Queens of Amber
Cymnea-First Queen of Amber. Mother of Osric, Finndo and Benedict. With Oberon.
Cymnea 'Dowager Queen of Amber. Duchess of Al a Marat of Thelusia. Abbess of the Unicorn.
Cymnea has a complex and convoluted history as the first queen of Amber. After ruling for a thousand years as queen and delivering three sons, it was discovered that she was also a daughter of Oberon and therefore sister to her own children. Oberon dissolved the marriage abruptly and enacted the Consanguinity Laws relating to marriages between relatives of house Bariman. Bitter and hurt, she retired to massive estates in Thulusia at Al a Marat. She has rarely left, though is often visited.
A mighty sorceress in her own right and a forceful personality.
Harla or Lora, Mother of Delwin and Sand.With Oberon.
A small, frail woman from deep in shadow, her religious faith was out of place among the ladies of the court who treated her badly despite her rank. She retired to a fast time shadow and passed away. Her children Sand and Delwin grew bitter over her treatment and left Amber, rarely to return till Random became King.
Faiella, mother of Eric, Corwin, & Dierdre. With Oberon.
Died in Childbirth with Dierdre.
Rilga, mother of Julian, Caine, and Gerard.
A strong and dynamic woman and a great queen. Never the less she and Oberon had a mostly political marriage that he dissolved when he met Paulette. Divourced and bitter, she left Amber and retired to shadow. Her whereabouts are not public knowledge. her treatment is a source of long bitterness between her sons and Oberon, as well as with Random.
Clarissa, mother of Bleys, Fiona, and Brand.
Paulette, mother of Giovanni, Random, and Mirelle.With Oberon.
A small, quiet, and charming woman who was considered mousy at first by the court ladies. Yet in her shourt time as queen she developed many deeply devoted friends.
Vialle. With Random. No Children.
A noble of the house Moir
Astrid. Mother of Derek and Arloxedra. With Eric.
Considered Queen of Amber in all but the most official records. There is no record of their marriage having been formalized in Amber though they both claim to have done so privatley. There are records of a legal marriage between them on the Shadow realm of Andal. She was never formally crowned and while she sat in the queens throne during Eric's riegn and served as queen, was spoken of and introduced as queeen, and styled herself in writing as queen, many consider her a mere consort. After Eric's death she left and retired to Eric's estates in Thalusia, where her son Derek dotes on her. The bitterness between Arloxedra and Derek has some unknown causes most likely but his refusal to vistit Astrid is a large vocal part both men admit.
