Lady Elizabeth Victoria Ann Beltane Howard is the eldest child and daughter of Lady Karissa Elizabeth Ann Howard and with Lord Andrew Charles and Lord Richard William Carey she had a total of five daughters, but her final child wouldn't be born in 2295.
Lady Elizabeth Victoria Ann Beltane gathers her sisters around her, and she excludes her brothers, Lord Anthony, Lord Albert and Lord Benjamin Lawrence Carey, but she calls her many female cousins to her join her sisters and her into her suite at Beltane Manor.
Lady Autumn Bridget Howard, Lady Joan Isabella Howard, Lady Edwina Wilhelmina Beck, Lady Karen Elizabeth Riley and Lady Alexandrina Charlene Stuart join Lady Elizabeth and her sisters in her suite.
Lady Elizabeth has Barbara bring them snacks up to her private suite and the little girls gather a round without the boys and they sit together with Lady Sophia Dorothea on Lady Elizabeth Victoria Ann Beltane lap and all the little girls sit together while Lady Elizabeth tells them the story of Yuletide and how it began.
The little girls sit together making Yuletide decorations to decorate their suite and there is Yuletide cookies, hot chocolate with whip cream and hot apple cinder, along with crackers and cheese, and slice meat on the side for them to eat.
Lady Elizabeth Victoria Ann Beltane Howard will one day be the matriarch of The Howard family and she will be head of the family after Lord Charles Andrew Howard JR passes away.
She has a fierce desire to keep the female line of The Howard family together and she dedicated to the task that she will one day undertake as the First Duchess of Norfolk Territory.
Lady Elizabeth likes to retell the story of her gallant ancestor, Lord John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk in England to her sisters and cousins, all but Lady Karen Elizabeth Riley are a direct descendant of Lord John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk who is noble on both side of his family.
Lady Elizabeth tells her sisters and cousins and Lady Karen Elizabeth Riley " Lord John Howard on his maternal side was a direct descendant of King John of England through his grandson, King Edward I of England and his second wife, Princess Margaret of France and their son, Prince Thomas of Brotherton and his daughter, Lady Margaret who married a man name Seagrave and she had a daughter name Lady Elizabeth who married Lord John de Mowbray and they had a son name Lord Thomas and he had a daughter, Lady Margaret de Mowbray who married Sir Robert Howard and they had Lord John Howard and he was the only grandson of Lord Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk of the first creation and through his mother, Lord John Howard became Duke of Norfolk in England in 1483 but that rotten Henry Tudor murdered him and Lord Walter Devereux on Bosworth field on August 22, 1485." Lady Elizabeth tells everyone.
On his paternal side, Lord John Howard' great-great-great-grandfather, Sir John Howard marries the great-granddaughter of King John of England through his son, Prince Richard of Cornwall who had a son, Lord Richard of Cornwall and he had a daughter, Lady Joan of Cornwall and she married Sir John Howard." Lady Elizabeth states.
"Lord John Howard and Lady Katheryn had a son, Lord Thomas Howard who became the 2nd Duke of Norfolk in 1532 and he married twice to Lady Elizabeth Tinley and he had three children of great fame, Lord Thomas, Lady Elizabeth and Lord Edmund and with his second wife, Lady Agnes he had a son name Lord William Howard." Lady Elizabeth tells everyone.
"That stinking murderous Henry Tudor usurp the throne which really belonged to Princess Elizabeth of York who was the eldest daughter of King Edward IV of England and Queen Elizabeth Woodville, and he was made King of England by conquest and not by right as he came through the illegitimate line of Lord John of Gaunt and his third wife and their eldest son, Lord John Beaufort and his granddaughter, Lady Margaret Beaufort." Lady Elizabeth tells her sisters, and cousins and Lady Karen Riley.
"Princess Elizabeth of York was a young woman of great courage and she married Henry Tudor and she gave many children but her final pregnancy ended her life at the age of 33 years old but she left behind four children, Prince Arthur, Princess Margaret, King Henry VIII and Princess Mary Rose Tudor and through King Henry VIII and his marriage with the great-granddaughter, Lady Anne Boleyn, who became Queen of England, and guess what she gave birth to Queen Elizabeth I who was the great-great-granddaughter of Lord John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk." Lady Elizabeth tells, "Queen Anne Boleyn' s mother was Lady Elizabeth Howard, who was Lord John Howard's granddaughter. and Lord John Howard got the final laugh at King Henry VII." Lady Elizabeth states.
Lady Elizabeth leads all the little girls around the suite on the first day of Yuletide and they give thank to Odin for giving the England the greatest Queen of England and a direct descendant of Lord John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk.
"Lady Elizabeth had an elder daughter, Lady Mary and she married Lord William Carey who is a direct ancestor of Lady Caroline Matilda Carey through their son, Lord Henry Carey, and his daughter, Lady Catherine who married Lord Charles Howard," Lady Elizabeth tells everyone.
Lord Andrew Charles and Lord Richard William listen to Lady Elizabeth tells the story of their noble ancestor, Lord John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk.
Lady Elizabeth tells Lady Karen Elizabeth Riley " You are just as important to us as our mother and your father knew each other before our father's knew her."
Lord Kevin Thomas Riley Senior and Lady Karissa Elizabeth Ann smile at each other and they smile as Lady Elizabeth shares the story about Lord John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk.
Lady Elizabeth with Barbara passing out the refreshments to all the little girls and they continue to make Yuletide decorations for Beltane Manor which be on display in the living room.
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Countdown to Yuletide Chapter Three
Historical FictionThis is Chapter Three of The Countdown to Yuletide on Base 12. Please read Chapter One and Chapter Two and thank you.
