᯽ Timeline

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1445: Charlotte Neville is born

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

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

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

8 March 1463: Cecily "Lily" FitzYork is born

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

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

December 1472: Lady Elizabeth "Bess" of Gloucester is born to Anne Neville and Richard, Duke of Gloucester.

16 April 1474: Arthur & Eleanor FitzYork are born; he is created Earl of Montagu; a title inherited from his maternal grandfather and raised from a barony to an earldom.

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

April 1478: Princess Isabella "Bella" of York is born

22 July 1478: Phillip "The Fair" of Austria-Burgundy is born

10 January 1480: Margaret "Greta" of Austria is born

November 1481: Princess Kathryn of Wales is born to Edmund, Prince of Wales and Megan FitzGerald.

9 April 1483: King Edward IV dies

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

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

22 August 1485: Battle of Bosworth Field.

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

ACT ONE

November 1485: Princess Lily of York marries King Henry VII

February 1486: Henry VII and Lily of York are crowned

April 1486: Teddy, Earl of Warwick is placed in the Tower of London

July 1486: Charlotte Neville escapes to Burgundy along with the children under her care

September 1486: Arthur, Prince of Wales is born

April 1487: The English envoy to Burgundy returns to England, having been unsuccessful

June 1487: An attempt at a Yorkist restoration fails (Battle of Stoke Field)

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