Character Biography

Marianne is the 99th Empress of the Holy Britannian Empire, 5th wife of Charles zi Britannia and the mother of Lelouch and Nunnally. Known as 'Marianne the Flash' for her piloting skills and having been the one to test pilot the Ganymede Knightmare Frame with the support of the Ashford Foundation. During the attempt to remove Lelouch from power, Bismarck claims that she was the only person to have needed his geass on before Suzaku.

When Lelouch and Nunnally were still children and living in Britannia, she was assassinated by V.V. with the only witness being Anya. But V.V. arranged a cover up not knowing that Anya was there, the cover up was Nunnally. Marianne also had geass, which allowed her soul to travel into some ones heart. Anya being the only one there became the place for her soul. Later on she awakes and takes over Anya?s body, and is disappointed that Suzaku was already awake so she couldn?t draw on his face.

She was will liked by lots of people including Clovis, Euphemia, Jeremiah (whose first posting was as her bodyguard), and Cornelia who commanded her personal body guard and tried to find her murderer. The Ashford family also lost their status in her death.

Spoiler

When she goes in C's world to kill the Gods with Charles it becomes her downfall and that is where she is killed for good.