Henrietta the Great

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Henrietta I
Henrietta de Grote.jpg
Queen of Lieseltania; Grand Duchess of Rothenburg and Guldenhof
Princess of the Voshagne
Reign1 December 1718 – 29 April 1759
Coronation27 March 1719 (70 yrs.)
PredecessorFrederick I
SuccessorFrederick II
Minister-president(s)TBD
Lord Paramount of All Vosha
Reign16 April 1721 – 29 April 1759
Born16 February 1689
Coudenberg Palace, Pruzhana, Kingdom of Lieseltania
Died29 April 1759
Nachseny Castle, Belgarad, Kingdom of Lieseltania
Burial
SpousePrince Frederik-Willem of Larsenburg
IssueFrederick II
Queen Henrietta of Brunswick
Sophia, Grand Duchess of Guldenhof
Prince Albert
Prince Lodewijk
Queen Maëlys of Larsenburg
Full name
Henrietta Frederika Visenna Marie van Wolf
Era name and dates
Henriettian Era: 1 December 1718 – 29 April 1759
HouseWolf
FatherFrederick I
MotherPrincess Anna-Henrietta of Katzenelnbogen
ReligionChurch of Lieseltania

Henrietta the Great (Dutch: Henriëtta Frederika Visenna Marie; Vozhski: Hienryeta Frederyka Visienna Mariya; 16 February 1689 – 29 April 1759) was a Lieseltanian royal and military leader who was the Queen of Lieseltania and the first Lord Paramount of Vosha. Her most notable accomplishment during her reign was the Lieseltanian victories in the Second Northern War and the First Voshan War, the First Parition of Vosha, reorganisation of the Lieseltanian Army, alliances with the Kings of Brunswick and Larsenburg, along with her patronage of the fine arts during the Enlightenment. Lieseltania greatly increased in size during the Oostuitbreiding, cementing itself as the leading Halkeginian power during her rule. Henrietta became known as the Henriëtta the Great (Henrietta de Grote), and was nicknamed as the the Snow Queen (De Sneeuwkoningin) by the Lieseltanian people and the rest of Atmora, for her conquests of the Vosha. However, she is known to the Voshans as Bloody Henrietta (Kryvavaja Hienryjeta).

Born during the reign of her great-grandfather King Henry II, born during a period of uncertainty for the Kingdom of Lieseltania for during the Hendrikan Lieseltania was marked by banditry from the Voshagne. When Henrietta was eight, her grandfather King Henry III was killed during the Battle of Jassen in December 1698 by Duke Wladislav III of Brunna. Her father constructed Fortess Siletzia (Vesting Siletzië), a series of border fortifications along the Klamath Mountains, as protection from northern Voshagne raiders. Along with rebuilding the civil service of Lieseltania. Henrietta further built upon her father's successes by rebuilding the Lieseltania Army, becoming a military theorist, leading to great acclaim to herself and Lieseltania.

Early life

Childhood and teenage years