Franziska Dorothy the Great

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Franziska von Brandt
Franziska as princess.jpg
The Gilded Princess by Hüss Borckenteller, c. 1897
Queen of Illuverendia
Reign1 January 1900 – 6 September 1991
Coronation1 January 1900
PredecessorVictoria VIII
Successor
Prinzessin von Brandt
Reign11 January 1887 – 31 December 1899
Born(1884-01-11)11 January 1884
Hohenscholz, Illusia and Neverendia
Died6 September 1991(1991-09-06) (aged 107)
Enigmastadt, Illusia and Neverendia
Burial
Mausoleum to Franziska the Great
Mausoleum of Monarchs, Enigmastadt
Full name
Franziska Dorothy Mottehausen von Brandt
Era dates
1900 – 1991
HouseBrandt-Mottehausen
FatherHarold Weser, Duke of Brandt
MotherCharlotte, Duchess of Mottehausen
ReligionSchicksalism (Grand Order of the Mercenary)

Franziska Dorothy the Great (Illusian: Franziska der Große), born as Franziska Dorothy von Brandt (11 January 1884 – 6 September 1991), was an Illuverendian royalty who ruled the United Kingdom of Illusia and Neverendia from 1 January 1900 up until her death in 6 September 1991. Nicknamed the Gilded Princess (Illusian: Vergoldetprinzessin), her era was known as the first golden age of Illuverendian royal rule. Her regime's extensive major achievements were the modernisation of the Illuverendian military, widespread economic reforms, and the extensive spread of Illuverendian culture across all corners of the country.

Franziska was the last of the members of the House of Brandt-Mottehausen, being an only child. At an early age, she assumed the royal peerage rank of Prinzessin (princess), but lapsed on 1 January 1900 as her parents interfered with the crisis that underwent when her the preceding queen, Victoria VIII, had passed away. Bearing the genes of the Victorian rulers, she rose to power at a young age of 15 on 1 January 1900, being the youngest Illuverendian ruler, and rejecting regency. As a youth, she appealed quickly to her subjects of the same age range, and boldly challenged the older Illuverendian aristocrats in the first half of the Franziskanic era. She heavily championed and implemented the Jünglingebildung program throughout her rule. Franziska extensively overhauled the Illuverendian armed forces, which had reached development stagnation, into one of Anea's powerful military nations. Throughout the 1910s to the 1920s, she also extensively issued economic reforms across the country, which saw an extensive aftereffect in the Illuverendian economy.

A staunch follower of autocratic rule, Franziska opposed democracy, republicanism, but was against opposition of civil rights. She despised and banned the formation of any political parties, but allowed a degree of political freedom through promotion of criticism against her regime, so long as it followed standards and were not within the grounds of lèse-majesté. Combined with the Jünglingebildung, records by Illuverendian historians stated that the Franziskanic regime had a high ratio of fulfillments by the people, extensively cementing her reputation on getting things done with efficiency.