The Queen is Dead!: Katherine of Aragon dies in 1518
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Nope, it is not. And I have to admit, Marie and her siblings have been very lucky. The next generation is not quite so lucky, I'm afraid - although I promise there is at least one very happy marriage among them.
Ha, I just couldn't have three Marys and it just made sense to me that the French-raised Boleyn would use the French form of her name, and the half-Spanish one would use the Spanish while the English Duchess would keep Mary, so Mary, Marie and Maria it was. I'm flattered you should think of my timeline when you're not on the site.
And yes, Anthony does deserve a very stiff drink... Somebody has to have them, if Marie and Henry, George and Kathy and Anne and Harry are not.
What, Anthony and Mary or my earlier comment about the kids' marriages?
For me the first... The kids’ marriages well... they can not have always what they wanted, right? And if one generation is lucky is difficult seeing the same luck for the next one...
Exactly. I think Caitlin and James get on okay. He's a lot older than her, but he knows he has to respect her and do his duty by her as his wife, even if he strays when she's pregnant, so they manage to make things work, even if it's not as passionate as her parents' marriage. I'll not say much about Caitlin's siblings here, because I have multiple epilogues detailing their futures. Of the four that get married, Caitlin's the only one I haven't written anything on. I sort of see her as the Elizabeth of York of her generation, really...
Anthony and Mary, hopefully her envy doesn't lead to plotting....
I believe it's Mary Talbot, the jilted former fiancée of Henry Percy, Marquess of Lancaster.
Yup. One of only two Marys in this story who actually use the English version of their name, the other being the Duchess of Suffolk. But Mary Brandon nee Tudor would never be so critical of her brother's family, not now that Marie has given her beloved older brother his heart's desire not just once, but twice.
If it does, it's not something she can get off the ground, with Henry's young family being so popular with the entirety of the country.
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Section CLXXVII- May 1531
Sizergh Castle, May 1531
Five children stood clustered around the upper window of Sizergh Castle, the Marquis of Lancaster’s family seat. The second of the girls, a raven-haired lass of almost eight, shook her curly hair out over her shoulders as she answered something her younger sister had said.
“Don’t be silly, Pippa. I’m not going to Court. None of us are. Kitty and I are joining Caitlin’s household because it’s getting bigger now that she’s going to be Queen of Scotland. We’re not going to see any more of Aunt Marie and Uncle Henry than you will.”
“Yes you will,” Pippa pouted, “I don’t understand why you get to go and I don’t. I’m only a year and a half younger than you are. I’m closer in age to Caitlin than you and Kitty are.”
“That’s true, Pippa, but if you went with them, you wouldn’t be able to be part of Jacquetta’s household when she married and I thought you liked Jackie better?” The older of the two boys at the window raised his eyebrows and Pippa scowled. [1]
“I suppose so. I just don’t think it’s fair that Maggie and Kitty get to go and I don’t.”
“Well, I’m older than you and I’m not going either,” Charles Howard, Kitty’s older brother and the other ward of Lord and Lady Lancaster, who had been taken in when Anne realised that the then three-year-old Kitty was too attached to her older brother ever to settle at Sizergh without him, pointed out.
At twelve, he was the oldest of the children, but, because he had his heart set on a career as an Ambassador, his foster father had agreed to let him go to one of the minor Ducal Courts as a page to improve his languages rather than taking up his expected place in the Prince of Wales’s household. He was due to leave for Florence in the autumn. He would be sorely missed, if only because he often played the peacekeeper between Maggie and the ever-sulky Pippa, who much resented her place as the second daughter, the middle child in the schoolroom.
“But you’re getting to go abroad. That’s exciting!” Pippa whined. Before Charles could reply, the youngest child at the window, the four-year-old Percy heir, Algernon, piped up, “I see banners!”
Instantly, all five children remembered why they were standing by the window in the first place. Maggie snapped her head round, squinting into the sunlight with the blue-green eyes that were so like her father’s.
“It’s the royal standard. They’re here! Maman, Jamie, they’re here! Aunt Marie’s here!” She ran off, shouting for her mother and youngest brother, three-year-old James. The other children followed far more sedately, Charles bowing and offering Pippa his hand like a gentleman to make her smile. She accepted his escort gratefully and they headed out into the courtyard to greet their royal uncle, aunt and cousins.
[1] Yes, I know Marie and Henry already have plans to dedicate their youngest daughter to the Church. The children haven't been told and they're just assuming that Jackie will get married, like every other high-born girl they know...
Ooh, could Charles possibly become ambassador to Scotland? Also, it seems like he gets along well with Pippa, so maybe if he proves himself as a competent diplomat, and has a title, he could marry her. Great update, It's nice to see how the children are growing!
I thought that too...I wonder if their being cousins would be an obstacle.
That is a good point, but at least they are once removed(I'm not entirely sure though, I'm no expert on what degree of separation there is).
Well, Florence first, but I hadn't considered a Charles/Pippa pairing. It's certainly not impossible, although Kitty is slated to marry little Algernon, which would make Charles and Pippa legally brother and sister, so I doubt the dispensation could be managed. Maybe she could marry one of the Brandon boys instead? @curlyhairedhippie