The Duke That Loved Me
Lord Anthony Christopher Howard, the eldest son and third child of Lord Andrew Charles Howard and Lady Karissa never forgot the first time he laid his eyes on his maternal second cousin, Lady Alexandrina Charlene Stuart.
Lord Anthony Christopher Howard was created Duke of Lancaster Territory when his distant cousin, Lord Thomas Beaufort failed to produce an heir/heiress when he died in 2278.
The Dukedom of Lancaster territory went into abyss and as Lord Andrew Charles Howard great-great-grandmother was Lady Jeanette Virginia Beaufort and she was the eldest child of Lord Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Lancaster Territory.
Lady Jeanette Virginia Beaufort married Lord Frederick William Howard in 2182, and their first child, Lord Frederick William Howard II was born in 2184, followed by Lord Anthony Christopher Howard's great-grandfather, Lord Charles Andrew Howard who was born in 2186, and he married to Lady Alexandra Elizabeth Churchill, the heiress to the Dukedom of Marlborough Territory in 2206, and in 2209 their son, Lord Charles Andrew Howard JR and he married Lady Patricia Eugenie Stuart in 2228 and their youngest son, Lord Andrew Charles Howard is born in 2250 and he marries Lady Karissa Elizabeth Ann Lowell in 2275 and Lord Anthony Christopher Howard is born in June of 2280.
The first time that Lord Anthony set his eyes on his maternal second cousin, Lady Alexandrina Charlene Stuart was at his sister's weddings in June in 2294, and he was only 14 years old and Lady Alexandrina Charlene was only 12 years old.
Lady Alexandrina and his sister, Lady Caroline Matilda Carey were only months apart in age.
Lord Anthony Christopher was not like other little boys and he was very protected by his doting father, Lord Andrew Charles who had to wait for his son to be born and it took five years to get his first son.
Grant it, Lord Andrew Charles had two beautiful daughters, Lady Elizabeth and Lady Samhain, but still it would be this blonde hair, golden skin, and blue eye child that would carry on his surname and ensure what his great-great-great-grandfather would carry into the future.
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