Lady Jeanette Virginia Beaufort
Lady Jeanette Virginia Beaufort was the first born child of Lord Edmund Beaufort and his wife, Lady Margaret and he came from a very distinctive ancestry.
Lord Edmund Beaufort was a direct descendant of King Edward III of England and through his third son, Prince John of Gaunt who had been married three times, Blanche of Lancaster, Constance of Castile, and Catherine Sywnford and who all gave him children, with Blanche of Lancaster he had King Henry IV of England, with Constance of Castile he had Lady Katherine of Lancaster and with Catherine Sywnford he had four children, Lord John Beaufort, Lord Henry Beaufort, Lady Joan Beaufort and Lord Thomas Beaufort and his eldest son, Lord John Beaufort married Lady Margaret Holland they had Lord Henry, Lady Joan, Queen of Scots, Lord John, Lord Edmund, and Lady Margaret.
It is through Lord Edmund Beaufort and his mistress,Lady Joan Hill that is Lord Edmund Beaufort is a direct descendant of.
Lord Edmund marries Lady Elizabeth Herbert and it their daughter, Lady Jeannette Virginia marries Lord Frederick William Howard, but when they first met in 2181, she is not sure she wants to marry Lord Frederick William and her father and mother don't make her marry him and they leave it up to their daughter who she wants to marry.
Lord Frederick William Howard is very persistent and he keeps visiting Lady Jeanette at her father's estate of Beaufort.
Lady Jeanette knows what Lord Frederick William is after and it is her inheritance and she tells Lord Frederick William "You will never get your hands on my territory."
"I will pass it onto my brother, Lord Charles before that happens if my first born doesn't inherit it." Lady Jeanette states.
"You may dispense anyway you want with your own territory and Dukedom, but I am my father's heiress." Lady Jeanette states.
Lord Frederick William keeps pestering Lady Jeanette Virginia and finally she agrees to marry him, but she asks "What am I going to get out of the marriage?"
"I will tell you. You will become Duchess of Norfolk and become the mother of our children" Lord Frederick William tells her.
"How many children do you want?" Lady Jeanette asks.
"How about 12 children." Lord Frederick asks her.
'What you want tribe of children. I am sorry you will have to settle for 4 children." Lady Jeannette tells him 'One better be a daughter."
Lord Edmund walks his beloved daughter , Lady Jeanette Virginia up the aisle in June of 2183, and in front of Lord Patrick, Lady Margaret, Lord Edmund and Lady Elizabeth .
Lord Frederick William Howard and Lady Jeannette Virginia Beaufort out in the chapel at Norfolk Estate.
Lady Jeannette Virginia is faithful to her word to her husband, Lord Frederick William and in 2185, Lord Frederick William II is born, 2190, Lady Sophia Charlotte is born, in 2195 Lord Charles Andrew Howard and in 2200 in Lord Andrew Charles.
Lord Patrick William is alive to see Lord Frederick William II born but he dies in 2190.
Lord Frederick William becomes Duke of Norfolk Territory with Lady Jeannette Virginia by his side. She is given the consort tiara as Duchess of Norfolk Territory.
Lady Jeanette is a very good wife to Lord Frederick William, but behind her back Lord Frederick William has a mistress an sires a son with his mistress, Lady Joan Hill and he is named Lord Edward Charles Howard.
Lady Jeannette Virginia turns a blind eye to her father's infidelities and she busies herself in taking and raising their four children, but she draws the line when it comes to her daughter, Lady Sophia Charlotte marriage to Lord William Carey, in 2202 and she tells Lord Frederick William that their daughter will marry Lord William Carey and she draws her sword and tells him "I will cut you into collops if you don't let our daughter marry for love."
Standing by their mother with their swords are drawn are Lord Frederick and Lord Charles Andrew Howard and they tell their father " Listen here old man. Our sister will marry Lord William Carey."
Lord Frederick William Howard knows he out numbered and he walks Lady Sophia Charlotte up the aisle to marry Lord William Carey and she is happily married to Lord William Carey.
It is Lady Sophia Charlotte Howard who presents her father with his first grandson, Lord George Frederick Carey in September of 2208.
Lord George Frederick Carey is the grandfather of Lord Richard William Carey who marries Lady Karissa Elizabeth Ann Howard nee Lowell in June of 2300, but before they married she gives a daughter, Lady Caroline Matilda in June of 2282 and son, Lord Benjamin Lawrence Carey in 2289.
Lord Frederick William Howard second son, Lord Charles Andrew Howard marries Lady Alexandra Elizabeth Churchill in June of 2208 and in March of 2209, Lord Charles Andrew Howard Junior is born and Lord George Frederick Carey and Lord Charles Andrew JR are first cousins.
It Lord Charles Andrew Howard JR youngest son, Lord Andrew Charles Howard who marries Lady Karissa Elizabeth Ann Lowell first in March of 2275 and they become Duke and Duchess of Norfolk Territory in June of 2275 after she gives birth to Lady Elizabeth Victoria Ann Beltane Howard in May of 2275.
Lord Frederick William Howard eldest son, Lord Frederick William Howard angers his father by marrying Lady Isabella Bourbon in 2203 and he is disinherited from inherited the Dukedom of Norfolk Territory.
Lord Frederick William Howard and Lady Isabella Bourbon don't have their first child for years and finally in March of 2250, a son is born, Lord Frederick William Howard III.
Lord Andrew Charles Howard, their youngest son, marries Lady Elizabeth Percy, heiress to the Dukedom of Northumberland 2218 and in 2220 a son is born to them Lord Philip Howard and daughter follows, Lady Philippa in 2225.
It is through Lord Philip Howard marriage to Lady Anne Mortimer that they give birth to Lord Thomas William Howard in January of 2250.
Lady Sophia Charlotte has daughter, Lady Georgette Virginia Carey in 2215.
Lord Charles Andrew Howard Senior and Lady Alexandra Elizabeth have Lord Richard Edward in 2215, followed by Lady Sophia Charlotte Howard in 2220 and finally Lord Edwin William Howard in 2225.
Lord Frederick William Howard finally passes away in 2225 and his son is 30 years old when he becomes Duke of Norfolk Territory.
Lord Charles Andrew Howard Junior marries Lady Patricia Eugenie Stuart and they not only Lord Andrew Howard in 2250, but they have three children before he is born, Lord Charles Andrew Howard III, in 2230, Lady Patricia Charlene Howard in 2235, Lord Patrick William Howard II in 2240 and Lady Charlotte Augusta in 2245.
Lord Charles Andrew Howard Senior's Dukedom is short-lived and he suddenly passes away in 2240, and his eldest son, Lord Charles Andrew Howard JR becomes Duke of Norfolk Territory in 2240.
Lady Jeanette Virginia is alive to see her second son become Duke of Norfolk in 2225 and she passes away in 2240 after she sees her third grandson born in 2240.
Lady Jeannette Virginia Beaufort is laid to rest next to Lord Frederick William inside the Howard Mausoleum at Norfolk Estate.
Truly remarkable
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