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BEFORE THE STORY

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BEFORE THE STORY

June 2 1420: Catherine of Valois and Henry V of England marry.

February 6, 1421: Princess Eleanor Plantagenet is born to King Henry V and Catherine of Valois.

December 6, 1421: Henry VI is born.

August 31, 1422: Henry V dies.

May 5 1434: Princess Eleanor is created Countess of Kent and Leicester.

August 8 1436: Princess Eleanor marries Prince John of France.

1437: Elizabeth Woodville is born.

April 28 1442: Edward IV is born to Richard, Duke of York and Cecily Neville.

June 5 1442: Princess Eleanor is widowed childless and returns to England.

1444: Princess Eleanor elopes with Richard Neville, the heir to the Earl of Salisbury to avoid another political marriage.

1445: Charlotte Neville is born.

October 21 1449: George of York is born to Richard, Duke of York and Cecily Neville.

1449: Princess Eleanor Plantagenet dies due to complications from a miscarriage. Her daughter inherits her titles of Countess of Kent and Leicester.

1450: Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury, marries Anne Beauchamp and becomes Earl of Warwick on his wife's right.

1451: Isabel Neville is born.

October 2 1452: Richard of York is born to Richard, Duke of York and Cecily Neville.

October 13 1453: Edouard of Westminster is born to King Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou.

1456: Anne Neville is born.

December 30 1460: Richard, Duke of York and Edmund, Earl of Rutland are killed in battle.

Spoilers up ahead. The timeline will be updated as the story goes on.

ACT ONE

29 March 1461: Battle of Towtown

6 June 1461: The Neville sisters arrive at court. Charlotte catches Edward's attention and refuses to be his mistress

October 1461: Charlotte and Edward kiss for the first time

29 March 1461: Battle of Towtown

6 June 1461: The Neville sisters arrive at court. Charlotte catches Edward's attention and refuses to be his mistress

October 1461: Charlotte and Edward kiss for the first time

December 1461: Charlotte and Edward share a bed platonically for the first time.

February 1462: Edward asks Warwick for Charlotte's hand in marriage and is refused.

May 1462: Anthony Woodville arrives at court to petition his nephews' inheritance.

May 1462: Edward and Charlotte have sex for the first time.

July 1462: Anthony Woodville asks Edward for Charlotte's hand in marriage and is refused.

23 October 1462: Charlotte is revealed to be pregnant. They marry in secret.

8 March 1463: Cecily "Lily" FitzYork is born.

20 April 1464: Edmund FitzYork is born. Charlotte nearly dies in the process of birthing him.

ACT TWO

1 May 1464: Edward IV elopes with Elizabeth Woodville, the widow of a Lancastrian noble

10 October 1464: Edward IV presents Elizabeth Woodville to the court as his queen

26 May 1465: Elizabeth Woodville is crowned as queen.

3 May 1466: Edmund FitzYork is created Earl of March

10 June 1469: William FitzYork is born. He is created Earl of Rutland.

July 1469: George of Clarence marries Isabel Neville. This is the sign of the first rebellion by George & Warwick.

September 1469: Edward is released by Warwick.

April 1470: Warwick & George rebel again and flee to France.

September 1470: Warwick invades England after allying with the Lancastrians.

13 December 1470: Edouard of Westminster marries Charlotte Neville

April 1471: Edward reclaims his throne following a decisive victory in Barnet.

4 May 1471: Battle of Tewkesbury. Edouard of Westminster dies in battle.

30 August 1471: Lady Catherine "Caitlin" of Lancaster is born.

December 1472: Lady Elizabeth "Bess" of Gloucester is born

1473: Edward of Middleham is born

August 1473: Margaret of Clarence is born.

16 April 1474: Arthur & Eleanor FitzYork are born; he is created Earl of Lancaster

February 1475: Edward "Teddy" Plantagenet is born.

July 1475: Campaign in France

29 August 1475: Treaty of Picquigny. Among the terms, a daughter of Edward IV is promised to Dauphin Charles.

December 1476: Isabel Neville dies.

August 1477: The Papal Courts find Edward's and Elizabeth's marriage null and void and declare Charlotte the queen and her children the heirs to the throne

ACT THREE

11 February 1478: Princess Isabella "Bella" of York is born

18 February 1478: George, Duke of Clarence is executed

10 May 1480: Prince Richard "Rickon" of York is born

August 1480: Edmund marries Megan FitzGerald

November 1481: Princess Kathryn of Wales is born

9 April 1483: King Edward IV dies.

18 June 1483: Lords Edward and Richard Plantagenet disappear from the Tower of London.

25 June 1483: The execution of Anthony Woodville is called off.

30 June 1483: Prince William is sent away to Burgundy, to be kept safe as his brother's heir.

6 July 1483: King Edmund is crowned with his Queen Consort, Megan FitzGerald.

7 September 1483: Prince Rickon dies, seemingly of an outbreak of the pox.

October 1483: Prince Arthur of York dies from smallpox.

October-November 1483: Buckingham's Rebellion

9 April 1484: Edward of Middleham dies.

16 March 1485: Megan FitzGerald dies.

15 August 1485: Anne Neville dies in childbirth with a stillborn son.

22 August 1485: Battle of Bosworth Field.

* Liberties will be taken with the portrayals of historical characters, regardless of their birth date. This timeline presents historical facts and how things progress in the story. I will take liberties in how I portray my characters and sometimes, I will age them up to fit the purposes of the storyline.

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