Princess Adelaide Douglas Fitz-Kieth
| Adelaide Douglas Fitz-Kieth | |
|---|---|
| Princess of Riverland-Palatinate | |
| Princess of Riverland-Palatinate | |
| Reign | 6th August 2013 - Incumbent |
| Predecessor | Prince Allistair McKieth |
| Born | Adelaide Douglas 11 May 1992 |
| Dynasty | McKieth |
| Father | Prince Allistair McKieth |
| Mother | Mariella de Astartia |
| Religion | Frankenlischian Andyism |
Princess Adelaide Douglas Fitz-Kieth | |
|---|---|
| Allegiance | Vionna-Frankenlisch |
| Service/ | Imperial Army |
| Years of service | 2009 - Present |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Commands held | Imperial Expeditionary Force, Deadora |
| Conflicts | |
Princess Adelaide Douglas Fitz-Kieth is the baseborn daughter of Prince Allistair McKieth of the Riverland. She is a Vionnan military officer and noblewoman, currently holding the rank of Lieutenant General in the Imperial Vionnan Army and serving as Princess of Riverland-Palatinate and Thegn of Lawrenceville.
Adelaide was born in 1992 to the reigning Prince of Riverland-Palatinate and his Mareinberger mistress and ward, Maria de Astartia. She joined the Imperial Army in 2009 at the age of 17. Her father's suspicious death in a hunting accident in 2013 led to her acession to the Princedom in spite of her birth as the Court of Saint Romulus deemed her the closest suitable successor.
Since her acsession, Princess Adelaide has been present at a variety of significant events. She commanded the 3rd Loyalist Brigade during the Marienberg Uprising but did not see battle. She was chosen for political reasons to command the Imperial Expeditionary Force to Deadora and, at the tail end of the Second Cornellian War, commanded the Capture of Entrylli and won a second victory at the following Battle of Entrylli - alongside Zeonese forces. She also attended a gala in Fineberg, New Edom, to celebrate the closing of hostilities between most of the powers involved. A vocal supporter of the continuation of war against Deadora, Adelaide's proposal for a march on Bryn Tegna to dethrone Jacqueline Thrall was rejected by the Imperial General Staff as unrealistic.
Early Life and Parentage
From 1989 to 1992, Prince Allistair McKieth was responsible for the education of the teenage Maria de Astartia, daughter of the Viscomte de Astartia. In that time, at some point after the noblewoman's 17th birthday in March 1990, the Prince commenced a relationship with her. This remained undiscovered until, in January 1992, it was discovered that De Astartia was pregnant. Though initially secretive, Prince Allistair admitted that the child was his and Adelaide was born in Lawrenceburgh on 11th May 1992.
In August 1992, Adelaide was initiated into the Andyist Church in a minor ceremony at Lawrenceburgh. Neither Prince Allistair or Maria de Astartia was in attendance and the Prince planned to give the child to an orphanage. When news reached the Viscomte de Astartia he requested the permission of the King to call Prince Allistair out for a duel. King Edward, sympathetic to the Viscomte and eager to score points against a rival at court, wrote furiously to Prince Allistair, ordering him to take care of the child and pay compensation to the Viscomte. Edward threatened to allow the Viscomte, already a famous duelist, to challenge Prince Allistair publically and the Prince, anxious to avoid further humiliation, or injury in a duel, relented.
In her earliest days, Adelaide was the responsibility of the Prince's physician, Sir Ewart Talbot, and the Baronetess Trimble the junior lady-in-waiting to the Princess-Consort. The pair were diligent caregivers and developed a fond attachment to the infant. Prince Allistair, for his own part, was mostly uninvolved with his daughter's early years, seeing her only rarely and remaining almost entirely ignorant of her development. The Prince's wife, Princess-Consort Eleanor de Rovain, hated the child as a symbol of her husband's infidelity but, with Lady Trimble as a calming influence, did not mistreat her.
As Adelaide developed beyond infancy she remained in the care of Lady Trimble and Sir Ewart Talbot. Prince Allistair did employ the services of a nanny for the basic needs of his daughter. A governess was appointed when Adelaide turned six but besides these arrangements, there was little about Adelaide's upbringing that would reflect on the greatness of her House. From birth, she was known as Adelaide Douglas and treated by all but Sir Talbot and Lady Trimble as one of common birth.