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This is the first scholarly biography of Cecily Neville, duchess of York, the mother of Edward IV and Richard III. J. L. Laynesmith draws on a wealth of rarely considered sources to construct a fresh and revealing portrait of a remarkable woman, the only major protagonist to live right through the Wars of the Roses.
Cecily was born in 1415, the daughter of a staunchly Lancastrian family, and she was married to Richard, Duke of York before her tenth birthday. He was her father’s ward, the orphaned son of a traitor but he was also the heir to a huge fortune and a potential claim to the throne of England. After ‘a long time of barrenness’, the couple ...
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Name variations: Cecily, duchess of York; Lady Cecily Neville; Cecily of York; the Rose of Raby. Born on May 3, 1415, in Raby Castle, Durham, England; died on May 31, 1495, at Berkhempsted or Berkhamsted Castle, Hertfordshire, England; daughter of Joan Beaufort (1379–1440) and Sir Ralph Neville of Raby; married Richard, 3rd duke of York, Lord ...
26 de abr. de 2022 · Birthplace: Raby Castle, Staindrop, County Durham, England. Death: May 31, 1495 (80) Berkhamsted Castle, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England. Place of Burial: St Mary and All Saints Church, Fotheringhay, England. Immediate Family: Daughter of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland, 4th Baron Neville de Raby and Joan Beaufort, Countess of ...
Cecily Neville, Duchess of York (1415–1495) was married to Richard Duke of York (1411–1460) and was mother to two English kings: Edward IV and Richard III. Edward IV granted the castle and manor to Cecily in 1469 and it became her principal home from 1471. By then she was 56 years old and had already led an exceptionally dramatic life.
Cecily Neville, duchess of York (1415–1495), is among the most significant yet elusive figures of fifteenth-century English history. Born in the year of the Battle of Agincourt, granddaughter of John of Gaunt, wife and widow of Richard, duke of York, mother of kings Edward IV and Richard III, grandmother of the ill-starred Edward V and of Henry VII's consort Elizabeth of York, witness to the ...
