Klaudia Haselrieder was a young princess of the Kingdom of Italy. Her lineage was a complicated matter. Her father was an Austrian soldier from South Tyrol who had been chosen by Kaiser Berengar von Kufstein to rule over the Kingdom of Lombardy, and later Italy as a whole.
While her mother was a native Italian from a rather minor, but notable, noble family known as the Da Vinci's. The Da Vinci bloodline had nearly been wiped out during Berengar's war for independence, but one young woman remained, who won the heart of King Bruno Haselrieder.
Klaudia was a kind and gentle girl, no older than ten. She had olive skin like her mother, dark hair, and matching eyes. In fact, one might mistake her for a full blood Italian at first glance, something she shared in common with her siblings.
