Now is the Winter of Our Discontent

Postscript: Family Tree and Epilogues #1
Sorry I've been busy in trying to wrap things up in a decent way, new jobs will do that to you but I hope to post family tree snippets leading up to modern day more frequently from now on and a modern times epilogue at some point. Likewise any questions feel free to ask but here is a somewhat epilogue for the current storyline, to be continued in the next post as I got a bit wordy :)

Edward, Earl of Rutland
m. Elizabeth I
- Edward VI
- Matilda
- Blanche

w/. Lady Chastity Talbot
- John
- Isabel

The Earl of Rutland met his end in a horse riding "accident", to this day ITTL historians debate about whether or not it was truly an accident due to lack of evidence either way and who indeed the culprit was. It was no accident and one "historical" novel by a certain Philippa Gregory posits the theory that it was carried out by Elizabeth herself in her novel based on the life of Chastity Talbot, it was not but rather arranged by one Alexander Sinclair who always liked to think of himself as Elizabeth's knight in shining armor.

Edward and Chastity continued to cause trouble for England even after both of their ends, from their line would come 'John II' also known as The Great Pretender. Civil war broke out when he strove for the throne. He was executed at the tower by orders of Cecily Plantagenet who was crowned Queen shortly after.

Constance Fitzroy married Arthur Boleyn, one of their descendants George Boleyn married Blanche, Princess Royal - the aunt to the ITTL current Queen Eleanor. Their children, William, Lord Rochford and the Lady Anne Boleyn are approximately 7th and 8th in line to the throne.

Kitty Howard married Arthur's close friend John Grey, they were known for their antics and being the loudest people in the room, following John's death - a reportedly heartbroken Kitty permanently resided at Hever with the Boleyns, where she died of old age in Constance's arms who died shortly after. Following the discovery of love letters in the Hever archives, an agreement was formed by the Grey and Boleyn families and in 2021 Kitty was reinterred from her resting place in Northumberland and laid to rest beside Constance. Constance herself had been reinterred as her last wish had been to be laid to rest besides her mother and Barbara de Vere's grave has only been recently found, the three reside in the chapel at Hedingham.
 
The Earl of Rutland met his end in a horse riding "accident", to this day ITTL historians debate about whether or not it was truly an accident due to lack of evidence either way and who indeed the culprit was. It was no accident and one "historical" novel by a certain Philippa Gregory posits the theory that it was carried out by Elizabeth herself in her novel based on the life of Chastity Talbot, it was not but rather arranged by one Alexander Sinclair who always liked to think of himself as Elizabeth's knight in shining armor.
It's what he deserves.
 
Postscript: Epilogues #2
Eleanor, the Queen Dowager quarreled with her daughter in a period later known as 'The Estrangement', she was unhappy as Elizabeth's leanings towards protestantism became more and more apparent. Though it was doubtful that the two could be called as close as they once were, especially once Elizabeth established the Church of England, the two somewhat reconciled in later years. Eleanor lived to see her eldest grandson married before her death, despite their estrangement Elizabeth gave her mother one of the grandest state funerals known to history. Her tomb in Westminster Abbey is far from Richard III's but close by to Elizabeth's final resting space. Among her many royal namesakes is the current Queen.

Alexander Sinclair wrote to Elizabeth even while she was married, the Queen defended their friendship privately and he was known to state that he refused any bride as long as Elizabeth lived. No one was surprised when after the mourning period was over, Alexander arrived in Greenwich to court the Queen - she married him two and a half years later and they made a happy match. Somewhat of an architect, Alexander sought to rebuild the Palace of Westminster after it was burned in the fire where Richard III was reportedly killed, it was restored and it remains the royal family's current residence.

Elizabeth's reign was a long one, she has been regarded as one of England's most well known and popular monarchs though it was not without controversy. Particularly her split from Catholicism and the forming of the Church of England after her second son with the Earl of Rutland was stillborn and her rather forceful tactics in the reclaiming of Calais. In Shakespeare and Marlowe's 'Elizabeth' she is remembered after her death as 'that excellent lady who surpassed her sex, none were ever the same and none ever shall be the same'. England's first Queen saw two of her grandchildren born before her death, her tomb remains the most popular of those residing in Westminster Abbey.

Edward, Prince of Wales succeeded his mother as Edward VI, he married Maria of Portugal at seventeen and the pair would go on to have five children together, which is of course another story entirely.
 
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