Sebastople, and of Gorgoroth; Empress of Khând, of Astarkan, of Transudelian Ursh, of the Tarkan Chersonesos, of Valachia, of Curvania, of Percunia, Rendusia, and of Jönneland; Sovereign Duchess of Porkhaï, of Smogrîsh, of Kharghash, of Vakhthang, of Lurtz, of Nogrash, of Khilluk, of Khorghash, of Shagrath, of Nogroth, of Vokthash, of Vogrish, of Azagholuk, of Gminush, of Zorgog...
Family
Issue
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| By Charles IV of Angvar (29 July 1983 — 30 January 2016, married on 16 December 2007) | ||||
| Conrad Frederick Louis, Crown Prince Imperial of Angvar | 26 April 2010 | |||
| Prince Reinhard Walther, Duke of D'hôrghâr | 29 August 2013 | |||
| Princess Adelheid, Duchess of Porghaï | 12 January 2015 | |||