The White Rose Blooms - A Collaborative Timeline

[EdwardRex]

August 25, 1482: Richard, Duke of Gloucester is killed by stray arrow during a rather tense peace agreement with the Scottish King, James III. Edward IV of England suspects murder, and thus marches along with his army to Edinburgh. The frightened and frankly cowardly King of Scotland makes a peace agreement with the English. James, Duke of Rothesay will be betrothed to Cecily of York, and the culprit of the Duke of Gloucester’s murder shall be hung, drawn, and quartered.

August 26, 1482: Margaret of Foix, Duchess of Brittany, gives Francis II a third daughter, Eleanor. She has already delivered two other daughters, Anne (b. 1477) and Isabelle (b. 1478).

Rules:
1. Each post should cover no more than a year, though you can go into as much detail about the events that occurred in said year.
2. No contradicting previous posts.
3. You can make reference to a butterfly that occurred in a previous year, so long as it doesn’t contradict a previous post.
4. You don’t need to cover what’s happening in every country in a year, just write about what you want to or are knowledgeable in.
5. You must wait until at least one person has posted after you before posting again.
6. You can add portraits if you wish to.
7. The posts can be formatted any way you like, for instance they can be from a characters point of view, just make sure they do not cover more than a year, or contradict a previous post in any way.
8. You cannot kill a character out of the blue unless it contributes to the story. For instance, a character can not die from poisoning unless there is are previously mentioned plots to kill that character. Also no family tree extinctions.
9. Please no one sentence updates. And if you are publishing a shorter update that focuses on one area, then please title that one around a month. Ex: March 1484.
10. Have fun!

I was inspired to create this collaborative timeline after discovering an old collaborative timeline with the same POD. I am also definitely an Edwardian Yorkist, so an extended and glorious reign of Edward V is something that really intrigues me.

 

[RedKing]

November 1482: Spurred on by his brother’s untimely demise, Edward IV issues a new will decreeing what should happen should he pass away while his son, Edward, Prince of Wales is still a minor. Under the terms of the will, a regency council is to be formed, with it’s members consisting of the Earl of Rivers and his son, the Dukes of Suffolk and Buckingham and the Earl of Arundel. Edward also begins scouting for a suitor for his spare Richard.

December 1482: The French Court begins to panic after the Dauphin of France, Charles, falls seriously ill with tuberculosis. The Dauphin, who has never been of sound health is left bedridden. Louis XI dispatches the finest physicians in the Kingdom to tend to his son. Rumours that the Dauphin has been poisoned begins to spread, with most pointing fingers at the Duke of Orleans, Louis or the English King Edward.

 

[RedKing]

If Charles falling seriously ill is breaking rule 8, let me know and I’ll edit ASAP.

 

[EdwardRex]

If Charles falling seriously ill is breaking rule 8, let me know and I’ll edit ASAP.

No, it is fine. Thank you for contributing!

 

[Historymaster]

1483
In March Friar Francis of Paola arrives in Paris and, suddenly, Charles recovers. People starts to talk about miracles.
In April Margaret of Foix delivers her first son, Richard, to Francis II. An healthy boy to an healthy mothe
In May Anna of Brittany is offered as bethrothal to Richard, Duke of York.

 

[EdwardRex]

1483
In August, Friar Francis of Paola arrives in Paris and, suddenly, Charles recovers. People starts to talk about miracles.
In September, Margaret of Foix delivers her first son, Richard, to Francis II. An healthy boy to an healthy mother.
In OctoberAnna of Brittany is offered as bethrothal to Richard, Duke of York.
In November the bethrothal is formalized.

Perhaps you should make that earlier in 1483. That is not enough content for all of 1483.

 

[ordinarylittleme]

1483
Cecily of York is shipped over to Scotland to be with her betrothed
Her older sister, Elizabeth is sent off to France to be with her own betrothed, the dauphin Charles
Isabella, Queen of Castile is pregnant again and she hopes for another son
Elizabeth Woodville, despite her being in her forties, is surprisingly pregnant again. She is confined quickly with her physicians to ensure her health

 

[EdwardRex]

Edward IV and Queen Elizabeth Woodville

July 1483: Elizabeth Woodville gives birth to a daughter, Constance of York, who is sickly and thought likely to die.

August 1483: Isabella I of Castile gives birth to a second son, Ferdinand, who is given the title Duke of Cadiz. The labor is very long and nearly kills Isabella, but she and her son manage to recover.

September 1483: The betrothal between Dauphin Charles and Elizabeth of York is broken, so Dauphin Charles can marry the young Margaret of Austria. Richard of Brittany dies of the measles. His mother, Margaret of Foix, is so heartbroken that she miscarries the child she was carrying. Her health worsens and her courses stop, ending her fertile years,

October 1483: Edward IV settles on betrothals for all his children. Elizabeth of York, who was once intended to be Queen of France, shall instead be Holy Roman Empress to the widowed Maximilian I. Edward V is betrothed to Maximilian’s sister, Kunigunde of Austria, as part of a double marriage alliance with the Habsburgs. Richard’s betrothal to Anne of Brittany, now almost certainly an heiress, is maintained, but Louis XI is scheming against the English match. Anne of York is once again suggested for Philip, Duke of Burgundy. Bridget of York is either being considered for a convent or for a Danish match. Edward IV tries to get Catherine of York betrothed to Juan, Prince of Asturias. Edward also considers matches for both Margaret of Clarence, Edward of Warwick, and Edward of Gloucester. Cecily of York is already Duchess of Rothesay.

 

[ordinarylittleme]

October 1483:
Cecily of York, Duchess of Rothesay is struggling to fit in at court, she does not speak the language and she dislikes the food, but she does her best to put up with it. Her young husband the Duke of Rothesay adores her

 

[EdwardRex]

October 1483:
Cecily of York, Duchess of Rothesay is pregnant with her first child

James is ten, Cecily isn’t getting pregnant for another five years or so.

 

[Historymaster]

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Edward IV and Queen Elizabeth Woodville

July 1483: Elizabeth Woodville gives birth to a daughter, Constance of York, who is sickly and thought likely to die.

August 1483: Isabella I of Castile gives birth to a second son, Ferdinand, who is given the title Duke of Cadiz. The labor is very long and nearly kills Isabella, but she and her son manage to recover.

September 1483: The betrothal between Dauphin Charles and Elizabeth of York is broken, so Dauphin Charles can marry the young Margaret of Austria. Richard of Brittany dies of the measles. His mother, Margaret of Foix, is so heartbroken that she miscarries the child she was carrying. Her health worsens and her courses stop, ending her fertile years,

October 1483: Edward IV settles on betrothals for all this children. Elizabeth of York, who was once intended to be Queen of France, shall instead be Holy Roman Empress to the widowed Maximilian I. Edward V is betrothed to Maximilian’s sister, Kunigunde of Austria, as part of a double marriage alliance with the Habsburgs. Richard’s betrothal to Anne of Brittany, now almost certainly an heiress, is maintained, but Louis XI is scheming against the English match. Anne of York is once again suggested for Philip, Duke of Burgundy. Bridget of York is either being considered for a convent or for a Danish match. Edward IV tries to get Catherine of York betrothed to Juan, Prince of Asturias. Edward also considers matches for both Margaret of Clarence, Edward of Warwick, and Edward of Gloucester. Cecily of York is already Duchess of Rothesay.

Hey, haven't we said no random killing of characters? Poor Richard.

 

[EdwardRex]

Hey, haven't we said no random killing of characters? Poor Richard.

Killing characters without reason/family tree extinctions. A child dying from the measles is hardly unlikely. And while I do feel sorry for Richard, I think a female heiress, whether it be Anne, Isabelle, or Eleanor, is just more interesting.

 

[Historymaster]

Killing characters without reason/family tree extinctions. A child dying from the measles is hardly unlikely.

I had specified he was healthy thought and he was born in september so how did Margaret managed to miscarry in the same month?

 

[EdwardRex]

I had specified he was healthy thought and he was born in september so how did Margaret managed to miscarry in the same month?

That is why I recommended you move your post back to the beginning of 1483. You cannot just skip that time.

 

[ordinarylittleme]

James is ten, Cecily isn’t getting pregnant for another five years or so.

Right, edited

 

[Historymaster]

That is why I recommended you move your post back to the beginning of 1483. You cannot just skip that time.

Excuse me, there is no rule for me to place my events at the begin of one year, there is instead one which says to not contracdicts previous posts.

 

[EdwardRex]

Excuse me, there is no rule for me to place my events at the begin of one year, there is instead one which says to not contracdicts previous posts.

You cannot skip half the year though. Excuse me, but I am requesting you move those events to the beginning of 1483. There is a law for shorter posts, as I have mentioned in the introduction.

 

[Historymaster]

You cannot skip half the year though. Excuse me, but I am requesting you move those events to the beginning of 1483. There is a law for shorter posts, as I have mentioned in the introduction.

I did as requested .

 

[EdwardRex]

Bumping

 

[Historymaster]

April 1483
King Boabdil is killed in the battle of Lucena, allowing his father to compact muslim forces under him

January 1484
Beatrice of Aragon, Queen of Hungary dies of a lung infection; she is buried in the Székesfehérvár Cathedral.

February 1484
Louis XI dies, in peace thanks to the prayer of Friar Francis. Before dieing he signed a public confession where he admitted of having forced the marriageof the Duke of Orleans and his daughter, and he willed Roussillion and Cerdania back to Ferdinand II Of Aragon, while some, but not all the lands taken fromBurgundy were given back to Phillip IV. (In HL he seemingly had such intentions on death bed, but never signed official papers; Here he had more time to spend with his spiritual father, and so had a bigger change of heart)