#armorica portraits

[armoricaroyalty]

How can anybody have you and lose you And not lose their minds, too? (x)

[thealbionroyals]

Armorica State Visit

Portraits from the state dinner held this afternoon have been released. It features Crown Prince Andre and Miss Elise Sutton. 

Also in attendance is Crown Princess Mary and Mr Adrien Thomason, Princess Madeline, Queen Consort Emilia and King Arthur. 

Thank you for the lovely event @armoricaroyalty

[fandolinroyals]

Royal Guests of Honor Arriving (Part 2)

It looks like the second car loaded with foreign royals has arrived! Let’s see who all is here!

First we have TRH’s Prince James and his lovely fiance Duchess Emily ( @theroyalfamilyofburton ) looking splendid in red and blue, HRH pairing her blue gown with a resplendent pearl tiara. 

Immediately behind the pair are TRH’s King Alexander and Duchess Madeline of Scenovia ( @royalsofscenovia​ ), regal and classic in red and black. HRH paired a sparkling ruby tiara with her red gown and looks absolutely fantastic!

Last but certainly not least, we have the King and Queen Consort of Armorica, King Evrard and Queen Consort Yvette St. Fleur ( @armoricaroyalty​ ).  HRM is looking every bit the queen in a beautiful green gown with a lovely bolero shrug and sparkling rubies, while HRM looks dapper in a black tuxedo jacket and grey dress pants.

Next up will be the entrance of Her Majesty Queen Agatha and the unveiling of her new portrait, so stay tuned for updates!

[armoricaroyalty]

left to right: Andrea I, Queen of the Armoricans; Edmund Sutton, Duke of Arbor; Crown Prince Roman of Armorica; Princess Frederick of Armorica; Mister Emerson Chandra; Princess Jacqueline, Duchess of Laye; Vincent Meijer, Duke of Laye. not pictured: Miles Yokoyama

Decided to try something today...who's your favorite?

I wanted to include Mary, if only because the gag of Boy Mary looking exactly the same would be funny, but when I changed frames, he had on this running mascara...it wasn't makeup, it wasn't skin details, it wasn't anything? Just permanent emo makeup. I couldn't send him out like that.

[armoricaroyalty]

Andre St. Fleur was born on September 3rd, 1962, the firstborn child of Princess Thérèse and her husband, Salim Benali. At the time of his birth, he was the only grandchild (and only male descendant) of his grandfather, Everard III, King of the Armoricans. Despite this, he was not officially part of the line of succession until the Inheritance Act of 1976 abolished male-preference in Armorica and affirmed his mother's right to the throne. He became Crown Prince in 1987 following the death of his mother and in 1989, he married former hockey player Elise Sutton. Together, they have three children, who were raised privately prior to Andre's ascension to the Armorican throne in 2002.

Happy birthday, Andre!

[armoricaroyalty]

ever see a picture so cute you're forced to immediately recreate it for your next-gen girlies?

More angles under the cut!

your honor i love them so much

[armoricaroyalty]

"You know me better than almost anyone. Our kids practically grew up together."

Rosalind, Freddy, Chris, Gwen, and Jacques through the years. @housekonig

[armoricaroyalty]

PORTRAIT OF ÁGNES DE KEIZER, UNKNOWN ARTIST, 1631

Now regarded as the founder of the House of St. Fleur, Ágnes de Keizer was an illegitimate member of the ████ imperial family (likely a daughter or niece of Heinrik III). Born in 1609 or 1610, "Ágnes the Fair" or "Yellow Ágnes" was educated in a convent until her 17th birthday, at which point she traveled to the Isle of Genera to wed Captain Josef Lambrecht, one of the mercenary "sea kings" of the Armorican peninsula. By imperial decree, their union established the new noble house of St. Fleur, which would eventually be elevated to royal status following the Armorican Revolution in 1844. Little is known of Yellow Ágnes' personality and personal life, not even the identities of her parents. She and Lambrecht were believed to have had at least seven children, only two of whom survived to adulthood. Only one of Ágnes' personal letters survives; she wrote to her sister-in-law to thank her for the gift of a songbird and to complain about the gloomy weather on Genera.

I've got no interest in ever doing a full genealogy for my sims, but I thought it'd be fun to make a portrait and write a short biography of the founding member of the House of St. Fleur. I referenced 17th century Dutch and Flemish portraits for this, and was particularly inspired by these two (1, 2).

[armoricaroyalty]

this one's for @madebycoffee

[armoricaroyalty]

𝔓𝔬𝔯𝔱𝔯𝔞𝔦𝔱𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔄𝔯𝔪𝔬𝔯𝔦𝔠𝔞𝔫 𝔖𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔢𝔦𝔤𝔫𝔰 𝔞𝔫𝔡 ℌ𝔢𝔦𝔯𝔰 [complete]

In 1967, Everard III commissioned a portrait to commemorate the invesiture of his daughter, Thérèse, as Crown Princess. Whether or not he intended to begin a new tradition, four additional investiture portraits would be commissioned over the course of the next century. The five portraits, painted in 1967, 1990, 2007, 2041, and 2049 reflect the royal family's changing self-image throughout the 20th and 21st centuries... Arthur Farrier. “The Succession in Oils: A Century of Royal Armorican Portraiture.” In Overview of Meritrean Portraiture, 1900 - 2050, edited by H. L. Orville, 159 - 197. Allard University Presss, 2061.

[armoricaroyalty]

Elise, Duchess of Arbor July 1991

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from Vivi's private instagram account

[armoricaroyalty]

𝔓𝔬𝔯𝔱𝔯𝔞𝔦𝔱𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔄𝔯𝔪𝔬𝔯𝔦𝔠𝔞𝔫 𝔖𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔢𝔦𝔤𝔫𝔰 𝔞𝔫𝔡 ℌ𝔢𝔦𝔯𝔰 [1/4]

Everard III had a problem. Four decades of marriage to Lady Yvette Holland had produced only a single child, a girl, whom the couple had named Thérèse. Under Armorican law, the Princess could not accede to the throne, leaving the succession up to chance. If he were to die, the crown could pass either to Thérèse's young son, Prince Andre, or to the children of Everard's detested younger brother, Prince Henri. Knowing that Parliament would likely favor his estranged brother's sons over the teenaged Andre, Everard found a legislative solution. With the passage of the Inheritance Act of 1976, Thérèse became Armorica's first Crown Princess, securing the succession. In this triumphant 1978 portrait, Everard III gazes confidently at the viewer, hands placed firmly on the shoulders of his chosen heirs...the portrait embodies the greatest contradiction of his reign: faced with the possibility of a forced reconciliation with his brother, he cast aside a century of legal precedent and his own chauvinistic worldview to affirm the rights of his daughter, "a mere woman." Arthur Farrier. "The Succession in Oils: A Century of Royal Armorican Portraiture." In Overview of Meritrean Portraiture, 1900 - 2050, edited by H. L. Orville, 159 - 197. Allard University Presss, 2061.

[armoricaroyalty]

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my contribution for this year's NSFT calendar! If you'd like to have any of these pics in-game (or the bonus pics I did of Sexy Andre) you can DL the calendar here!

[armoricaroyalty]

𝔓𝔬𝔯𝔱𝔯𝔞𝔦𝔱𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔄𝔯𝔪𝔬𝔯𝔦𝔠𝔞𝔫 𝔖𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔢𝔦𝔤𝔫𝔰 𝔞𝔫𝔡 ℌ𝔢𝔦𝔯𝔰 [2/4]

...the idyll of the 1980's was broken in 1987 with the tragic and sudden deaths of Crown Princess Thérèse and her husband Salim, Duke of Arbor. Just ten years after Everard III had changed the succession laws to guarantee that the crown would pass to his favored heirs, his work was undone in a fiery plane crash, an act of god which forced his introverted grandson into the spotlight. The 1990 investiture portrait of Everard and Andre reflects the tempramental differences between grandfather and grandson, capturing the new Crown Prince's retiring nature...the 77-year-old King adopts a macho posture, holding a hunting rifle in tribute to his deceased daughter, an avid hunter and outdoorswoman, but the 28-year-old Crown Prince stands in his shadow, his hands behind his back, an uncertain expression on his face... Arthur Farrier. “The Succession in Oils: A Century of Royal Armorican Portraiture.” In Overview of Meritrean Portraiture, 1900 - 2050, edited by H. L. Orville, 159 - 197. Allard University Presss, 2061.

[armoricaroyalty]

𝔓𝔬𝔯𝔱𝔯𝔞𝔦𝔱𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔄𝔯𝔪𝔬𝔯𝔦𝔠𝔞𝔫 𝔖𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔢𝔦𝔤𝔫𝔰 𝔞𝔫𝔡 ℌ𝔢𝔦𝔯𝔰 [4/4]

Although the Armorican tradition of releasing a new portrait to commemorate the investiture of a new Crown Prince or Princess was well-established by 2040, the portrait of Rosalind II and Crown Princess ████████ was immediately controversial...████████ had spoken extensively to the press about her her decision not to undergo surgery to minimize the appearance of her scars. Nevertheless, the portrait depicts her with smooth, unmarked skin, erasing her scars....according to Rosalind's biographers, the portrait exacerbated the growing tension between Queen and Crown Princess, furthering the breakdown of their working relationship and sowing the seeds for the turbulent years to follow... Arthur Farrier. "The Succession in Oils: A Century of Royal Armorican Portraiture." In Overview of Meritrean Portraiture, 1900 - 2050, edited by H. L. Orville, 159 - 197. Allard University Presss, 2061.