Timeline

An official timeline of all events that took place on Reign.

Season 1

Summer 1557

• An assassination attempt is made on Mary Stuart's life by the Queen of England while she is living at a convert, forcing her to return to French court early.
• Elisabeth and Philip's Wedding takes place a few days later.
• Charles and Madeleine's Engagement Party takes place another couple of days later.
• A few weeks later, England invades Scotland.
• The Boating Party takes place near the end of the summer.
• Mary secretly becomes engaged to Tomás of Portugal, betraying the French-Scottish alliance.

Fall 1557

• Simon Westbrook, the English envoy, is taken into custody for espionage and the attack on the King's son, and sentenced to death.
• Mary is officially released from her betrothal to Francis by King Henry.
• The annual Michaelmas Banquette takes place on September 29th.
  • Tomás of Portugal is revealed to be the spy that led to a slaughter of French troops. He is killed by Sebastian and Francis while out hunting.
  • Simon Westbrook is absolved of all blame and sent to Portugal.
• The Harvest Festival begins at the start of October, lasting a week.
• Mary is chosen as a Pagan sacrifice. As a result, the two pagans responsible are burned as heretics.
• Lady Kenna becomes the official mistress of King Henry.
• The castle is taken over by Count Vincent while King Henry and his men are away.
  • Count Vincent and his men are all murdered by Queen Catherine.
• Francis asks Queen Mary to marry him, and a date is set.
• Lady Aylee is poisoned and pushed down the stairs.
• Mary leaves court with Sebastian.
• Mary and Sebastian are brought back to court under the order of King Henry.
• Because of Nostradamus' prophecy, Mary refuses to marry Francis and demands to have Sebastian legitimized so that she may marry him instead.
  • King Henry agrees under the pretext that they will lay claim to England.
• King Henry begins arrangements for legitimizing Sebastian, including divorcing his wife Catherine.
  • Queen Catherine is imprisoned in The Tower while King Henry leaves for Rome to negotiate with The Vatican.
• An assassination attempt is made on Sebastian's life, while citizens riot in the streets.
• Queen Catherine is accused of adultery. Richard Delacroix is convicted.
• A second assassination attempt is made by Queen Catherine on Queen Mary, in an attempted murder-suicide.

Winter 1557

• The Winter Frost Festival in relocated to French Court, in order to accommodate. Prince Charles and Prince Henri. Both Princes were taken during the event.
• Baron John Philip is conceived out of wedlock by Lady Lola and Prince Francis.

Winter 1558

• Queen Catherine is sentenced to death if King Henry's claim to legitimize Sebastian comes though.
• Sebastian and Queen Mary make plans to elope.
• Marie de Guise arrives at French Court.
• News of Queen Mary of England's death arrives at court.
  • This information is later revealed to be false.
• Queen Mary calls off her engagement to Sebastian and is re-engaged to Prince Francis
• The Proxy Wedding of Mary and Francis takes place.
• Sebastian is exiled from Court.

• Three weeks later, Mary and Francis' real wedding takes place in Paris.
• Two months later, Francis and Mary return from the honeymoon tour of France.
• The First Light Banquette takes place to celebrate love.
• Lady Lola, Lady Kenna and Mary Stuart all discover Lola's indiscretion with Francis while in Paris.
  • Lola attempts to have an abortion.
• King Henry begins his spiral into madness.
• Lord Julien arrives at court, and an arranged marriage to Greer Norwood is set.
• Sebastian saves the life of Prince Francis while hunting in The Blood Wood.

Spring 1558

• Penelope is declared the The Bean Queen for the day.
• Leith Bayard is sent away to war.
• King Henry forces the marriage of Sebastian and Lady Kenna to resolve his two oldest sons from fighting.
• Lady Lola accepts Lord Julien's proposal.
• Queen Mary has a celebration for her Scottish Nobels.
  • During the celebrations a deal is made with Lord McKenzie.
• Queen Catherine orders the death of a dozen Scottish Nobles to stop an uprising, and possible war.
• Queen Catherine agrees to burn a contract in Queen Mary's wedding agreement that was agreed upon by Marie de Guise.
• There is a Protestant uprising in Scotland
• The Wedding of Lola and Julien takes place at French Court.
• James Stuart arrives at French Court.
• King Henry's grip on reality continues to fade.
• Penelope is striped of her powers and sent back to the kitchen.
• Prince Francis locks Queen Mary in The Tower.
• Weeks later, Mary send word for her uncle to come to Court.
• Queen Catherine locks Penelope in The Tower
• Two weeks later, the Duke of Guise arrives at French Court.
• Another two weeks later and Duke of Guise, along with Prince Francis, leave to take back Calais.
• Greer Norwood accepts Lord Castleroy's engagement proposal.
• One month later, Prince Francis is on the front lines. He is saved by Leith Bayard.
• Queen Catherine is taken.
• A couple days later, Cortenza de' Medici is murdered, and Queen Catherine is released.
• Weeks after meeting, Francis, Lieth and a handful of French men successfully clear the way to Calais to be taken.
  • Leith Bayard is severely injured during the attack.
• Two months after leaving, Prince Francis returns to Court.
• Queen Mary of England is confirmed dead.
• After moving away from court, Lola discovered, Lord Julien is an imposter of the real Lord Julien, who's real name is Remy.
• An attempted to murder of King Henry is stopped.
• Lady Lola goes into labour after the death of her husband.
• A ship of the heroes of Calais explodes.
• King Henry is injured in a jousting tournament, and later dies of his wounds.

Season 2

Spring 1558

• The Black Death returns to France.
• John Philip is born.
• Louis of Condé arrives at court.
• Francis and Mary conceive a child.
• The Reckoning begins.
• Sebastian is appointed the King's Deputy.
• Nostradamus leaves court after almost being drawn and quartered.
• King Francis begins to be haunted by his father's ghost in his son's nanny.

Summer 1558

• France is facing famine after the plague fires.
  • Sebastian and Kenna have lost their home in the plague fires.
• King Francis' Coronation takes place, officially declaring Francis and Mary the new monarchs of France.
• The Dark Riders begin branding citizens with The Devil's Mark.
• Mary announces that she is six weeks pregnant.
  • She has a miscarriage one week later.
• The public christening of John Philip takes place and King Francis anoints his son a baron. Queen Mary is his godmother.
• Catherine begins showing signs of madness.
• Tensions between Protestants and Catholics rise.
• Lord Narcisse begins blackmailing Francis.
• The Wedding of Greer and Aloysius takes place.
• An assassination attempt is made on Mary by the English after she and Catherine go missing.
• Princess Claude returns to French Court after a long absence.
  • Princess Claude's Welcome Home Party takes place the same day.
• Under pressure from Lord Narcisse, King Francis signs an edict which makes it illegal to be Protestant.
  • This seals the start of The French Wars of Religion.

Fall 1558

• The Vatican has sent Cardinal Vasari and his inquisitors to France to enforce the edict.
• A turning point on The French Wars of Religion is created by the murder of The Minister.

Winter 1558

• Princess Claude and Louis of Condé are engaged to ease the tension between Protestants and Catholics in France.
  • The engagement is unfulfilled when Condé leaves.
• The Feast of St. Nicolas takes place.
• A group of radical Protestants storm the castle with the intention to kill King Francis.
  • Mary is attacked and raped in her room during the attempt.
  • Francis is away during that time. He and Bash are at Lord Montgomery's house.
• Condé returns and he and Mary find and kill Mary's attackers.
• Queen Catherine's madness reaches a point in which she is convinced she must kill Claude. She starts slowly poisoning her.
  • King Henry's ghost returns and visits Catherine in her chambers.
• Lord Narcisse is stripped of his titles, lands, and wealth and is now in servitude to the Crown.
• With the help of Sebastian, King Francis drives The Vatican out of France.

Winter 1559

• The Ice Festival takes place.
• Diane de Poitiers returns to French court.
  • It is revealed that she killed Catherine's twins.
    • Sebastian disowns his mother upon hearing of it.
    • Diane and Catherine have a violent confrontation which results in Catherine killing Diane.
• King Antoine comes to court to ask for funds to handle a refugee crisis.
• The Winter's Ease Feast takes place.
• Antoine begins to seduce Lady Kenna to learn more about Sebastian's role in The Italian Wars.
  • Francis and Mary learn that Antoine has aligned himself with England.
• Mary and Francis put a definite end to their marriage.
• The Duke of Guise comes to court.
  • He is killed after evidence points to him being the person who had Henry's bible poisoned.
    • The true culprit is later revealed to be Antoine. He bribed Lord Narcisse to get away with it.
• Marie de Guise returns to court to help Mary with her marriage.
• The funeral in honour of the Duke of Guise is held.
• A feast in honour of Lola and Francis' son, John Philip, getting engaged to the Von Amsbergs' infant daughter is held.
• Marie de Guise is revealed to be dying of an untreatable lung disease, presumably cancer.
• Antoine proposes to Kenna, hoping to marry her after his wife dies.
• Mary asks Louis of Condé to go to Scotland and retake her crown with her.
• The Vintage Wine Tasting Banquette takes place to sample wine bottled on Francis' birthday.
• Condé and Mary continue their affair as well as their plan to return to Scotland.
• Queen Jeanne arrives at court per Kenna's invitation and Kenna learns that Antoine's wife is not dying.
  • Kenna and Antoine break up.
    • Antoine leaves court.
  • Sebastian and Kenna's marriage is in shambles.
• Francis gives Mary and Condé his blessing to be together.
• Condé begins negotiations with Lord Akers to marry Queen Elizabeth.
  • Mary soon learns of this and after talking to Lola, she forgives him and they consummate their relationship.
• Francis falls ill, showing symptoms of an ear infection.
• Mary is summoned back to court.
  • Scotland is in peril and Mary doesn't know what to do.
• Francis recovers and sends troops to Scotland.
• Mary decides to abandon her plan to run away with Condé.
• Three weeks later, Francis faces retaliation for sending troops to Scotland from Protestants.
• Mary ends her relationship with Condé, and chooses France and her own country over him.
• Condé marries Elizabeth via proxy wedding.
  • The marriage is dissolved when the proof of the wedding is burned.
  • Condé's treachery is unearthed and he is arrested, but escapes with Lord Akers' help.

Spring 1559

• Louis of Condé and his army take Toulouse, which is tantamount to declaring war to King Francis.
  • General Renaude and his men fall to Condé's side.
• Condé lays siege on the castle, trapping the royal family inside.
  • General Renaude and his men attack the castle and are defeated when Renaude is captured and taken prisoner.
  • Queen Mary sneaks away to Condé's camp and fakes a pregnancy.
• With the help of Greer and her courtesans, Mary causes panic and scattering of Condé's men in his camp, later leading him away to a tent and stabbing him. In doing so, she saves Francis.
• Condé is taken back to court as a prisoner.
• To avoid further war, Francis plans to use Condé to bargain with King Antoine for his life, if they give up their claim to the French throne.
• Francis discovers that Lola and his son have been killed. He believes it to have been orchestrated by Condé and sets the date for his execution.
  • This is discovered to be false after Lord Narcisse tells Mary that he found them alive.
  • Narcisse also betrays Catherine by telling Mary that she was responsible for Lola and the baby being kidnapped.
  • Mary tells Francis of his mother's subterfuge. As a punishment, Francis strips Catherine of her wealth and titles, and sends her into exile.
• Lady Kenna leaves court to raise her baby.
• Francis and Mary reunite.
• Francis is revealed to be dying.

Season 3

Summer 1559

• Scotland is in peril yet again. Francis and Mary turn to a pirate named Martin de Lambert for help, in that they ask him to steal gold for them in order to fund an army.
• Mary learns that Francis is dying.
• Prince Charles is summoned back to court by King Francis.
• Francis and Mary track Catherine down. They have her kidnapped and brought back to court, where she is imprisoned for working with Queen Elizabeth against Mary.
• Charles is betrothed to Mary.
• Elizabeth sends a spy named Nicholas to French court.
• Francis and Mary broker a deal with King Antoine to relinquish his claim to the French throne in exchange for them releasing Louis of Condé.
• Mary decides not to marry Charles when Francis dies.
• Narcisse and Lola's Wedding takes place.
• Catherine is released from prison.

Fall 1559

• Marie de Guise dies.
• To celebrate his renewed health, Francis and Mary leave on a romantic getaway to Paris.
  • Francis is attacked and killed by assassins sent to kill Mary.
• King Francis' Funeral takes place.
  • Mary is officially not the Queen of France anymore.
• Mary and Catherine blackmail Catherine's biggest competitor, Lord Grenier, into dropping out of the regency.
• Mary relieves France of her duty to Scotland and allows her army to come home.
  • They have been fighting on Scottish soil since Reversal of Fortune.
• Queen Elizabeth appoints Gideon Blackburn to seduce Mary.
• Don Carlos and Mary begin courting.
• Don Carlos suffers a head injury.
• Don Carlos and Mary get engaged regardless.
  • Mary finds out Don Carlos plotted to assassinate her.
    • She breaks their engagement off and Catherine banishes Don Carlos from France.

Winter 1559

• Princess Claude is married off to Duke Boinel to support France's finances.
• Mary allows Gideon to seduce her.
• Claude beats up and runs away from Duke Boinel after he assaults her.
  • The marriage turns out to have been a plot to strip Narcisse of the regency.
• Queen Elizabeth loses her baby with Robert Dudley.
  • Elizabeth and Robert consequently break up.

Winter 1560

• John Knox begins to gain headway in Scotland.
• Gideon and Mary begin to seriously fall for each other.
• Queen Elizabeth returns to English court.
• King Charles' Coronation takes place in France.
• The Red Knights begin haunting Catherine.

Spring 1560

• Mary departs for Italy to ask The Vatican for funds.
• She returns a few weeks later. The Vatican has agreed to help her gather any forces she may need.
• King Henry VIII's 50 Year Coronation Celebration takes place in England.
• In order to help the heavily pregnant Greer, Mary has her mercenaries break Lord Castleroy out of prison.
  • Lord Castleroy and Greer are reunited and leave France to raise Greer's baby.
• The Red Knights kill Catherine's generals and frame Catherine and Charles.
  • Mary saves Catherine by giving a stirring speech and swaying the generals back to their side.
• Sebastian resigns from his post as King's Deputy following the revelation that Catherine killed his mother.
• Mary, Bash, and Lord Narcisse depart for Scotland.
  • A violent storm wrecks the boat and few survive, among which are Mary, Bash, and Narcisse.
• Bash is taken by the Druids and Mary and Narcisse follow them.
  • Bash is healed and Narcisse leaves him and Mary for England.
• Charles sets up The Phantom Brigade and hopes to catch the Red Knights himself.
  • He is betrayed by his friend Thierry Huguenot and kidnapped by the Red Knights.
• Believing Mary dead, Lola agrees to support Elizabeth in her bid for the Scottish throne.
• Narcisse and Lola are reunited in England.
• The Druids are slaughtered by the Wulvers, a Scottish clan whose leader tried to have Mary assassinated but ended up killing Francis instead.
  • Mary and Sebastian come up with a cover story and join them on their way to Edinburgh.
    • Once there, Mary kills the leader, Munro.
  • Mary and Bash quickly flee the scene.
• Mary reclaims her throne and asserts herself as Scotland's queen.
• Claude and Leith get engaged with Catherine's blessing.
• Charles is rescued, but so traumatised that he doesn't want to be king.
  • He has the Privy Council proclaim him of age and thus fires Catherine as his regent, much to her shock and dismay.
• Leith is dispatched to a location far away to catch the remaining knights.
  • Martel de Guise has him stabbed.
• Believing she is acting on Mary's order, Lola attempts to assassinate Elizabeth.
  • She is executed as punishment, leaving Mary heartbroken.
• Bash leaves Mary to join the Druids.

Season 4

Summer 1560

• King Charles is presumed to be in Paris.
• The Queen of Spain, Leeza, comes to French court to stem the rising tide of Protestantism in France.
  • As such, she believes Claude and Martel de Guise should wed to promote the Catholic cause.
    • However, Claude knows that Martel killed Leith and doesn't want to marry him.
• Catherine and Claude kill Martel and frame it to look like suicide.
• Mary is kidnapped by Clan Gordon and their leader wants Mary to wed his son George.
  • Mary pretends to agree but runs away, coming across James Stuart and his guards already looking for her.
    • Mary has the leader of Clan Gordon beheaded for treason.
• Gideon, with the help of Narcisse, proves that John Knox was behind the order to assassinate Elizabeth, not Mary.
• St. Brigid's Day Party takes place in Scotland.
• Mary asks James to seduce Emily Knox, John Knox's wife, as she may be abreast of her husband's plots and schemes against her.
• Narcisse and John Philip return to France.
• Gideon comes to Scotland and asks Mary to wed him, but Mary refuses.
• Darnley's mother, Lady Lennox, manipulates Darnley and Keira into breaking up.

Fall 1560

• Mary and Darnley begin courting.
• The Harvest Festival takes place in Scotland.
• Claude and Luc's Wedding takes place in France.
  • Leith Bayard returns to the castle the very same night, but is arrested by Lord Narcisse to allow Claude and Luc to consummate their marriage.
• Gideon learns that his daughter Agatha is dying.
• Mary announces her engagement to Lord Darnley at the Highland Games.
• Claude and Leith are reunited.
• Charles runs away from court.
• Queen Elizabeth dispatches an assassin to kill Darnley before he can wed Mary.
  • This plan fails, and only brings Mary and Darnley closer.
• Mary and Darnley conceive a child out of wedlock.
  • Claude and Leith break up because Leith decides to leave court.
• Mary and Bothwell meet.
• Narcisse and Catherine find Charles and bring him back to court.
  • Charles reveals himself to be a Protestant to Catherine, Narcisse, and his very Catholic sister, Leeza.
    • Leeza agrees to keep Charles' religion a secret under the condition that Prince Henri replaces Charles as King.
• Mary and Darnley's relationship falls apart as Mary finds out about Darnley's infidelity with Keira.
• Agatha dies.
• Mary and Bothwell meet David Rizzio.
  • David makes a prophecy about Mary's future that later comes true.
• Mary and Darnley continue to drift apart.
• Elizabeth and Gideon continue to grow closer.
• Mary finds out she is pregnant with Darnley's child.
• Mary and Darnley's Wedding takes place.
  • As a result, dozens of disputable regions declare themselves Scottish and convert to Catholicism.

Winter 1560

• One month later, Mary invites Lord Hamilton to court, whose family has a long-standing blood feud with Darnley's.
  • John and Emily Knox manipulate James into believing that Hamilton schemes to kill Mary, only to find out that Hamilton has been told that Mary would kill him, right after James stabs Hamilton to death.
    • In order to maintain Protestant support, Mary heeds James' advice and blames him for the entire ordeal, banishing him from court.
• King Darnley's Coronation takes place.
• Queen Elizabeth's Birthday celebration takes place at English Court.
  • There, Elizabeth meets the Archduke of Austria.
• Prince Henri returns to French Court.