Subsequently, the two agreed that the day of the duel would be the next morning, and the venue of the duel would be in the courtyard of the Hawkins Family Church. As for the referee of the duel, since the two do not intend to consider this duel as an official duel, there is no need for a referee. There were also Witnesses, and the 40 attendants who were ordered to form a square encirclement in the courtyard were excellent witnesses.

Time flies like a white horse, and the Earl of Essex and Lady Ripley, who are waiting for a duel, soon usher in the sunrise of the next day. At 8 o'clock in the morning, the two nobles came to the courtyard of the church where the duel was dueling. William Parr no longer had an earl's hat on his head, and he no longer wore the knee-length, wide tunic on his upper body, but only a tight-fitting jacket. The lower body is knee-length shorts, pantyhose and loafers.

William stood on the west side of the courtyard with a delicate handguard sword made by Italian craftsmen from the royal workshop, staring without saying a word at Lady Ripley, who was a few steps away. Isabel is still dressed in the same way as she usually wears for cruising and hunting, and she still wears two swords, one long and one short, at her waist, and calmly examines the count with whom she is about to start a duel with her hands behind her back.

Isabel took two steps forward with graceful steps and came to William, and said in a playful tone, "Lord Essex, are you ready?" If not, you can ask the attendants about some swordsmanship. ”

William held the hilt of his saber in his left hand, stared at her with his right hand crossed, and his lips squirmed slightly, "No, Lady Ripley, I want you to see the descendants of Duke Lancaster, the son of Edward III, when facing the 'enemy'. ”

"Well, the enemy?! Very well, you may consider me as an adversary to your ancestors. The Black Prince? Richard II? Your ancestor's brother, Duke of Gloucester (Thomas of Woodstock)? Or is it your wife's lover? ”

"Your Excellency, no matter who I am going to face, I will not back down again."

"Alright, Your Excellency, draw your sword and begin."

The three royal nobles mentioned earlier by Isabel can be said to be the ancestors of William. His immediate ancestor, John of Gaunt, competed for political power with his brother Edward the Black Prince at the end of the reign of Edward III. John of Gaunt took advantage of Edward III's mistress to ostracize his brother Edward the Black Prince, and after the death of the Black Prince and Edward III, he became regent of the young King Richard II of England in 1377.

He was one of the leaders of the court faction and struggled to resist the encroachment of royal power. He was a supporter of the Reformer Wycliffe, but he himself did not share many of Wycliffe's views, which saved him from the London riots. In 1385, he found himself disagreeing with the military views of his nephew Richard II, and after some communication, he tried his best to mediate the conflict between the king and the nobility.

During his regency, John of Gaunt had to face many problems at home and abroad. Externally, England was engaged in a constant struggle for the throne with the Kingdom of France (the Hundred Years' War), and John of Gaunt was also embroiled in a struggle for the throne of the Kingdom of Castile for his own benefit (John's second wife was Constance of Castile, the princess of Pedro I the Cruel of Castile).

Accordingly, John made a claim to the throne. Internally, the Black Death and the Hundred Years' War caused unrest in the Kingdom of England, and even led to civil revolts. At the same time, John faced an opposition led by his brother Thomas, Duke of Gloucester, who even took advantage of John's struggle for the throne of Castile to take regency of the Kingdom of England, but was defeated by the returning John in 1389.

Thereafter, John of Gaunt remained regent until his death in 1399. After his death, Richard II confiscated his family's estate, only to be quickly overthrown by Henry of Bolingbrook, the son of John, who had been exiled. Henry seized the throne and became Henry IV.

And the Black Prince was the most famous commander of the British army in the first phase of the Hundred Years' War between Britain and France. Because he often wears black armor, he is called the Black Prince. The second theory is that because of his sacking of the principality of Aquitaine and indulging the soldiers in Aquitaine to run amok lawlessly, the French thought that he was black-hearted, so he was called the black prince. However, in any case, the name of the Black Prince was first seen in the 16th century, and there was no such name during his lifetime. When he was alive, he was usually referred to as Edward of Woodstark by his birthplace.

In 1330, Edward III overthrew his mother, Queen Isabella of France, and her lover Modemo, and seized real power. In 1328, the French Capetian dynasty became extinct, and Edward III claimed to inherit the French throne on the grounds that he was the grandson of the French king Philip IV the Beautiful. In 1346, he sent troops to France, and the 16-year-old black prince fought alongside his father. During this time, the famous Battle of Crécy took place, in which the French cavalry organized 15 charges, all of which were repulsed by the longbowmen commanded by the Black Prince, and the British army won a great victory. In the process of cleaning up the battlefield after the war, Edward III and his son found the body of the old French Allied King of Bohemia, John of Luxembourg, who was blind but fought bravely. Touched by his spirit, the prince took off the feathers from his helmet and put them on his helmet, while at the same time adopting his motto "Ich dien" as his slogan. The Crown Prince's move in turn moved Edward III, who saw it as the beginning of his son's magnificent life.

In September 1356, the Black Prince led 1,800 English troops through France, starting from Bordeaux, crossing the Garonne River to central France, and deep into the Val Laurie. On his way back to Gersken, he was intercepted by 8,000 French troops under the command of King John II the Good, and a major battle ensued at Poitiers.

Despite their obvious numerical superiority, the French were unable to escape the fate of the Battle of Cressy and were once again crushed by the English longbowmen. As a result, the French army was defeated, and King John of France was captured and taken to London. In 1360, King Edward III of England and King John of France signed the Treaty of Bletigni, relinquishing their claim to the French throne after receiving large tracts of French land. In the same year, according to the Treaty of Bletigny, the Black Prince was made Duke of Aquitaine of France. The war between Britain and France came to an end.

The Black Prince was also passionate about Spanish affairs, supporting the cruel Pedro I as King of Castile. In 1367, he won a great victory at the Battle of Nahura, capturing the French marshal Bertrand du Guecland. However, after the Black Prince withdrew, Pedro did not fulfill his promise to reimburse military expenses in time, and he was soon usurped and killed by Henry II.

Intervention in Spanish affairs was not only a failure from a strategic point of view, but also a huge loss. The Black Prince's military campaign drew the hatred of Henry II, who eventually won the Civil War, and the new Castilian fleet took control of the English Channel a few years later and terrified the English. In 1369, the Black Prince, hoping to compensate for the loss of Spain by imposing a new tax on Aquitaine, was met with serious protests from the people of the realm.

The Aquitaines were disgusted with the Black Prince's cruelty and belligerence, and were emotionally close to the new King of France, Charles V, so they appealed to Charles V. Due to the restrictions of the Treaty of Bletigny, Charles V only demanded that the Black Prince explain his actions in the French parliament. But the black prince replied that he would lead 60,000 British troops to participate in the debates of the French parliament. So the Anglo-French war broke out again.