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[[File:Queen Ladonia.png|thumb|Official portrait of Queen Carolyn]] | [[File:Queen Ladonia.png|thumb|Official portrait of Queen Carolyn]] | ||
Her '''Majesty the Queen Carolyn''' is the Head of State of the [[Royal Republic of Ladonia]], a [[micronation]] based in Sweden. She was elected by the Cabinet of Ministers and proclaimed Queen on 2 June 2011, the Ladonian National Day. Her coronation took place at Nimis in September 2011. | Her '''Majesty the Queen Carolyn''' is the Head of State of the [[Royal Republic of Ladonia]], a [[micronation]] based in Sweden. She was elected by the Cabinet of Ministers and proclaimed Queen on 2 June 2011, the Ladonian National Day. Her coronation took place at Nimis in September 2011. | ||
In 2023, Queen Carolyn was inducted into the [[Micronational Hall of Excellence]]. | |||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
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==Diplomatic activities== | ==Diplomatic activities== | ||
The Queen is widely traveled and participated in nearly every micronational summit since assuming the throne. She led delegations to [[MicroCon 2015]] and | [[File:Ladonia Meeting.jpg|350px|thumb|2014 visit between Westarctica and Ladonia with Grand Duke Travis and Queen Carolyn]] | ||
The Queen is widely traveled and participated in nearly every micronational summit since assuming the throne. She led delegations to [[MicroCon 2015]] and the Princely Ball of [[Principality of Aigues-Mortes|Aigues-Mortes]] in southern France and as well as both European PoliNation conferences in England and Italy. | |||
On 6 August 2022, during [[MicroCon 2022]], Her Majesty announced that she had won the bid to host [[MicroCon 2023]] in the Chicago, Illinois area. | |||
===Relations with Westarctica=== | |||
Ladonia and Westarctica have historically had very close relations and have had numerous diplomatic interactions starting in 2014. | |||
In 2014 and 2018, Queen Carolyn attended informal dinners with the [[Grand Duke Travis]] in the Los Angeles area. | |||
During [[MicroCon 2019]] in Hamilton, Ontario, the Queen was invested as a Dame of the [[Order of the Orca]], being only the second non-[[Westarctica]]n to receive the honor. | |||
On 2 November 2021, Queen Carolyn was present to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Westarctica at a small event in Las Vegas, Nevada. Here, she was invested as a Dame Grand Commander in the [[Order of the Snowflake]]. She has the distinction of being the only person to rise through every rank of knighthood in the Order of the Snowflake, having been first invested as a dame in 2015 and finally becoming a Dame Grand Cross at [[MicroCon 2023]]. | |||
==Honors and awards== | ==Honors and awards== | ||
*{{flagiconstart|Flag of Westarctica.jpg|Westarctica}} Dame Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Snowflake]] | |||
*{{flagiconstart|Flag of Westarctica.jpg|Westarctica}} Stranger Dame in the [[Illustrious Antarctic Order of the Orca]] | |||
*{{flagiconstart|Flag of Westarctica.jpg|Westarctica}} Dame in the [[Order of the Polar Cross]] | |||
*{{flagiconstart|Kingdom of Kolios Flag.png}} Knight Commander in the [[Most Honorable Order of Kolios]] | |||
*{{flagiconstart|Flag of Ladonia.png}} Sovereign of the Order of the Hesperides | *{{flagiconstart|Flag of Ladonia.png}} Sovereign of the Order of the Hesperides | ||
*{{flagiconstart|Flag of Ladonia.png}} Sovereign of the Order of Ladon | *{{flagiconstart|Flag of Ladonia.png}} Sovereign of the Order of Ladon | ||
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*{{flagiconstart|Flag of Flandrensis.png}} Commander of the Order of Saint Polycarpus | *{{flagiconstart|Flag of Flandrensis.png}} Commander of the Order of Saint Polycarpus | ||
*{{flagiconstart|Flag of Scone.jpg}} Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the Dragon | *{{flagiconstart|Flag of Scone.jpg}} Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the Dragon | ||
*{{flagiconstart| | *{{flagiconstart|Ruritania-Flg.jpg}} Dame of the Order of the Lion | ||
*{{flagiconstart|Flag of Austenasia.png}} Dame of Edd in the Order of the Bullmastiff | *{{flagiconstart|Flag of Austenasia.png}} Dame of Edd in the Order of the Bullmastiff | ||
*{{flagiconstart|Flag of Aigues-Mortes.jpg}} Dame of the Order of the Flamingo | *{{flagiconstart|Flag of Aigues-Mortes.jpg}} Dame of the Order of the Flamingo | ||
[[Category:Micronationalists]] | [[Category:Micronationalists]] | ||
[[Category:People]] | [[Category:People]] | ||
[[Category: Knights of the Snowflake]] | |||