Orajta of Theebo

Orajta of Theebo (12 April 853 - 26 July 891) or Orajta of Sayamati, was queen consort and niece of King Isacca I of Sayamati. She was the eldest daughter of Miro III, Duke of Theebo, and her youngest sister Anmarie was the Balish empress. Isacca I chose to marry her in order to give birth to an heir. Although she successfully gave birth to the future Roan II, her marriage was not happy and had been ignored by her husband for a long time. It was said that she was unfaithful to her husband and plotted against him.

Childhood
Orajta was the firstborn daughter of Miro III, Duke of Theebo, by his first wife, Ceisivey of Kuwenphrak. She was raised in the Sayamatian royal court by her grandmother Theona of Hsindra.

Her mother Ceisivey died after giving birth to Roan Isacca in 855. Shortly after, her father was wedded to Princess Madhri of Baland, daughter of Reramonsi I and Sumanee of Baland. Madhri was a warm and kind woman, who took the responsibility of raising her stepchildren by playing games with them and in charge of their education. When she had her children, Roan Isacca and Orajta were sent to the court because Madhri didn't have enough energy to take care of too much kids due to her bad health caused by childbirths. Orajta was taught by Anna of Mohal, who was as warm and kind as Madhri of Theebo. She taught Orajta with a cautious attitude, but she may never predict that this little girl will marry her husband one day.

Orajta was betrothed to Prince Minyaung of Hsindra, future Minyaung IV, while the king's daughter Madharia was betrothed to Reramonsi, Crown Prince of Baland, future Reramonsi II. After Reramonsi's mother Atula died, Emperor Minsi II was not willing to follow his wife's idea that made her niece the future Balish empress, so he began the marriage negotiation with Maharapura, planning to marry Reramonsi with a Maharapurese princess, which led to the cancel of Madharia's engagement. To make his daughter a queen, King Isacca I decided to marry Madharia to Minyaung of Hsindra, Orajta's fiance, then betrothed Orajta to his son Prince Oraj Sacario as a compensation. Orajta was 9 years older than the prince, which worried Duke of Theebo whether this marriage could consummate fluently.

Queen of Sayamati
In 865, Anna of Mohal died, and one year later, her only surviving son Prince Oraj Sacario also died. Isacca I fell into trouble that he lost all of his sons, with only a daughter Madharia survived. On the one hand, Isacca I thought a queen will make the kingdom fall into a period of unrest; on the other hand, Isacca didn't want Madharia's future husband Minyaung was crowned King of Sayamati. So Isacca I decided to remarry, and the object was his son's fianceé, also his niece Orajta. The royal family claimed that the king married his niece was for the purity of royal blood. However, a Sayamatian nobleman Kensa Cabina pointed it out that Orajta was raised by Anna of Mohal for several years, resulting Orajta had some behaviors and qualities similar to the deceased queen, which was the real reason of the king taking her for his wife. Kensa Cabina lampooned that if the father is allowed to marry his daughter, the new queen of Sayamati will be Madharia.

On 25 May 867, the wedding between Isacca and Orajta was celebrated in Ilkalo Temple, Kananive, when the king was 30 and queen only 14. Miro III said Orajta was too young to consummate her marriage, but Isacca I didn't want to wait because he was in urgent need for a son. A bitter quarrel happened between the brothers. Madharia also tried to persuade her father to delay the consummation. There was no specific record about the time of their consummation, but the next March after their marriage, Orajta gave birth to her first child, future Roan II, when she was not 15 yet.

Isacca married Orajta just for his need for children, so he never regard Orajta as his wife, even as a woman. The king wore black clothes all day to mourn Anna of Mohal, ignoring his current wife's feeling. After the death of Anna, the king almost closed his feelings. He rarely went to Orajta's chamber and cared about her. Every time he went, he just went to have sex to give birth to more children. Nevertheless, Orajta had only one child, Roan, in her entire life. She had been pregnant for at least 6 times, but she either miscarried her babies, or had stillborn children. She miscarried her child in 869 for the first time, the king didn't comfort her; instead, he complaint it and blamed her. After Orajta failed to have a health child for several times, the king thought her unable to have more children, so he didn't went to the queen's chamber anymore. It was said the king wanted to divorce Orajta and marry a younger and fertile woman, but his counselors suggested him to remain this marriage for Prince Roan.

Although had a bad relationship with the king, Orajta still enjoyed great power as she was mother of the future king. According to tradition then, she didn't raise her son by her own, but she often visited her son and keep a close relationship with him. Compared with her, Isacca didn't care Roan enough, who only cared Princess Madharia, Anna's daughter. Isacca I cried and said he had no family around him when Madharia left Sayamati to marry Minyaung. Orajta was infuriated by her husband's words. She thought she can't bear her husband anymore, so she moved to her father's household, where she took care of her youngest sister Anmarie, and contributed to the marriage between Anmarie and Reramonsi II.