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  1. The last Hanover

    April 20th 1903 Telegraph to British embassies and consulates: "Regret to inform Her Majesty The Queen passed peacefully in her sleep at 10:15 Sunday eve. God save the King." The death of the 82-year-old Queen broke across the British Empire through April 21st and left in its wake a sense of...

  2. The Thistle and the Rose

    I have set myself a target to finally complete this timeline which i began a couple of years ago and which will run from 1483 to 1550 or thereabouts The Thistle and the Rose “It is the strangest quirk of fate that England’s first Queen Regnant would through her actions see the unification of...

  3. Planning stages - the British Royal House of Orange-Nassau

    Very much in the planning stages - but thought I'd put up some ideas for early thoughts and comments. POD - Princess Elizabeth of Clarence is born healthy in 1820 and survives to succeed her father King William IV as Queen in 1837. Elizabeth II of Great Britain and Ireland (dau of William IV...

  4. The Virgin's Line

    Based on an earlier timeline of mine that i never finished so here's the shorter version A short history of the Royal House of Tudor-Hamilton During 1560 pressure mounted on Elizabeth Tudor to marry to ensure the Protestant succession. The Queen was reluctant but allowed negotiations with the...

  5. The Thistle and the Rose - Elizabeth Queen of England, France, Scotland

    Slight changes to this as i pick it back up after a break! "With the death of our late dread sovereign Edward, the IV of that name since the conquest, and the destruction of his sons Edward V and of Richard Duke of York, all of most dear and blessed memory, that the said throne of England was...

  6. The Life and Reign of Elizabeth II of Great Britain and Ireland

    The life and reign of Elizabeth II Background: In November 1817 Princess Charlotte of Wales died in childbirth along with her child. The Princess had been the only legitimate grandchild of George III, the only daughter of the Prince Regent, and her death meant for the first time in a century...

  7. Edward and Mary King and Queen England, Scotland, France and Ireland

    A very short timeline based on a recent thread a continuing Tudor Dynasty. Assumes a successful rough wooing and a surviving Edward VI. 1543 -The treaty of Greenwich which proposed peace between England and Scotland and the marriage of the infant Mary Queen of Scots to Edward Prince of Wales is...

  8. Catherine the Queen

    The Tower of London, October, 1562 At first sight the woman's rooms could be mistaken for the comfortable apartment of a young lady of the court. Whilst not luxurious it was warm with a goodly fire in the grate. The bed had hangings and there were chairs offering further respite for the rooms...

  9. The Virgin's son

    The Virgin's son Part One: 12 October 1561 "The Queen is delivered of a fair son,". Words that had not been heard in England for almost quarter of a century were regarded as something of a miracle in London. Within days the news was spread the length and breadth of the realm and was...

  10. Elizabeth Queen of Scots, right lawful Queen of England

    An idea for a new TL - 1) Daughter of York In late 1482 the conflict between James III of Scotland and his brother Alexander Duke of Albany reached its climax with Alexander joining Richard Duke of Gloucester's invasion of the country. James and Alexander's relationship had been in terminal...

  11. The continuing house of York

    After turning away from this for some time I am happily returning to it this time hoping to move to a more natural conclusion rather than the previous abandonmnets - I have made some changes based on earlier feedback and hope you all enjoy. The POD is obvious Edward IV does not die in 1483 but...

  12. Glorious York

    I began this last year and due to work committments etc was unable to progress with it. I am more hopeful this time (lol) and have managed in the last few weeks to get things properly drafted out so should manage to get through the reign of Edward V and beyond. I really appreciated the feedback...

  13. Splendour of the Sun: redone

    Splendour of the Sun: A history of the house of York-Plantagenet. Intro and Chapter One: Introduction: "A House United" It has long been accepted that the "modern" age as we know it began in the 15th Century. In most English-speaking nations the date given for that is the restoration...

  14. The House of York

    Hi all my first attempt but something i've been longing to do for ages! Comments thoughts appreciated! The Sunne in Splendour: It has long been accepted that the "modern" age as we know it began in the 15th Century. In most English-speaking nations the date given for that is the restoration...
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