Cloe, Sovereign Princess of Sancratosia

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Cloe
Sovereign Princess of Sancratosia
Princess Cloe of Sancratosia in February 2022
Official portrait of Princess Cloe
Sovereign Princess of Sancratosia
Reign1 December 2021 (2021-12-01) — present
PredecessorTitle established
Heir apparentNone
Ministers of State
BornChloé Fortin Côté
1 March 1992 (1992-03-01) (age 32)
Montréal, Canada w:Canada
Names
Cloe Romana Maria de Sancratosia
HouseSancratosia
FatherDonato, Lord of Sancratosia
MotherMaria II, Duchess of Sancratosia
ReligionAtheism
Occupation
  • Micronationalist
  • Politician
  • Syndicalist
  • Artist
  • Communications officer
SignatureCloe's signature
Medal record
Representing  Sancratosia
2023 Nemean Games
First place Cornhole

Cloe (Cloe Romana Maria de Sancratosia; born 1 March 1992 (1992-03-01)) is the Sovereign Princess of Sancratosia and head of the Princely House of Sancratosia since its inception in 2021.

She was born in Montréal, Canada and studied political science at Université du Québec à Montréal. During her studies, she participated in many model parliaments in Québec and ran twice in Quebec general elections.

On 1 December 2021 (2021-12-01) Cloe was appointed sovereign princess by the people of Sancratosia.

Early life

Princess Cloe was born at Hôpital Notre-Dame in Montréal, Canada. She is the daughter of Duchess Maria II and Lord Donald. She has two younger brothers, Lord Nicola and Lord Mateo. She lived most of her life in Boucherville, on the south-shore of Montréal, before moving back in Montréal in 2013. She attended the Collège de Maisonneuve before studying political science at Université du Québec à Montréal. While studying, she worked as a tour guide at Montréal's olympic stadium. In June 2020, she started working as a communications officer for a pedestrian rights advocacy group in the Province of Québec.

Cloe made her official coming out as a transgender woman on 15 July 2015 (2015-07-15) and has been sporadically engaged in LGBT rights, mostly through open letters to newspapers.[1]

Political activism

Princess Cloe leading a union protest in Montreal.

Cloe has been politically active, running twice in Quebec general elections, finishing 4th place both times and improving the scores from the previous election.

Official portrait of Chloé as President of the National Assembly of Quebec.

She has been an active member of model parliaments in Quebec, namely the Forum Étudiant and the Parlement Étudiant du Québec (PEQ). Over the span of 5 participations, she assumed the positions of Minister of Transportation, of Democratic reform and Chair of the Conseil du trésor, submitting two bills. In 2016, she became the first transgender to participate in the model parliament[2] and in 2019, she had the honour of becoming the first transgender to sit in the seat of the President of the National Assembly of Quebec during a PEQ simulation, the position being awarded to honour former participants.

Also involved in unions, in 2015, she became the first transgender to lead a union strike in the Province of Quebec.[3] She was to lead a second union strike but it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak.

Reign

On 1 December 2021 (2021-12-01), Cloe assumed the duties of Sovereign Princess of Sancratosia following the signature of the Declaration of independence in which the people of Sancratosia appointed the House of Sancratosia as the sovereign family.[4]

The early days of her reign were essentially dedicated to the establishment of formal diplomatic relations with other nations, as stated in her message to the Nation.[5] She also spent some time in the continued development of the Principality, most notably the writing of the Constitution, as mandated by the Declaration of independence.

On 2 December 2021 (2021-12-02), she published her first Sovereign Ordinance.[6] It concerned the temporary exercise of absolute power in the Principality. She followed with other Ordinances that concerned mostly the signature of many conventions and accords such as the Wrythe Convention, the Edgbaston Convention, the Augusta Accord, the La Salle Convention and the Montediszamble Convention. She also signed the accession to membership status in the Union Against Micronational War and the Alliance of the Micronations as well as an official participation to the intermicronational 2022 Winter Olympics boycott.

On 11 January 2022 (2022-01-11), she appointed Cristian Neuton has the first Minister of State of Sancratosia.

Intermicronational representation

Princess Cloe has represented Sancratosia in numerous intermicronational meetings, most notably at MicroCon, Digi Micro Summit, and G16 summit and in regular meetings of organizations such as MicroFrancophonie and the Grand Unified Micronational.

Official duties

On 24 July 2022 (2022-07-24), she assumed her first official duties in an intermicronational organisation when she was appointed as Secretary of Diversity of the Conference of Santiago, a position she assumed again in 2024. She was also appointed as Secretary of Communication on 8 July 2023 (2023-07-08).

On 19 April 2023 (2023-04-19), Cloe was elected in the Organisation de la MicroFrancophonie, without opposition, to the position of Deputy Secretary General in charge of the creation of means of communication. She was confirmed by members of the General Assembly, earning 100% of votes in favour of her election, on 7 May 2023 (2023-05-07).

On 16 May 2023 (2023-05-16), she became the Social Media Marketing Commissioner for the Micronational Olympic Federation.

Personal life

Cloe quickly became interested in the phenomenon of micronations such as Sealand and Molossia. She owns a 1994 Sealand Half-Dollar which she acquired in 2012.

Enthusiast of modern Canadian history, Cloe has an extensive personal collection of memorabilia from the Montreal 1976 Olympic Games, most notably a gymnastics event ticket signed by famous olympic gold medalist Nadia Comăneci. She also have an extensive collection of items from the defunct Canadian Airlines and a collection of transit tickets from the Société de transport de Montréal. Her less extensive collections include coins, flags and hockey jerseys.

Cloe is an amateur and self-taught artist. She has been interested in many different mediums. Notably, she was involved in stereoscopy and developed a pair of snap-on 3D glasses to change the different filters. From 2018 to 2020, her political artwork was featured on the French canadian-speaking television show Infoman on Radio-Canada.[a] One of her artwork gained recognition from Valérie Plante, Mayor of Montreal.[7]

Interested in languages, Cloe is fluent in French, English and Quebec Sign Language, she is learning Portuguese, Dutch and has an interest to actually learn spoken Lingua Franca Nova.

Cloe once piloted a Cessna 172 airplane on a flight from Mascouche to Mirabel, landing at the then decommissioned Montréal–Mirabel International Airport.

Styles, titles, honours and arms

Styles of
Princess Cloe
Personal standard of Princess Cloe of Sancratosia.svg
Reference styleHer Sovereign Highness
Spoken styleYour Sovereign Highness
Alternative styleYour Supreme Highness[b]
Your Serene Highness[c]

Personal arms of Princess Cloe
Details
ArmigerCloe, Sovereign Princess of Sancratosia
Adopted24 December 2023 (2023-12-24)
CrestAn open book, charged with the Greek letters minuscule sigma (σ) and minuscule kappa (κ) Gules ensigned by a tree proper flanked by two National Flags of Sancratosia.
TorseGules and Argent
EscutcheonParty per pale Argent and Sable charged with an eight ray mullet and two pen nibs counterchanged, chapé ployé Azure and Argent five pallets counterchanged and Gules and Argent lozengy with a bordure Gules and Argent compony.
SupportersTwo Canada geese proper each gorged of an hexagonal collar Argent pendent therefrom an annulet, dexter with the arms of Brittany, sinister with the arms of Perche, holding in their beak dexter a shield tierced per pale Bleu céleste, Argent and Rose, sinister a shield tierced per fess Bleu céleste, Rose and Purpure charged with a dexter chevron Argent.
CompartmentA terrace proper
MottoSabe / Crea (Lingua Franca Nova)
To know / To create
OrdersOrder of the Sovereign
Other elementsThe motto is flanked by the Greek letters dexter a majuscule sigma (Σ) and sinister a minuscule mu (μ) Gules and charged with wavy Azure, Vert, Or, Orange and Gules.
A carnation flower Gules stands above of the achievement.

Styles

The official style of Princess Cloe is Sovereign Highness. This is a style that is unique to Sancratosia and exists because of the lack of a proper translation for the term serene, the most common style among sovereign princes and princesses. However, because her title is Sua Altia Suprema in Lingua Franca Nova, she is sometimes styled as as Supreme Highness, a literal translation of the term. The most common foreign mistakes in her styles are Serene Highness, because it shares the same initials, and Highness, because many Princes and Princesses are styled that way in kingdoms.

Titles

The long official title of Cloe is:

Princess Cloe, by the will of the people, Sovereign Princess of the Principality of Sancratosia; Duchess of Ganso and Siboleta; Marquess of Monoroca; Countess of Anserisa, Andorinoes, Pirsonia and Laurensia e Teritorios; Viscountess of Lupulo, Colie and Mercurio, Maio, Talior e Diacon; Defender of the Constitution and the laws of the Nation.

The long title is rarely used, even in official capacities and is essentially only used at the coronation. The most commonly used title is the shortened version:

Cloe, by the will of the people, Sovereign Princess of Sancratosia.

National honours

Standards and arms

The personal standard of Princess Cloe is similar to the one used in Monaco. It consists of the heraldic Crown of Sancratosia over two stylized letters "C", on a white background. It is only used in the immediate presence of the Sovereign Princess.

Personal arms

As the head of the House of Sancratosia, Princess Cloe is allowed to bear the coat of arms of the Principality as her own. However, she was attributed some personal arms which are more representative of her own person. It is accompanied by a personal badge.

The achievement represents many aspects of Princess Cloe's life. The main part of the shield, divided black and white, represents the duality of life and a reminder that nothing is simply black or white. The star in its middle symbolizes the many directions one can take in life as well as representing the cardinal directions from Cloe's life of travels. The two ink nibs represent her work in communications as well as her drawing hobby. The blue, red and white alternating patterns of the two other partitions of the shield represent the influences that Monaco and France have had on her reign in Sancratosia, as well as law and order. The border is also a nod to Sancratosia's design.

The supporters are the same as those of Sancratosia. They stand on a pedestal, representing the stability of her reign and they each bear an hexagonal necklace, a shape that represents durability. In the necklaces, the arms of two French historical regions, Brittany and Perche, where the ancestors of Cloe come from. In their beaks, the Canada geese are holding small shields representing the gender identity and sexual orientation of Cloe.

An helm with the Ceremonial Crown of Sancratosia stands above the shield. The crest is composed of an open book, representing knowledge, inside the Greek letters minuscule sigma (σ) and minuscule kappa (κ) represent the two words forming the etymology of "Sancratosia". The tree coming from the book represents the growth one can achieve from knowledge and is a symbol of education, a value dear to Princess Cloe and the fact she taught at university and college level. Above, the carnation flower represents the socialist ideals that inspire Princess Cloe.

The shield is surrounded by the Order of the Sovereign. The scroll at the bottom contains the motto "Sabe, Crea" which means "To know, To create". The motto is flanked by the Greek letters majuscule sigma (Σ) and a minuscule mu (μ) representing respectively the sum of who we are and micronationalism. A small wavy rainbow of colours can be found on the scroll in the center representing the Lingua Franca Nova, the official language of Sancratosia.

She previously used arms which were closely resembling those of the Principality with minor differences.

Personal coat of arms
(2023 – present)
Personal badge
(2023 – present)
Royal cypher
(2021 – present)
Personal standard
(2021 – present)
Personal coat of arms
(2021 – 2023)
Personal escutcheon
(2021 – 2023)

Ancestry

See also

Notes and References

Notes

  1. For the Galerie Jean-Tal specials
  2. Literal translation of Sua Altia Suprema in Lingua Franca Nova.
  3. Traditional way to address a Sovereign Prince or Princess.

References

  1. Fortin Côté, Chloé (8 August 2016), "Pour un acronyme véritablement inclusif", La Presse
  2. Lavoie, Laurent (5 January 2018), "Le gouvernement rouge dévoile son cabinet (p.5)", L'Intégriste
  3. Lepage, Guillaume (29 March 2016), "D'une cause à l'autre", Montréal Campus
  4. Principality of Sancratosia (1 December 2021), "Declaration of independence of the Principality of Sancratosia", sancratosia.org
  5. Sovereign Family of Sancratosia (1 December 2021), "Message to the Nation from the Princess on the signature of the Declaration of independence", sancratosia.org
  6. Principality of Sancratosia (2 December 2021), "Sovereign Ordinance no 1 of 2 December 2021 on the temporary exercise of absolute power by the Sovereign Princess of Sancratosia", sancratosia.org
  7. Plante, Valérie (8 April 2018), "Au détour de ma course du dimanche, je me suis arrêtée à la Galerie éphémère d'@infomantv et j'ai rencontré de jeunes fans de la #lignerose #polmtl", Twitter

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