᯽BEFORE THE STORY᯽

October 1429
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Cecily Neville is married to Richard, Duke of York

6th of November 1429
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Henry VI is crowned King of England

March 1435
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It is revealed that Jacquetta Of Luxembourg has married Sir Richard Woodville

25th of June 1435
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Henry Percy and Eleanor De Poynings (a Baroness in her own right) are married

February 1437
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Elizabeth Woodville is born to Baron Rivers and Jacquetta Of Luxembourg

1440
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Anthony Woodville is born to Baron Rivers and Jacquetta Of Luxembourg

28th of April 1442
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Edward of York is born to Richard, Duke of York and Cecily Neville

17th of May 1443
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Edmund of York is born to Richard, Duke of York and Cecily Neville

30th of May 1445
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Margaret of Anjou is crowned Queen of England

3rd of May 1446
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Margaret of York is born to Richard, Duke of York and Cecily Neville

1449
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Henry Percy is born to Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland and Eleanor De Poynings

21st of October 1449
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George of York is born to Richard, Duke of York and Cecily Neville

2nd of October 1452
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Richard of York is born to Richard, Duke of York and Cecily Neville

7th of November 1452
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Catherine Percy is born to Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland and Eleanor De Poynings

13th of October 1453
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Prince Edward of Westminster is born to King Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou, he is their only child

22nd of May 1455
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Fist battle of St Albans, beginning of the Wars of the Roses, the death of Catherine's Grandfather

᯽DURING THE STORY᯽

ACT ONE

December 1459
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The Percys arrive at Court

15th of January 1459
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Catherine is kidnapped by the Nevilles

24th of May 1459
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After almost five months of solitary imprisonment, Catherine is married to George Neville, Baron Bergavenny

June 1460
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Prince Edward of Lancaster pledges to marry Catherine, giving her a ruby ring to signify their betrothal

31st of December 1460
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Richard Duke of York, Thomas Neville and the Earl of Salisbury are killed at the battle of Wakefield

January 1461
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Edmund of York dies under Catherine's care at Haddon Hall, she meets his brother, Edward, for the first time

29th of March 1461
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Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland is killed at the battle of Towton

28th of June 1461
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Edward of York is crowned King Edward IV of England

August 1462
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King Edward is granted a papal dispensation for his youngest brother and Catherine Percy

24th of May 1464
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King Edward annuls the marriage between George Neville and Catherine Percy, sending soldiers to take her from Haddon Hall to Nottingham Castle

25th of May 1464
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Richard of York and Catherine Percy are betrothed

12th of June 1464
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Richard of York and Catherine Percy are married in the Westminster Palace chapel

July 1464
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Catherine returns to Middleham Castle under the guardianship of John Neville

24th of September 1464
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King Edward announces his marriage to Elizabeth Woodville, openly defying Warwick

April 1465
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Catherine returns to Alnwick Castle for the first time since her kidnapping and sadly realises is is no longer her home

26th of May 1465
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Elizabeth Woodville is crowned in Westminster Abbey as the first York Queen of England

7th of November 1465
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Catherine's thirteenth birthday

6th of February 1466
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Catherine entreats Elizabeth to help her Mother and brother regain their position, the Queen agrees

10th of February 1466
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Eleanor De Poynings is granted the full rights to the Barony of De Poynings and Berkeley Castle for herself and her son, Henry

11th of February 1466
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Elizabeth of York is born at Westminster Palace, the first child of King Edward IV and Queen Elizabeth Woodville

May 1466
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King Henry VI is captured by the Earl of Warwick in Northumberland and brought to London

9th of July 1466
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Catherine and Richard first confess their love to one another on the hills above Middleham Castle

December 1467
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Richard and Catherine arrive at Fotheringhay Castle in Northamptonshire; establishing their first true household together, Catherine is reunited with her Mother after eight years of separation

February 1468
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Catherine discovers she is pregnant with her first child

20th of September 1468
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Henry of Gloucester is born to Richard, Duke of Gloucester and his Duchess, Catherine Percy

22nd of September 1468
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Henry of Gloucester is christened in Fotheringhay's Chapel, built by the late Duke of York. George Neville, Lord Bergavenny, and Cecily Neville, Duchess of York are named as his Godparents

17th of October 1468
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King Edward, Queen Elizabeth, their daughters and a portion of the Royal Court arrive at Fotheringhay Castle to celebrate the birth of the first York Prince

ACT TWO

July 1469
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The Earl of Warwick and George, Duke of Clarence rebel against King Edward, the Yorks learn of the betrayal while on summer progress

26th of July 1469
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The battle of Edgecote Field is fought and won by Warwick's rebel forces, the Yorkist leaders are killed

27th of July 1469
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Richard Woodville, Earl Rivers, and his son John are executed at Kenilworth castle on the orders of the Earl of Warwick and Duke of Clarence

29th of July 1469
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King Edward is taken captive by Warwick at the village of Olney

19th of September 1469
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Sixteen year old Richard, Duke of Gloucester, attends parliament to defend his brother Edward IV to the council, against the Earl of Warwick and his brother, the Duke of Clarence

October 1469
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Edward IV returns to London having been set free from Middleham by Warwick after Parliament refuses to declare for George

December 1469
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The rebellious Nevilles and George return to court

19th of December 1469
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After Catherine discovers she is pregnant, Margery marries Richard Calle at Westminster Palace

April 1470
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George and Warwick raise another rebellion against King Edward but fail and flee the country in the midst of a storm conjured by the Queen. Isabel Neville sadly suffers a miscarriage

June 1470
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King Edward strips the Earldom of Northumberland from John Neville and restores it to Henry Percy, Catherine's elder brother

22nd of July 1470
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Warwick and Marguerite of Anjou meet at Angers Cathedral and form an alliance

23rd of July 1470
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Margery gives birth to her first child and son, John Calle at Fotheringhay

30th of July 1470
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News reaches Fotheringhay of Warwick and Queen Marguerite's alliance as well as the betrothal of Anne Neville and Edward of Lancaster and the restoration of the Percy's ancestral title

September 1470
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Richard leaves London with Edward to face Warwick

2nd of October 1470
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Edward and Richard are forced to flee when John Neville turns against them at Doncaster, sending them into exile in Flanders, also Richard's eighteenth birthday

7th of October 1470
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News reaches the Tower of London of Edward's defeat, the Queen and her family flee into sanctuary while Catherine is captured by Warwick

8th of October 1470
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Catherine is reunited with her brother, Henry Percy, whom she has not seen for eleven years

16th of October 1470
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Catherine is brought before King Henry and the Lancastrian court but instead of declaring fealty to him, she declares for York and her husband

2nd of November 1470
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Edward of York is born in sanctuary at Westminster Abbey

March 1471
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Edward lands in the North with Richard and a small army

12th of April 1471
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Richard storms the Tower of London with his men and he is reunited with Catherine and their son

14th of April 1471
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The battle of Barnet is fought seeing victory claimed by the Yorks, Warwick and John Neville are killed, the former by Catherine

4th of May 1471
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The Battle of Tewksbury is fought, seeing Queen Marguerite finally defeated and she, Anne Neville and Edward of Lancaster taken captive

6th of May 1471
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Lord Fauconberg lays siege to the Tower but is defeated before dawn when the Yorkist attack under the cover of dark

21st of May 1471
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King Henry VI and Prince Edward of Lancaster are murdered in the Tower of London

September 1471
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Catherine finally conceives her second child

February 1472
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Richard aids Anne in escaping Westminster Palace and the clutches of George

21st of May 1472
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Jaquetta Woodville dies at Westminster Palace

15th of June 1472
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Joan of Gloucester is born to Richard, Duke of Gloucester and his Duchess, Catherine Percy

30th of June 1472
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George Neville marries Margaret Fenn

October 1472
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Richard is created Lord of the North

2nd of October 1473
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Richard of Gloucester is born to Richard, Duke of Gloucester and his Duchess, Catherine Percy

January 1474
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George first suggests war with France

June 1475
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The York forces set out for war with France

September 1475
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The York forces return, not defeated and yet with no victory other than gold and a peace treaty

22nd of December 1476
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Isabel Neville dies of childbed fever, leaving behind her two children: Margaret and Edward, George executes one of her servants on the accusation of poisoning the Duchess at the Queen's command

February 1478
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George is captured at Westminster Palace and taken to the Tower

18th of February 1478
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George of York is executed at the Tower of London: drowned in a barrel of Malmsey Wine

25th of September 1480
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Cecily of Gloucester is born to Richard, Duke of Gloucester and his Duchess, Catherine Percy

May 1482
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King Edward places Richard in charge of a campaign against Scotland, Richard declares he will take Henry with him

June 1482
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Richard and Henry set out for war with Scotland from Fotheringhay Castle

20th of September 1482
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Richard knights Henry in Scotland

25th of September 1482
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Queen Marguerite of Anjou passes away in the Tower of London, mere days after Catherine visits

November 1482
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Richard and Henry return from Scotland

ACT THREE

9th of April 1483
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King Edward dies at Westminster Palace, leaving his 12 year old son as King Edward V

April 1483
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Richard and Catherine meet the boy King, Elizabeth goes into sanctuary

June 1483
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Both Princes are safely in the Tower, Edward's secret marriage is revealed