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Queen Marianne (Tristanian: Marianne) was the only daughter of Philip III de Tristain. [1] Marianne grew up dreaming of marrying her "Prince Charming" out of love as opposed to political convenience. In her early years she was friends with Karin Désirée de Maillart though for a number of years she assumed her friend was a man. This mistake resulted in the Crown Princess trying to win Karin's heart as she believed the latter was her ideal husband. Eventually, she learned the truth and instead married Henry, the second eldest son of the then King of Albion. However, she did not rule as queen regnant during the reign of Henry, her husband.
The marriage, though a happy one, only resulted in the birth of their daughter Henrietta. Several years after her daughter's birth, Henry died from an unknown illness, the shock of her husband's death left the widowed Queen inconsolable and removed herself from the public eye. In her place she allowed Cardinal Mazarin, and old friend and mentor to her daughter, to take the reign of power and serve as Chief Minister with her daughter serving as Regent until she came of age.
She appears to have considered herself only as the king's wife and the princess's mother.[2]