ABSTRACT
Aemilia Juliana’s contributions as ruler’s consort, particularly those as pious intercessor, did not end with her final illness and death. Her publication of books during her lifetime that hinted at her authorship, as well as her commission of paintings and frontispieces that presented the self-constructs she favored, left a permanent legacy that could be acknowledged during her funeral. But advance preparations for her demise were the key to Aemilia Juliana’s success in making posthumous contributions to her dynasty and her people. A wise wealth manager, she worked with lawyers to ensure that her possessions and properties would be inherited by her son.1 But she also worked to complete one more devotional handbook, producing in her final years a finished manuscript and an engraved frontispiece ready to be handed over to the printer after her death. And she ostentatiously prepared for dying in a manner that established her as an exemplum for others. She even contributed to preparations for her funeral in order to ensure that her public persona, in its final iteration, contributed one last time to the success of her descendants.
