Carlota Cifuentes is a Balancín noblewoman and member of Emperor Maximilian's court. She is a lady-in-waiting to Empress Rose, and a member of the long-standing and influential Cifuentes family.
Born as the only child of Lord Regelio Cifuentes, Earl of Win de la Ross, Carlota attended the convent-adjacent Lucena Academy for Girls between the ages of 5 and 18, before attending Pembroke University briefly, where she studied History and Languages. She dropped out of her studies when her mother died at the age of 20. She returned home after, and began attending court alongside her father. As Lord Regelio rose through the ranks of the court of Charles VI, Carlota began to make connections with the ladies of the court. Upon the accession of Queen Mary, she was made one of the queen's Ladies-in-Waiting, a position she has continued to hold. She was a close confidant and lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth before her death, and is currently Mistress of the Robes to the Holy Roman Empress Rose, as the most senior lady of the court. Her presence has been a vital comfort to the Queen throughout her current health episodes, with Carlota taking the reins of court management.
Carlota has often been admired as a ‘great beauty’ within the court, and is rumoured to have served as the muse of both ballads and poetry, despite her reserved and pious nature.