Royal Search for a Suitor for Princess Zieda
With the recent ascension of King Juozas II of Liegalla to the Dragonfire Throne, the question of succession has reared its head. The King and his queen, Guoda Ojeras have but two daughters and at 46 and 52 are not like to produce a son, and with the eldest of the two, Princess Julita, taking holy vows to join the faith, it falls on their younger daughter, the twenty year old Princess Zieda to serve as her father’s heir.
This unprecedented decision to name Princess Zieda Ojeras comes as a shock to many in Liegalla, as she becomes the first daughter of a king acknowledged and referred to as his heir, as well as some assert the claims of the missing Queen Dowager Brigita’s child, the bastard born child claimed of the late bastard born King Vytautas IV, or the long lost Prince Dovydas, the King’s nephew not seen in eight years. And rumors spread of Zieda’s own role in the death of the late King Vytautas IV.
These claims are of course baseless and rumors without truth.
With no suitable candidates amongst House Ojeras or in Liegalla, Queen Guoda, in tandem with the new king’s more interconnecting and open foreign policy, has for the first time looked beyond the borders of the small kingdom of flatlands for a suitor to tie themselves in Union to Princess Zieda.
The Princess
Her Royal Highness, Princess Zieda Ojeras of Liegalla
Princess Zieda is the second and youngest daughter of King Juozas II ‘the Hammar’ of Liegalla by his wife, Queen Guoda. Considered a pure Ojeras, coming from two royal branches of Liegallan kings, the princess has fair skin, silvery blonde hair and amethyst colored eyes. At twenty, she is considered the most beautiful woman in Liegalla, though since the ascension of her father, there has been a cold darkness in her eyes. Though once noted for her sweet and meek nature, she has since been said to swing in temperament from placid calm to fiery arrogance and strong willed.
The princess has been thus far been educated by royal tutors in arithmetic, history, and philosophy while being taught traditional feminine arts of sewing, embroidery, hosting, social work and dancing. Her political views as of yet remain unclear, considered thus far to be a centrist in the belief of the monarchy and management of the nation. She is said to have the diplomatic mannerism of her father and the fiery blood of her mother.
She is a member of House Ojeras which as ruled Liegalla for over a hundred years, since the reign of Vytautas the Great. She was born in the penultimate year of her grandfather, King Juozas I’s reign, born to then Prince Juozas and Princess Guoda. . During the reign of her uncle, Vytautas III, she was raised alongside her older sister in the north wing of Tvirtore Palace and her father was made General of the Royal Forces. She and her sister left the palace left the palace with their parents following the ascension of her bastard born cousin Vytautas IV when she was twelve. When she was eighteen she was represented at a ball at the palace before the King and his queen. When she was twenty, amidst the Rzhev Crisis, she and her sister were ordered to the palace as honored guests of King Vytautas IV. While she and her sister dined with the king, reported a pair of assassins attacked and killed the king, though rumors swirl that she herself played a hand in the king’s death. Three days after Vytautas’s death, the princess’ father was proclaimed King of Liegalla as Juozas II. Two weeks later, after her older sister took the veil, the princess Zieda became the new heir of the Dragonfire Throne. She has taken to the matter of her marriage as one of duty rather than that of love.
The Suitors: Requirements
In service of the longevity and prestige of House Ojeras, King Juozas II and Queen Guoda have set a list of requirements for potential suitors for their daughter:
1. Must be an unmarried or widower royal and not in direct line of succession to a foreign throne
2. Must hold the style or equivalent of “His Royal Highness”, “His Highness” “His Serene Highness” or “His Grace”
3. Must be a dynast of an active monarchy
4. Must be a younger son or grandson of a sovereign monarch
5. Must hold the title of prince and/or duke
6. Must be no younger than 18 at time of engagement
7. Must be no older than 26 at time of engagement
8. Must be Catholic or willing to convert
9. Must be willing to reside in Liegalla and become a Liegallan citizen
10. Must be willing to quarter his arms with that of House Ojeras
Other Matters not required
1. Suitors with secondary titles, peerages and/or appanages are not required, but are welcomed
2. Suitors with castles, estates and/or other personal held lands or fiefs are not required, but are welcomed
3. Suitors who can speak English or Liegallan are not required, but welcomed
The Suitors: Application
Suitors for the hand of the princess, or their respective monarchs or governments shall fill out the following application, thus opening up negotiations for a dynastic marriage:
The Suitors: Application
Nation:
Government:
Monarch:
Suitor’s Name:
Suitor’s Style:
Suitor’s Full Title:
Secondary titles (optional):
Peerages/Appanages (optional):
House (Dynasty) Name:
Father’s Name:
Mother’s Name:
Position in line of succession (if applicable):
Relation to Monarch:
Pedigree:
Suitor’s Age:
Languages Spoken:
Education:
Coat of Arms (image or description):
Appearance (image or description):
Personality:
Biography:
OOC: Suitors must be Human, and adhere to Modern or Pre-Modern Tech.
