Henry had three illegitimate children by three different women. One daughter and two sons, both called Henri, however none of these served as the inspiration for Bash. Kenna, Aylee, Greer, and Lola: Mary's four ladies in waiting who arrived in France to attend her were not real people.
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In the 2013-2017 CW television series Reign, the character Lady Kenna, played by Caitlin Stacey is based on Mary Livingston.
Catlin Stasey (born May 1, 1990) is an Australian actress. She portrays Lady Kenna on Reign.
Kenna actually leaves the series as the second season draws to a close. Initially one of Mary's ladies in waiting, she becomes mistress to the king of France, then marries his illegitimate son. When their relationship falls apart, she has an affair with General Renauld.
Trivia. He is the only main character not based on a real person. There are internet rumors that Bash is based on Bastian Pagez, one of Mary's most loyal servants. This is not true.
In the 2013-17 CW television series Reign, the character, Lady Greer, played by Celina Sinden is loosely based on Mary Beaton.
She is disowned by her family after King Francis publicly recognised their child. She received her dowry from her marriage with Lord Julien back from Lord Narcisse. She is beheaded for committing treason against the Queen of England, Elizabeth I.
In the 2013-2017 CW television series Reign, the character Lady Lola Fleming, played by Anna Popplewell, is based on Mary Fleming.
She is a former mistress of the late King Henry and the estranged wife of Sebastian. She left court quietly give birth to her child by General Renaude.
The series is based ever-so-loosely on the life of Mary Stuart, otherwise known as the Queen of Scots, and it isn't exactly what you'd call historically accurate.
She's the first person to find about Lola's affair with Francis II and pregnancy. She was forced to marry Bash in Monsters. Kenna moved away because she was pregnant with General Renaude's child.
Eventually, Kenna broke Bash's heart after she declared that she wanted to take Antoine's offer of marriage as he could give her so many things that Bash could not. By the end of the season, Kenna and Bash began to move on from each other.
“We're the happy couple now!” Jonathan Keltz tells TVLine of Leith and Greer. “Leith has been trying to get back to that dream he and Greer had for themselves in the beginning, which they never thought was possible.
John Philip is the illegitimate son born to his father, King Francis, and his mother, Lady Lola. He has been given lands and titles, including Baron of Velay. He lost his father to a gang of Scottish assassins and his mother was decapitated not long after, making him an orphan. He is now being raised at French court.
Mary was finally executed at Fotheringhay Castle in Northamptonshire on 8 February 1587, at the age of 44.
Henriette and Emone were originally thought to be ghosts that live within the French Court but were really hallucinations of Queen Catherine who was being poisoned.
After serving her time in prison, Kenna returns to the town where it all happened, and where her four-year-old daughter Diem lives with her ex's parents.
Lady Lola Narcisse (née Fleming) was a close friend and lady-in-waiting to Queen Mary. Since arriving at French court, she married Lord Julien, left him due to him deceiving her, and had a son with King Francis out of wedlock.
She is reunited with her now four-year-old daughter, Diem. Diem was taken from Kenna immediately after birth because Kenna was incarcerated. This is where she has to learn to love and accept not only herself, but also her daughter, with whom she has no connection.
Francis is only in love with Mary. He only slept with Lola because he had a broken heart because of Mary's decision to end their engagement. Lola gave birth to Francis's son, Jean-Philippe.
Baby Derant is the daughter of Isobel Derant, who died after giving birth to her. She was delivered by Mary Stuart, the Queen of Scotland.
After moving to the French Court, Narcisse made many advances toward Lola, trying to get close to her. However, as she tried to resist him, she found herself becoming more attracted to him. As he continually tried to court her, he eventually fell in love with her.
The start of The Reckoning begins, as stated by Sebastian. Mary was pregnant with her first child and had been so for 6 weeks. Mary had a miscarriage, presumably from drinking too much alcohol, as it was not known to cause problems with pregnancy until the early 1900s.
Lola discovered that she was pregnant with Francis' child after their one night together in Paris. Lady Kenna was the first to find out about Lola's pregnancy and who the father was.