June 10th 1517

Hamburg Manor, Germany

Lady Beryl Balke nee Black POV

I groan as I push and push all four babes out.

Two sons and two daughters, the sons I name Emmett and Ignacius and the girls I name Isobella and Amalya as their father is at the battlefield and not able to name them himself.

I hear his cousin has given birth to twin boys, Cort and Severin Herr as she is married to Friedrich Herr as Greta married him a months after Helga's passing.

And has given him two more sons to his title.

A maid comes in with a soldier with a letter as he has important news to tell me and I grant him an audience.

''My Grace.'' he says bowing to me.

''At ease soldier. What important news do you have for me?''

''Your husband Finn Balke has been killed by a Genoan soldier's sword. I am sorry for your loss.''

''I thank you for bringing the news to me as I probably would have heard it elsewhere if you had not.''

''I shall take my leave.'' he says before leaving me in this Manor.

Greta Herr nee Wolff POV

When I hear the news of my cousin's (lover's) passing, I break down into sobs as he was important to me.

To know that Hans will be coming back in a pine box is saddening and something I will change as he will not be buried in a pauper's coffin but one suited for a Duke as he was.

And to have to have him buried under a different name as there is already a Hans Wolff buried in Germany as he had someone else buried under his name after he took their life force and glamoured them to look like him.

But as I go to plan his funeral, Queen Angelique stops me as I was not his wife and the widow plans the funeral.

Which makes me mad as Beryl does not deserve his fortune or the title Duchess of Hamburg as she is a nobody.

I hear there were other deaths and the messengers are going to the widows so that they may know.

June 17th 1517

Hamburg Manor

Lady Beryl Balke POV

The funeral is done and now is the memorial party to celebrate him as he was such a 'great' man to everyone to everyone he met.

He wasn't as he was a man who I despised with my whole heart but I have to play the grieving widow.

Despite that it was consensual, I only love our children that we made together.

As our oldest Elias is a year old, and our youngest are a week old I don't have to worry about anything except being their mother.

Elias is betrothed to his cousin, Princess Astrid, Duchess of Bergen, and just as her twin, Eira, Duchess of Lofoten is betrothed to the Earl of Molde, Lord Kasper Isakson.

Crown Prince Thor is betrothed to the newborn Margaret of Valois (making her older) born to Claudia and Henri Angouleme, twin to the late Francois Angouleme.

Prince Jakob, Duke of Kirkenes is betrothed to the Duke of Savoy's daughter, Maria (A/N making her older. Look under Charles III of Savoy to see the true birth date).

Prince Loki, Duke of Reine is betrothed to Matilde, daughter of William IV, Duke of Bavaria.

Prince Aksel, Duke of Geilo is betrothed to the newborn Elizabeth Dudley (making her younger).

Prince Hakon, Duke of Andalsnes is betrothed to the newborn daughter of Jonathan Seymour, Elizabeth Seymour.

And finally, Prince Eirik, Duke of Narvik is betrothed to the newborn Jane Guildford.

I betroth Isobella to John Dudley, and Amalya to Charles Brandon's illegitimate son, Charles Brandon.

I betroth my son, Emmett to the unborn daughter of Charles Brandon and Ignacius to his cousin, Grace Black.

June 30th 1517

Blutenburg Castle

Queen Angelique of Germany POV

I am now five months with child and worried as my husband hasn't sent me a letter in months.

Please God, send Maximilian back to me and let me spend the rest of my days with him.

As I think this, Cornelius comes and hugs me soothing me as he knows why I am stressed.

He is only ten and yet has a weight on his shoulders as the next King of Germany and has to be the man of the castle until his father returns.

I hug him back to thank him as I probably lost the babe if he had not soothed me.

''Mom do not worry. Father will come home I know it.'' Cornelius tells me.

''Thank you, Cornelius. You always know what to say my son.'' I tell him.

Anton and Amelia come in then with Sofia, Anna and Anna's twin, Gertrude and they all hug me and take my worries away and replace them with love for my children.

Anna is betrothed to Joachim I, Duke of Anhalt while Gertrude is betrothed to Richard Boleyn.

Amelia of course is betrothed to Prince Henry and Sofia to his brother, Prince James.

Prince Cornelius POV

I look at my mother and know that we should keep father's death from her until she has the babe.

I don't do this because I want her to suffer not knowing if he is alive or dead, I do this for my future sibling as I do not want her to miscarry.

I tell the court to be silent about my role as King and my father's death since my mother is with child and could lose the child if she's stressed out enough.

They all agree as they love my mother as Queen now Dowager Queen and do not want to be responsible for the death of my unborn sibling.

She has four months to wait until she finds out as we told the soldier to wait and tell her then.

But someone has other ideas as another soldier comes in and breaks the news to mother and she faints at the news.

When she comes to, she breaks down but we calm her down and she says that we are the reason that she still breathes as she can feel that she may not survive the birth.

Hopefully she will survive the birth as no child should be an orphan.