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Got the desire to add another entry to my ever-lengthening list of hypothetical PCs and hit a snag: The base concept is a Champion of some sort of tie to the fey, using the Fey Influence tree of feats and possibly multiclassing into Sorcerer. Grandeur seems like the best cause, to be a gallant Faerie or Green Knight who protects the beauty of nature, frolics with unicorns and rescues damsels in the woods.
Trouble is, Grandeur requires Holy Sanctification, something explicitly NOT granted by any of the Eldest, to reflect their capricious, aloof, or just plain mean nature. Playing the nature angle kind of works, but Gozreh has the same issue and while the Green Faith can choose holy, the text regarding them implicitly states that this is incredibly rare compared to those of proper nature deities who are naturally allied with the Faith.
The closest thing I could think of was Shelyn, for whom Grandeur Champions are the most common and who is the ultimate fan of courtly love, but wasn't sure of that was too obvious a choice, since she also implicitly has a bias towards artifice in beauty, which sets her apart from so-called "nature gods." Her partners, Desna and Sarenrae as well as the three of them as the Radiant Prism, feel similarly "detached" from the kind of nature most commonly associated with fey, more "stars and rainbows" than "flowery bowers and enchanted woods" if that makes sense?
So am I on the right track with this or is there a deity I'm missing that would be a better fit?
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I almost recommended Cernunnos before realizing he was in the dead or lost deities section. His sister Halcamora is a bit horticulturally minded, but it may not be too extreme a stretch to take the focus on gardens and parlay it into thinking of all of nature's bounty as a garden that must be tended.
More on theme though is another, new empyreal lord. Keltheald, the sunset spires, has edicts about traveling to appreciate the beauty of nature and takes the form of a kestrel watching over the land. They seem actually very fitting for a nature themed grandeur champion at a glance
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Liberation is also a fitting cause for a fey-themed champion, tying in with the whimsy of the Eldest, which doesn't require holy sanctification.
The fey and the Eldest are also less concerned about "Holy" or "Unholy" issues in general. Plus the "celestial realms" that supposedly inspire the Grandeur cause are different from the First World.
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Some possible ideas:
Norns/Followers of Fate
Norns are fey, and they allow holy or unholy (can you be a Grandeur champion of a deity that allows unholy?) sanctification. Maybe they decided to send your knight on a quest?
Shumunue
Elemental lord of wood, allows holy sanctification. Other benevolent elemental lords like Ranginori could work, too.
Aminara
One of the Green Man deities, the only one I found that allows holy sanctification. Edicts and anathema seem like they could be good fits for the character you've described, too.
Ketephys
Elven deity of hunting, has nature focused edicts and anathema.
Honourable mention goes to Gwendolyn, Lady of the Fangwood, who is a fey living on Golarion who is known to sponsor knights. Unfortunately, she doesn't seem to allow holy sanctification.
I hope you find one that works! Your character sounds pretty cool.