There were three men attracted to Karissa Elizabeth Ann Lowell in 2274 and they were Lt. Kevin Thomas Riley, Lord Andrew Charles Howard and Lord Richard William Carey, Duke of Bedford Territory on Star Base 12.
Lt. Kevin Thomas Riley wasn't ready to settle down and he was very career oriented and he looked to obtain an internship on board The USS Enterprise until 2279.
Lord Richard William Carey is the Duke of Bedford Territory on Star Base 12 and through the matrilineal line of Lord Patrick William Howard. He is Lord Patrick William Howard great-great-great-grandson through his only granddaughter, Lady Sophia Charlotte Howard who married the grandson of Lord John Carey in 2207.
Lord Andrew Charles Howard who is the youngest son of Lord Charles Andrew Howard JR and he is the great-great-grandson of Lord Patrick William Howard through the patrilineal line of his second grandson, Lord Charles Andrew Howard SR, the second son of his son, Lord Frederick William Howard and Lady Jeanette Virginia Beaufort.
Karissa Elizabeth Ann Lowell is not interested in either Lord Andrew Charles Howard or Lord Richard William Carey, but she admits to Lady Josette and Lady Isabella Collins, "They are very handsome."
Lady Josette remarks, "Have you seen Lord John Seymour. He is Duke of Somerset Territory. He is only 22 years old."
"What Lady Josette- another aristocrat?" Karissa asks Lady Josette.
"Karissa. The Collins are not aristocrats. We are coming from a good gentry family and my great-great-great-grandfather, Lord Joshua and Lady Naomi Collins traveled with Lord Patrick William Howard along with Lord Roger Seymour who was from a good gentry family." Lady Josette explains "My grandfather told me also with them was Lord Matthew Albert Craven and his wife, Lady Elizabeth Berkeley." Lady Josette explains.
"My great-great-grandfather was Lord Christopher Collins and he had a younger brother, Lord Daniel Collins and Lord Christopher Collins married Lady Charity Trask and they had my great-grandfather, Lord Edward Collins who married Lady Minerva Trask and they had my grandfather, Lord Desmond Collins and he married Lady Amanda Harris and they had my father, Lord Jeremiah who married his third cousin, Lady Elizabeth Collins." Lady Josette explains.
"My father told me about The Craven family who once lived in Yorkshire, England before World War Three in 2153 and Lord Archibald Craven married Lady Lillias Lennox and they had one son, Lord Colin Craven who married his first cousin, Lady Mary Lennox and their marriage produced two children and it is Lord Matthew Colin Craven with his wife, Lady Elizabeth Berkeley who traveled with Lord Patrick William in 2153." Lady Josette explains.
"Lady Lillias Rose Craven perished in world war three, but her brother left with Lord Patrick William Howard." Lady Josette explains.
"Lord Matthew Colin and Lady Elizabeth had three children, Lord William, Lady Elizabeth, and Lord David Craven." Lady Josette states.
"Lord William Craven was born in 2210 and my father told me he married in 2230 at the age of twenty year old to Lady Elizabeth Cavendish and they had two children, Lord Thomas Robert Douglas Craven who was born in 2235 at the same time that Lord Charles Andrew Howard JR wife had Lady Patricia Charlene Howard, but The Craven's are only Barons." Lady Josette states.
"Lord William Craven daughter, Lady Mary Beatrix Craven was born in 2240, the same year that Lord Charles Andrew Howard JR second son, Lord Patrick William Howard II was born.' Lady Josette explains.
"Lady Elizabeth Craven married into a The Stuart family on Star Base 12 to Lord Walter Stuart in 2245 as she was born in 2225 and he was born in 2223 and they had son, Lord Robert Stuart in 2230 and a daughter, Lady Marjorie Stuart in 2240 and Lord Robert Stuart inherited the Earldom and territory of Moray on Star Base 10 and he married in 2250 to Lady Elizabeth Mure and they had a son, Lord
Thomas Stuart in 2252 and he married Lady Elizabeth Douglas in 2272, and they have just had a son, Lord Alexander Stuart in 2274." Lady Josette tells Karissa.
Lord David Craven married into the Berkeley family, and he married Lady Elizabeth Berkeley and they had a son, Lord George Craven in 2265 as he was born in 2243 and he married in 2253 and he is not even ten years old yet." Lady Josette explains.
"You see not everyone is an aristocrat here on Star Base 12 and The Seymour's were not aristocrats until King Henry VIII elevated Lord Edward Seymour to the peerage of The Dukedom of Somerset as it once belonged to Lord Charles Somerset before Lord Edward Seymour." Lady Josette explains.
"Lady Isabella and mine only prospects are to marry well when our time comes." Lady Josette explains "My father and mother don't have the dowry for either of us." Lady Josette explains, " So my good parents have to pray that the gentlemen will marry us without a dowry."
"I don't come with a dowry, Lady Josette." Karissa tells her " I don't believe in these archaic pre-arranged marriages that only bring misery into them."
"Right now, the only men I even consider handsome all Lt. Kevin Thomas Riley, Lord Andrew Charles Howard and Lord Richard William Carey." Karissa admits.
"Have you seen Lord Andrew Charles' oldest brother, Lord Charles Andrew Howard III?" Lady Josette asks.
"I don't believe I had the pleasure of meeting Lord Howard's oldest son upon my arrival." Karissa admits.
"Lord Charles Andrew Howard III is far more handsome than his youngest brother, Lord Andrew Charles and so is Lord Patrick William Howard II." Lady Josette states.
"Correct me if I am wrong, Lady Josette. Aren't both of them married?" Karissa asks.
"Why yes. Lord Charles Andrew Howard III was married in 2251 and Lord Patrick William Howard II was married in 2258." Lady Josette tells her.
"They are married men. I don't want to be considered a home-wrecker.' Karissa tells Lady Josette.
"Lord Charles Andrew Howard III is estranged from his wife, Lady Victoria Charlotte Stanhope who also comes from a gentry family." Lady Josette states.
"Lord Patrick William Howard II is said to be happily married to Lady Paulina Charlene Stafford, but their marriage is childless just like that of Lord Charles Andrew Howard III." Lady Josette tells Karissa.
"If they haven't had any children by now and plan to have any children if I were them I would start now." Karissa tells Lady Josette.
"Lord John Seymour has a brother, Lord William and he is also available." Lady Josette tells Karissa.
"I don't think I will marry into the aristocracy." Karissa tells Lady Josette "You are welcome too."
"I am only 19 years old and I have plenty of time to marry and settle down. I want children but my first child must be a daughter or no marriage." Karissa tells Lady Josette.
"These Howard men are most appealing, but from what I have seen none of them are married and none of them have any children." Karissa tells Lady Josette with a laugh.
"How many of them are on Star Base 12 and unmarried and it is not because of a lack of good looks." Karissa tells Lady Josette and Lady Isabella with a laugh.
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