Lady Karissa and Kosem Sultana

Lady Karissa Elizabeth Ann and Kosem Sultana

Lady Karissa Elizabeth Ann Howard is the daughter of Lord Charles Andrew Howard III and Lady Karissa Elizabeth Ann Howard nee Lowell who is married to Lord Andrew Charles Howard.

Lady Karissa Elizabeth Ann Howard is the youngest child and fourth daughter of Lady Karissa Elizabeth Ann Howard and her siblings are: Lady Elizabeth Victoria Ann Beltane Howard, Lady Samhain Wilhelm Charlene Howard, Lord Anthony Christopher Howard,  Lord Albert Edward Howard and Lady Sophia Dorothea through Lady Karissa and Lord Charles Andrew Howard IV through her father. 

Lady Karissa Elizabeth Ann half siblings are: Lady Caroline Matilda and Lord Benjamin Lawrence Carey through her mother with Lord Richard William Carey.

Lady Karissa Elizabeth Ann Howard was born on Beltane Day, May 1, 2295 at Beltane Manor and her father named her in honor of her mother, Lady Karissa Elizabeth Ann.

Lady Karissa Elizabeth Ann Howard was born with a coup of golden blonde hair, blue eyes and peaches and cream complexion.

Lord Anthony presented his little sister, Lady Karissa Elizabeth Ann with a baby-doll and later on Lady Karissa would name her baby Kosem Sultana in honor of Ahmed I of Turkey consort and mother of his two sons who became Sultans of Turkey for The Ottoman Empire.

History only tells this much about Kosem before she was abducted by The Sultan’s grandmother who was the wife of Murat III and she was 14 years old when she was abducted from her home in Greece, but she became a favorite of Ahmed I of Turkey  when he ascended to the throne in 1603 at the same time King James VI ascended to the English throne.

Kosem's birth name was Anastasia and Ahmed I renamed her later with the name of Kosem ‘Leader of the herd.” and she was his favorite consort and she gave him 12 children and two sons became Sultans of the Ottoman Empire.

Kosem was more shrewd than Queen Anne Boleyn in her day as she became regent for her son, Murat (later Murat IV and her grandson.” 

Kosem was murdered by her daughter-in-law, in Turhan Sultan who was the mother of Mehmed IV in 1651.

Lady Karissa Elizabeth Ann Howard named her baby after one of the most powerful Sultana’s in the Ottoman Empire.

Lady Karissa Elizabeth Ann Howard dresses Kosem Sultana in English clothes and even when she was dressed in Regency style dress she looked like a Sultana.

Lady Karissa Elizabeth Ann Howard would love Kosem and keep her even after she was grown and she would pass her beloved baby doll onto her daughter, Lady Alexandra Elizabeth Howard who Lady Karissa  Elizabeth Ann named after her great-great-grandmother, Lady Alexandra Elizabeth Churchill who was also a great-great-nephew of her great-great-grandmother.

Lady Karissa Elizabeth Ann Howard  was her father’s one priceless gem in his family and he lived to see her grow up and he was able to walk up her the aisle in 2312 to Lord David Richard Churchill, who was the great-great-nephew of his great-grandmother, Lady Alexandra Elizabeth Churchill who married his grandfather, Lord Charles Andrew Howard SR.

Lady Alexandra Elizabeth Churchill had a brother, Lord John Churchill  who was born in 2180 and he married in 2228 to Lady Elizabeth Spencer and in 2235 their son, Lord John was born and he didn’t marry until 2260 and his first  son, Lord Jasper Churchill wasn’t born until 2289 and his son, Lord David Richard Churchill was not born in 2293. 

Lord David Richard Churchill were the great-great-grandchildren of Lord John Churchill and Lady Sarah Winston and they were maternal third cousins.

It was a true love match between Lord David Richard Churchill and Lady Karissa Elizabeth Ann Howard and through her husband and their daughter, Lady Alexandra Elizabeth Howard the Howard’s inherited the Dukedom of Marlborough Territory in 2320 with the birth of Lady Alexandra Elizabeth Howard and later on Lady Karissa Elizabeth Ann gave birth to a son, Lord John Richard Churchill.

Lady Karissa Elizabeth Ann Howard-Carey nee Lowell was alive to see the youngest of her grandchildren born, but Lord Charles Andrew Howard III died in 2315.

Lady Karissa Elizabeth Ann Howard grew up with a loving family from both her father’s and mother’s side and it was Lady Elizabeth Victoria Ann Beltane and Lord Charles Andrew Howard IV who were the most protective of Lady Karissa Elizabeth Ann Howard.

Lady Elizabeth was her oldest sister on her maternal side and on her paternal side was her older brother, Lord Charles Andrew Howard IV.

Lady Karissa Elizabeth Ann and Lord David Richard Churchill had a very happy marriage that last 48 years before the death of Lord David Richard Churchill in 2360 at the age of 67 years old and Lady Karissa Elizabeth Ann Howard passed away at two year later in 2362 at the age of 67 years old and she was succeed by her great-grandfather, Lady Davina Richenda Howard in 2362 as    Lady Alexandra Elizabeth and her daughter, Lady Sarah Elizabeth passses away and her daughter inherits both the Dukedoms of Sussex and Marlborough Territory.

Lady Davina Richenda was born in 2342 and she was twenty years old when she became Duchess of Sussex and Marlborough Territory and she governed both territories in the 24th century.

 

Lady Karissa Elizabeth Ann Howard and Lord David Richard David Churchill.