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2 de nov. de 2020 · Almost Queens: Cecily of York. It's not often that an Almost Queen goes from the dizzying heights of a royal marriage, to plummeting down the social lists and marrying for love, but Cecily of York is one of a few exceptions to the rule! At the time of her birth in March 1469, Cecily may have been a bit of a disappointment.
Cecily accompanied York on his political business, including long stays in France and Ireland. She bore him twelve children, although five of these died young. In 1459, her husband and eldest sons rebelled against the king and then fled into exile leaving Cecily penniless, but she persuaded Henry VI that she and her younger children should still be allowed some of the revenues from York’s land.
20 de jul. de 2023 · This procurement would irrevocably change the course of Cecily’s life, and bring to the fore regal aspirations for the House of York that would simmer for the next two decades. Richard had been orphaned at a stroke when his father, Richard Earl of Cambridge, was executed, having been involved in a plot to plant his brother-in-law, Edmund Mortimer, on King Henry V’s throne.
4 de ene. de 2018 · Cecily herself passed away on the Isle of Wight on August 24, 1507 and is buried in Quarr Abbey there. Married to a man of no political importance and without great fortune, her last years were perhaps the quietest of all of her sister’s. What Cecily made of her life is unknown.
9 de feb. de 2024 · Cecily’s grandmother, Cecily, the dowager duchess of York, died in 1495 and bequeathed one her breviaries to Cecily and another one to Margaret Beaufort. There is a record of payment of one pound from the king to Cecily for minstrels in her employ. Cecily gave birth to two daughters with Welles, christened Elizabeth and Anne.
20 de jul. de 2022 · It was not always easy being a princess in the fifteenth century – Cecily of York, the second surviving daughter of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville, was born on 20 March 1469. It wasn’t a good year to be born. The week before her birth, a papal dispensation was issued for Cecily’s uncle George to marry Isabel Neville, the daughter of ...
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS. Cecily of York (20 March 1469 – 24 August 1507), also known as Cecelia, was the third daughter of King Edward IV of England and his queen consort Elizabeth Woodville. Cecily of York. Viscountess Welles. Cecily in stained glass, probably 1482–83, formerly Canterbury Cathedral, now Burrell Collection.
