Olivia Littleburry

{Constantine Royal}

Lady **Olivia Littleburry, Lady Hall** was the second mistress of King Felix II Red and the mother of three of his bastards Ursula, Ellan and Constantine. She later married a knight Sir Gareth Hall.

## Biography

#### Appearance and Character

Olivia was beautiful, tall and buxom with a shapely figure, she had long black hair as dark as coal which she styles into long flowing curls, which are often decorated with pearls and foliage. She paints her face in the Redmont style of natural rouge.

Olivia dresses in the Redmont female style. Olivia was no modest she is credited with introducing the fashion of low plunging necklines and split front skirts.

Olivia was a witty, vivacious, outspoken and promiscuous woman, she had little modesty and was flirtatious with many men at court.

#### History

Olivia was born at her families seat of Morning Wake in 107 NE as the daughter of Lord Littleburry and Lady Elizabeth Rowe. She had and unknown number of sisters.

## Life

#### Early Court Life

Olivia was brought to court in 127 NE along with her sisters by their mother Lady Elizabeth Rowe, Initially the twenty-year-old Olivia was a glamorous addition to the court, beautiful, witty and graceful she became popular particularly among the men at court, including the king himself who became entranced by her.

Soon after in 128 NE Olivia and her family returned to their families seat of Morning Wake after the death of her childless uncle so they could see to the assentation of Olivia's father as the Lord of Morning Wake, the Littleburry family stayed away from court until 134 NE during that time Olivie was set to marry a Lord under her fathers land while preparations for the betrothal were underway, King Felix wrote to the Littleburry's personally inviting them back to court which they were unable to reject, the letter specifically stated that they were to bring all their daughters with them.

#### Mistress of King Felix II

Olivia and her family arrived back at court within the month and were settled in Littleburry House which was gifted to them by the king himself for the family to stay in during their time in the capital. Olivia now twenty-seven was welcomed back at court and the king was still entranced by Olivia, her beauty did not dwindle over the years and he soon desired to make her his mistress, so he married off his previous mistress, a palace maid, to a wealthy knight. Olivia became his mistress and was pregnant within a month which scandalised her at court, but the king soon announced the child was his and the gossip died down. Olivia gave the king three bastard children Ursula, Ellan and Constantine and was his mistress for the next two years, she was constantly a scandalous figure at court and was known to be promiscuous and flirtatious with many men at the court, it is rumoured that Olivia would sit on the kings lap while on the throne and allowed him to fondle her breasts in full view of the court, she also became a style icon at the court introducing the short lived fashion of plunging necklines and split front skirts, which would reveal as much of a ladies buxom as they could allow. This new situation granted Olivia's family political intrigue and favour with the royal family and they were granted with large gifts and even her mothers family who were of much lower rank than her fathers were invited to court and granted with lands, titles and wealth.

#### Fall from Grace

Thought not all was good as kings extremely modest mother Dowager Queen Laena Crab despised the new reviling fashions and her sons new mistress. So she aimed to be rid of Olivia, inviting Lady Lisa Hunter to court in a plot the replace Olivia with the much younger and supposedly more beautiful daughter of the Littleburry's rival family, the Hunters.

After hearing of this Olivia's father put into motion a plot to make Olivia the new queen, openly talking about Olivia marrying the king and ousting the Dowager Queen. These actions caused major scandal in the royal court and the whole of Redmont. After the king heard of the insults directed at his dear mother he quickly ousted the Littleburry's and they fell from grace as fast as they rose and had most of their gifts retracted and were sent from court in disgrace. Shortly after Olivie and her family were ousted the Hunter's arrived at court and the Dowager Queen's plot to replace Olivia was successful, Littleburry House in the capital was taken and given to the Hunter family renamed Hunter's House.

#### Later Years

Returning home Olivia was disgraced, un virtuous, ruined and an old maid, so the previous betrothal to the Lord was rejected, the best match her father could find was with the middle-aged Sir Gareth Hall a knight, the two lived together at his keep by the coast and raised her children there until her death in 161 NE.

The King soon heard of his old mistresses death and proclaimed "it does not bother me so that she is gone, her insults to my dear mother were so undignified she could be mistaken for myself".