The Anarchy of the Crown had put England in total chaos. Poverty, protests, rebellions occurred nearly everywhere. Robberies aimed to the nobilities, thefts and pickpockets at the towns and markets. In Nottingham, Lord Macley blamed this political phenomenon to the former monarch, Anaivere Plantagenet, who took responsible for the revolts by peasants and the rebellions throughout the kingdom. King Henry also agreed that and ordered his trusty advisor to bring his cousin to the scaffold.
King Henry and Lord Macley, who were exact incarnations of their predecessors, the deceased King John and the unfortunate former Sheriff of Nottingham, also had the same protesting against the same person. That meant the Rebels would have another "same" problem to deal with. But, unlike King John, King Henry had a minor role in the Anarchy; Lord Macley, whom the young King relied most of his royal duties ad power on, took priority.
For the time being, our dear Anaivere was waiting hopelessly to her demise. She knew she would be executed by any means which King Henry would give, for her "high treason to the Crown". No wonder, when she lost her crown to her young and thoughtless cousin, England suffered a dark age with crimes, starvation and high taxes. All of which caused by the "trustful" advisor and also the protector of the young king whom his father ordered to be. The young King's power and rights, in fact, he held nothing until he reached the age of twenty-one, but the right to decided the decision of his advisor to be or not to be. Although Henry the Third, literally, held the kingdom in his hands, his reputation still couldn't surpass his own cousin, the predecessor, who was deeply beloved by not only England citizens, but also the Holy Roman Emperor and the Crusaders. Anaivere still remained a legendary monarch and was respected by whom she ever encountered; but many centuries after we wouldn't ever known anything about her, one of the illustrious "forgotten legends"
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20 May 1218...
Just only five days to our dear Anaivere's thirty-fourth birthday and Lord Macley had planned a terrible intention. He would sent the former queen to the scaffold, to be decapitated. As usual, he could not do a thing himself without the King's permission.
"Your Majesty, shall you allow me to get rid of Anaivere Plantagenet for good?"
That morning, Lord Macley came to the throne hall to ask the young King for permission for his cousin's execution. The King's agreement was a must if he desired to do anything.
"What dost thou mean?", confused the young King.
"I mean, will you agree with my idea to have your troublesome cousin vanished from this world, Your Majesty?"
"What wilt thou do, Lord Macley? If thou hast my agreement?"
"Anaivere Plantagenet shall be sent to the scaffold. You decide how she dies, Your Majesty..."
"I do not know"
"Shall she be hanged, decapitated, or burnt at the stake?"
"I do not know. I leave it all to thee. As long as Anaivere Renata Plantagenet is still alive, I cannot sleep in peace..."
Lord Macley kneeled down in front of the young King, fairly smiled as he had granted the permission to legally and publicly assassinate their mutual nemesis - "the predecessor", the precious rose of Heaven, the Plantagenet whom beloved by all England peasants - Anaivere Renata Bouquelet Plantagenet, who once held the title Queen of England and Northern France.
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Lady Anaivere's prison chamber...
"Your Excellency, you seem not so good. Aren't you worried about something?"
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A Forgotten Legend: Anaivere the First
Historische fictieBy his mother's last will, King John's little niece, Princess Anaivere was made the heir apparent to the throne instead of his later own child. At first, he intended to use his niece as a puppet in order to strengthen his power and get rid of the th...
