Charlène Jolicoeur-Schafenweide
| Charlène Jolicoeur-Schafenweide | |
 | |
| Full name | Charlène Jolicoeur-Schafenweide |
|---|---|
| AKA | Charlène |
| Pronouns | She/her |
| Physical information | |
| Species | Human |
| Gender | Female |
| Hair color and style | Curly black |
| Eye color | Light brown |
| Skin color | Light |
| Biographical information | |
| Father | David Jolicoeur, |
| Mother | Catarina de Todos los Santos u-Kart |
| Spouse | Razzie Waldfürcht (m. 20.XII.1718) |
| Children |
Jonah (adopted) Leela |
| Date of birth | 23.III.1690 |
| Place of birth | Huyenkula, Hurmu |
| Date of death | / |
| Place of death | / |
| Residence(s) | Stadt Sankt Rosa, Confoederatio Aemilia |
| Nationality | Aemilian, Ludwiggian, Hurmu |
| Allegiance(s) |
Confoederatio Aemilia, formerly Sankt Ludwigshafen |
| Occupation | Chancellor of the Confoederatio Aemilia |
Charlène Jolicoeur-Schafenweide (née Jolicoeur, in Huyenkula, 23.III.1690) is a Hurmu socialite and former government official, Resident for Oystra Stoorskerið 1717–1718. She was briefly the stadtholder of Sankt Ludwigshafen and since 1722 chancellor of the Confoederatio Aemilia.
Born into an Alexandrian–Hurmu family, she is the daughter of former Senator Catarina de Todos los Santos u-Kart. On 20.XI.1716, she married Simon Schafenweide, son of the owner of Osthügel Motorenwerke, Ludwig Schafenweide, after a few year's courting in the Nazarene tradition. The two had met at the University of Huyenkula as classmates.
Charlène received a traditional Nazarene upbringing with Hurmu influences. Her father, David Jolicoeur, instilled her with traditional Alexandrian values. The family was shocked in 1696, when it transpired that her mother Catarina had had a relationship before meeting David, with Jaime Augustin Joaquin Primo de Aguilar, which resulted in the birth of a child, Eugenia Aguilar. Catarina and Primo de Aguilar had kept the identity of Eugenia secret to everyone, including those in their respective families. Upon hearing the scandal, David sued for divorce, despite it being against the rules of his religion, he could not look Catarina in the eyes even more. Charlène, a six-year old at the time, along with her elder brothers Marcel and Emmanuel, sided with their father. While Catarina and David had shared custody, in practice, however, the children stayed mostly with their father, who poisoned their minds against their mother.
Charlène found solace in religion, studying Nazarene theology at university, and considering joining a convent as a nun. It was at this time that she met the handsome and somewhat exotic Simon Schafenweide from Sankt Ludwigshafen. He had taken advantage of the privileges afforded the citizens of Sankt Ludwigshafen under Xäiville Convention to study abroad, in Hurmu, and the two fell in love almost immediately.
She was a candidate for Senate in the 1712 Hurmu general elections for the United Ayreonist–Traditionalist List. The List, however, did not get enough votes for her to be elected to Senate.
They were married on 20.XI.1716 in a Nazarene ceremony in Huyenkula. In attendance were most of their families, except Catarina, who was not invited, nor Charlène's half sister Eugenia with family. After the wedding, Charlène added -Schafenweide to her surname, and she vowed to join her husband in moving to Sankt Ludwigshafen once the situation there calmed down. She did so on 15.XII.1716, the day after her husband was appointed to the position of Stadtholder of the Republic of Sankt Ludwigshafen.
In 1716 AN a writ of summons was issued against her in Hurmu, after her association with a suspected Siseranist cult in Huyenkula was discovered during raids by the Hurmu Constabulary against that group. Following the panic in Sankt Ludwigshafen, following the ascension of the Mondosphere into the Raspur Pact, Charlène left her husband Simon Schafenweide, and returned to Hurmu pregnant with his child, despite the fear that she would be arrested.
Her fears were quickly realised as she was detained upon the very moment of her arrival and delivered to the Southern District for interview by a Magister-Carnifex loaned to the government of Hurmu for the purpose of investigating the Siseran revival. She was released pending further investigation, by court order in Huyenkula, on 5.III.1717. She returned to her home, hoping to restore her pre-marriage life, only to find that friends and family had abandoned her. She gave birth to Leela Jolicoeur-Schafenweide, the only child she had with Simon Schafenweide on 11.VI.1718
On 22.VIII.1717, Prime Minister Jamshid-e Osman appointed her to the position of Resident for Oystra Stoorskerið and thus ex officio a member of six-member governing council of the condominium. The appointment was widely considered to be tantamount to a form of exile for the widow.
During her brief stay in Sankt Ludwigshafen, Charlène Jolicoeur-Schafenweide had met Razzie Waldfürcht, a woman three years younger that was leading a group of partisans called Sisera's Angels and frequented government circles. The two quickly became good friends and continued writing each other letters after the death of Simon Schafenweide which were followed by Charlène's misfortunes in Hurmu. Writing each other at every occasion they could find, they started to develop romantic feelings for each other. In a moment of loneliness, on the night of 15 to 16 X.1718, in Oystra Stoorskerið, Charlène wandered without aim past the water side as she noticed a small trading vessel flying the flag of Sankt Ludwigshafen lying in the harbour. She approached the captain of said ship. Without first warning Razzie Waldfürcht of her intentions, she paid the captain for a voyage to Sankt Ludwigshafen and boarded the ship together with Leela after instructing her secretary to file her resignation from her post in Hurmu.
When she arrived in Sankt Ludwigshafen on 2.XI.1718 she learned that Razzie Waldfürcht was not in town, she booked a hotel and intended to wait patiently for the return of Razzie. During this time she also renewed contact with her brother in law, Hans Schafenweide, acting Stadtholder of the republic at that time. He offered her his help in integrating in the social and economic life of the republic if she were to stay this time. On 11.XII.1718 Razzie Waldfürcht returned to Stadt Sankt Ludwigshafen together with a young boy called Jonah, who had been rescued from a group of human sacrificing Monovians. The two decided to form a common household to provide a stable home for the children they had under their care and registered their civil marriage on 20.XII.1718, followed by a religious marriage ceremony the next day in a chapel of the Restored Church.
As a charismatic socialite in Ludwiggian society Charlène quickly rose to fame. Through her relationship with Razzie Waldfûrcht and the brother of her late husband Stadtholder Hans Schafenweide, she was able to meet many influential people in high society, including the ambassador from Hurmu, Siw Stai who became a personal friend. In VIII.1719, she was invited by the presidium of the Traditional Party of 1680 to run as candidate for the position of Statthalterin of Sankt Ludwigshafen in the 1720 elections in Sankt Ludwigshafen. After consultation with her wife, she accepted.
Both her full siblings and their spouses, children and grandchildren all perished during the sinking of the Biternion in 1735.
