[name_f]Queen[/name_f] [name_f]Marie[/name_f] and [name_m]Prince[/name_m] [name_m]Augustus[/name_m] [name_m]Constantin[/name_m] had 8 children together. Their first child was a daughter, [name_f]Princess[/name_f] [name_f]Astrid[/name_f] [name_m]Augustine[/name_m] [name_f]Brigid[/name_f]. [name_f]Princess[/name_f] [name_f]Astrid[/name_f] had black hair and brown eyes. Unfortunately, she died of tuberculosis in early childhood.
[name_f]Queen[/name_f] [name_f]Marie[/name_f] gave birth to twins when [name_f]Princess[/name_f] [name_f]Astrid[/name_f] was three. [name_m]Prince[/name_m] [name_m]Hamish[/name_m] [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m] and [name_f]Princess[/name_f] [name_f]Harriet[/name_f] [name_f]Marie[/name_f] were born at 3 o’clock in the morning. [name_m]Prince[/name_m] [name_m]Hamish[/name_m] has his mother’s hazel eyes and blonde hair. Though [name_m]Prince[/name_m] [name_m]Hamish[/name_m] was raised to become king ever since he was born, he was killed in battle before [name_f]Queen[/name_f] [name_f]Marie[/name_f] passed away. [name_f]Princess[/name_f] [name_f]Harriet[/name_f] has hazel eyes and black hair. [name_f]Princess[/name_f] [name_f]Harriet[/name_f] died at the age of six, after a broken arm led to an infection and sepsis.
[name_f]Queen[/name_f] [name_f]Marie[/name_f] was already pregnant with her fourth child, [name_m]Prince[/name_m] [name_m]Raphael[/name_m] when [name_f]Princess[/name_f] [name_f]Astrid[/name_f] died. [name_m]Raphael[/name_m] [name_m]Marius[/name_m] [name_m]Constantin[/name_m] was named after the angel [name_m]Raphael[/name_m] to honour the late [name_f]Princess[/name_f] [name_f]Astrid[/name_f]. He was tall and striking, with grey eyes and blonde hair. [name_m]Raphael[/name_m] became a playboy and a gambler, as he always expected his brother, [name_m]Prince[/name_m] [name_m]Hamish[/name_m], would become king. [name_m]Hamish[/name_m] didn’t become king, but neither did [name_m]Raphael[/name_m], who was assassinated at the age of 22.
The [name_f]Queen[/name_f] and prince’s fifth child and third son, [name_m]Prince[/name_m] [name_m]Basile[/name_m] [name_u]Justice[/name_u] [name_m]Dorien[/name_m], later known as [name_m]King[/name_m] [name_m]Basile[/name_m] III, grew up in the shadow of his siblings’ deaths. He was mostly neglected by his absent father and grieving mother. [name_m]King[/name_m] [name_m]Basile[/name_m] has hazel eyes and wavy, strawberry blonde hair.
After [name_m]Prince[/name_m] [name_m]Basile[/name_m]'s birth, the prince and [name_f]Queen[/name_f]'s major floundered for several years, as [name_m]Prince[/name_m] [name_m]Augustus[/name_m] spent time away in [name_f]Scotland[/name_f], having several affairs while [name_f]Queen[/name_f] [name_f]Marie[/name_f] struggled to rule her kingdom at home while grieving the deaths of [name_f]Astrid[/name_f] and [name_f]Harriet[/name_f]. When he returned to [name_u]Sweden[/name_u], the twins [name_m]Hamish[/name_m] and [name_f]Harriet[/name_f] were 13, [name_m]Prince[/name_m] [name_m]Raphael[/name_m] was 11, and [name_m]Prince[/name_m] [name_m]Basile[/name_m] was 10. He stayed in [name_u]Sweden[/name_u] for only a brief period before returning to his post in Edinburgh. Her [name_u]Royal[/name_u] Highness, [name_f]Princess[/name_f] [name_f]Estela[/name_f] was born prematurely, seven months later. [name_f]Estela[/name_f] [name_f]Amelia[/name_f] [name_f]Astrid[/name_f] was obviously named for her late sister, [name_f]Princess[/name_f] [name_f]Astrid[/name_f].
With her dark grey eyes and white blonde hair, [name_f]Princess[/name_f] [name_f]Estela[/name_f] was considered the most beautiful of her sisters. She later married a marquess, and moved to [name_f]Austria[/name_f].
When [name_m]Prince[/name_m] [name_m]Augustus[/name_m] returned to [name_u]Sweden[/name_u], three months after [name_f]Princess[/name_f] [name_f]Estela[/name_f] was born, he and [name_f]Queen[/name_f] [name_f]Marie[/name_f] were hardly speaking to each other. Their marriage was a facade, and they spent little time together, except for official functions. So when [name_f]Queen[/name_f] [name_f]Marie[/name_f] announced her seventh pregnancy after the prince returned to his posting, there were meaningful questions about the baby’s paternity. Nevertheless, [name_f]Queen[/name_f] [name_f]Marie[/name_f] insisted on the legitimacy of her daughter’s parentage, and may have protested a bit too much by naming her daughter after her estranged husband. [name_f]Princess[/name_f] [name_f]Constance[/name_f] [name_f]Leonie[/name_f] was born in the palace greenhouse after the sudden onset of labour. She was only a year younger than baby [name_f]Estela[/name_f]. [name_f]Constance[/name_f] was never described as attractive; pale, plain and square-faced, she had watery grey eyes and limp, black hair prone to falling out when she was ill. Nobody ever expected the seventh born of [name_f]Queen[/name_f] [name_f]Marie[/name_f] and [name_m]Prince[/name_m] [name_m]Augustus[/name_m] to ascend to the throne, but when her brother [name_m]King[/name_m] [name_m]Basile[/name_m] III abdicated the throne in order to enter a morganatic marriage and her younger brother [name_m]King[/name_m] [name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_f]VI[/name_f] died of fever with no issue, [name_f]Queen[/name_f] [name_f]Constance[/name_f] I became [name_f]Queen[/name_f] of [name_u]Sweden[/name_u].
[name_f]Queen[/name_f] [name_f]Marie[/name_f] became pregnant for the last time after her visit to Edinburgh, in the winter of 1889.The eighth and final child of [name_f]Queen[/name_f] [name_f]Marie[/name_f] was her sickly son, [name_m]Prince[/name_m] [name_m]Maxen[/name_m] [name_m]Albertus[/name_m] [name_m]Leopold[/name_m], who became [name_m]King[/name_m] [name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_f]VI[/name_f] after his brother [name_m]King[/name_m] [name_m]Basile[/name_m] III’s abdication. [name_m]Prince[/name_m] [name_m]Maxen[/name_m] took after his father, with grey eyes and black hair, but he was not handsome or tall. He never married, and died shortly after inheriting the throne.
Summary:
- [name_f]Princess[/name_f] [name_f]Astrid[/name_f] [name_m]Augustine[/name_m] [name_f]Brigid[/name_f], born 1871
2 and 3. [name_m]Prince[/name_m] [name_m]Hamish[/name_m] [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m], and [name_f]Princess[/name_f] [name_f]Harriet[/name_f] [name_f]Marie[/name_f], born 1873
- [name_m]Prince[/name_m] [name_m]Raphael[/name_m] [name_m]Marius[/name_m] [name_m]Constantin[/name_m], born 1875
- [name_m]Prince[/name_m] [name_m]Basile[/name_m] [name_u]Justice[/name_u] [name_m]Dorien[/name_m], born 1876
- [name_f]Princess[/name_f] [name_f]Estela[/name_f] [name_f]Amelia[/name_f] [name_f]Astrid[/name_f], born 1887
- [name_f]Princess[/name_f] [name_f]Constance[/name_f] [name_f]Leonie[/name_f], born 1888
- [name_m]Prince[/name_m] [name_m]Maxen[/name_m] [name_m]Albertus[/name_m] [name_m]Leopold[/name_m], born 1890