Susan (The Kingmaker): Difference between revisions

Born fourteen [[year]]s prior to mid-[[1485]], Susan was the second [[child]] of [[King]] [[Edward IV of England|Edward IV]] and his [[consort]] [[Elizabeth of York]], after their [[daughter]] [[Elizabeth of York]]. In the midst of the [[Wars of the Roses]], Edward knew it was important for the stability of [[crown]] and [[country]] to continue his line with a [[son]], the ascension of a [[queen]] not being feasible as [[England]] was "stuffed with [[power]]-[[Hunger|hungry]] knobs with their own private [[Army|armies]] just waiting for their chance to make it their own do-it-yourself [[monarchy]]". He panicked when his second-born turned out to be a girl and chose to [[Lying|lie]] about the identity of the child, announcing to the [[world]] that Susan was a [[boy]] in order to "stop the jitters going through the [[kingdom]]". When his third-born was another girl, Edward carried on the pretense to have two, "one for the succession and one for a spare".