I, the Duchess of Burgundy, Rule the World

His father died in battle, the French king seized the land, the city forced the palace, and the nobles forced marriage. The whole of Europe believed that a nineteen-year-old woman could not keep a huge Burgundian inheritance. Then let them see it clearly. I will turn the gold coins of the guild into military pay, turn the trade routes into the blood vessels of the empire, turn the ambitions of civilians into military merit and official positions, and turn the territories divided by the nobles into provinces directly ruled by the central government. I will not marry any prince, accept no co-ruler, and do not need the Holy See to seek legitimacy for my crown. I came to this era not to barely hold on to the territory my father left behind. I came to unify Europe and conquer the world. The prince doesn't need to talk, the princess can stay.