Our story begins along time ago back in the 11th century with King John of England who was the youngest son of King Henry II of England and his Queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine.
King John was the youngest brother of King Richard I of England also known as Richard The Lionhearted.
Prince John was said to be a favorite of his father, King Henry II of England but by the time he was born there was no property to give him and he was known as John Lack-Land.
King Richard I married Berengaria of Navarre but they had no children and with Prince Henry The Young dead and his other brother, Prince Geoffrey deceased it paved the way for Prince John to become King at the death of his brother, King Richard I of England who died in 1199.
Prince John became King in 1199 and he married twice 1) Isabella, Countess of Gloucester in 1189 and his marriage to her was annulled in 1199 and they had no children. and in 1200 King John married Isabella of Angoulême .
King John was besought by his beautiful 14 year old bride, and they had five children together,
1. Prince Henry (12071272)
2. Richard of Cornwall ( 1210-1272)
Princess Joan (1210-1238)
Princess Isabella (1214-1241)
Princess Eleanor (1215-1275)
It was through King John and Queen Isabella second son, Prince Richard Of Cornwall who married three times but had no children, but with one of his mistresses, Joan of Vautort he had Sir Richard of Cornwall and Joan FitzAlan it was their daughter Lady Joan that married Sir John Howard whose son Sir Robert Howard and Lady Margaret de Mowbray, eldest daughter of Thomas de Mowbray , 1st Duke of Norfolk . They had Lord John Howard in 1425 and in 1442 he married Lady Catherine Moleyns and they had two son, Lord Thomas, Lord Nicholas, Lady Elizabeth , Lady Anne, Lady Jane and Lady Margaret.
Lord John Howard married a second time in 1467 to Lady Margaret Chedworth and they had one daughter together named Lady Katherine Howard who married John Bourchier , 2nd Baron Berners and they had issue.
Lord John Howard was a loyal Yorkist to the House of York and he fought side by side his sovereign, King Richard III, the youngest son of Richard Duke of York and Cecily Neville and the brother of King Edward IV of England, but it King Richard III that created Lord John Howard the 1st Howard Duke of Norfolk in 1483 as he was the grandson of Lord Thomas de Mowbray, through his mother, Lady Margaret.
Lord John Howard was killed shortly after his sovereign, King Richard III was killed on the filed of Bosworth by Henry Tudor in 1485 and his son, Lord Thomas Howard became the 2nd Duke of Norfolk.
Lord Thomas Howard married married twice, first time to Lady Elizabeth Tinley but she never became Duchess of Norfolk but she gave him 10 children which 4 children reaches adulthood and three were Lord Thomas Howard, Lord Edmund Howard, and Lady Elizabeth Howard.
With this second wife, Lady Agnes Tinley. They had 7 children and Lord William, Lady Dorothy Howard, Lady Anne Howard.
Lord Edmund Howard would marry Lady Joyce Culpepper and they would have Lady Katheryn Howard who would become the fifth wife of King Henry VIII of England and Lady Elizabeth Howard would marry Lord Thomas Boleyn and she would three children, Lady Mary Boleyn would marry Lord William Carey and they would have two children, Lady Katherine and Lord Henry and through her children, Lord William Carey would be a descendant and also from Lord William Howard whose son Lord Charles Howard would marry Lady Catherine Carey the daughter of Lord Henry Carey, the son of Lady Boleyn and whose mother was Lady Elizabeth Howard whose father was Lord Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk.
Lady Elizabeth Howard daughter, would become Queen Anne Boleyn the second wife and queen of England and the mother of the greatest Queen of England that England ever had and her names was Queen Elizabeth I of England born on September 7, 1533, Reigned from 1558- 1603).
Lord Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk, her brother would marry Princess Anne of York, the sister of Queen Elizabeth of York but none of their children survived and after she died he remarried Lady Lady Elizabeth Stafford, the daughter ,Lord Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Lady Eleanor Percy, and they would have Lord Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey who was executed in 1547 but before he was executed he married to Lady Frances de Vere and had 5 children Lord Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk that succeeded his grandfather.
Lord Howard first wife Mary FitzAlan gave him a son Lord Phillip Howard after his wife died Lord Thomas Howard married another heiress, Lady Margaret Audley and they had together, Lord Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, Lord William Howard,
It is from Lord John Howard that his descendant Lord Patrick William Howard comes from and when he married Lady Penelope Devereux a direct descendant of Sir Richard Devereux Lady Dorothy Hastings and their son Lord Walter Devereux became the 1st Earl Of Essex and when he married Lady Lettice Knollys the great-great-granddaughter of Lady Elizabeth Howard who was the eldest daughter of Lord Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk and Lady Elizabeth Tinley.
It was in the year of 2130 when they left Planet Earth from Norfolk, England with a handful of Aristocrats that boarded the USS Caliber to escape the nuclear war that devastated Planet Earth over a period of years The journey took them five years to reach their final destination on Star Base 12.
Lord Patrick William Howard and Lady Penelope claimed the North territory on Star Base 12 and they named it Norfolk Territory.
Lord Patrick William was an excellent architect and he built them a grand manor and he called i it Norfolk Estate and Lady Penelope was an excellent seamstress and it is how they made their living and they became the most prominent family on Star Base 12.
Lord Patrick and Lady Penelope had three children, Lord Frederick William, Lady Frederica Wilhelmina and Lord Edward Charles.
It is Lord Frederick William Howard's second son, Lord Charles Andrew SR who will succeed his father in 2208 and he marries Lady Alexandra Elizabeth Churchill and she has Lord Charles Andrew JR, Lord Richard Edward SR, Lady Sophia Charlotte, and Lord Edwin William Howard.
Lord Frederick William and Lady Jeannette Virginia also have Lord Frederick William Jr, Lady Sophia Charlotte and Lord Andrew Charles.
It is Lord Charles Andrew SR that makes it a challenge between his three grandsons to provide him with his first great-grandchild regardless of the sex the first grandson that gives him his first great-grandchild will inherit the Dukedom from his eldest son, Lord Charles Andrew JR.
The Challenge is on when Lord Charles Andrew III and Lord Patrick William fail to produce a child and Lord Charles Andrew JR looks to his youngest son, Lord Andrew Charles to save his father's line.
Lord Andrew Charles is a rebellious, young man and he refuses to marry a woman that he doesn't love and he tells his father that and he agrees that Lord Andrew Charles may marry for love.
Lord Andrew Charles is 20 years old in 2270 and his lady-love hasn't arrived on Star Base 12 but she is only 15 years old when she leaves Planet Earth and she is boarded on the USS Republic headed for Star Base 12.
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The Pursuit of A Heir or Heiress For Norfolk Territory
Historical FictionThis novel will tell the story in words, songs, and pictures about a Young Lord name Lord Andrew Charles Howard who is in the pursuit of a heir/heiress, but won't marry just any aristocrat woman on Star Base 12.