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Cecily Neville. Margaret of York (3 May 1446 – 23 November 1503), also known by marriage as Margaret of Burgundy, was Duchess of Burgundy as the third wife of Charles the Bold and acted as a protector of the Burgundian State after his death. She was a daughter of Richard, 3rd Duke of York, and Cecily Neville, and the sister of two kings of ...
Margaret was born 3 May 1446, the sixth child and third daughter of Richard Duke of York and Cecily Neville. It is often reported that she was born at Fotheringhay, but a note in her sister Anne Duchess of Exeter’s Book of Hours locates her birth at Waltham Abbey.
On 3 May 1446, Margaret of York, younger sister of the future Edward IV, was born. The fifth of seven children and the youngest daughter of Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York, and his wife, Cecily Neville, Margaret of York began her life at Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire.
By Susan Abernethy. Margaret of York, sister to two kings of England, made one of the most brilliant marriages of her century. When she became a childless widow, she managed to settle into a comfortable, wealthy life and to have a principal role in Burgundian government for her husband’s heirs until her death at the age of fifty seven.
Margaret of York was the daughter of Richard Neville, duke of York, and Cecily Neville; two of her brothers, Edward IV and Richard III, held the throne as the Yorkist monarchs. Her family arranged a marriage for her as a means of securing French support for the ongoing Wars of the Roses between the Yorkists (whose symbol was the white rose) and ...
16 de ene. de 2019 · It would seem that Margaret had expected to fall pregnant – her husband already had a daughter and two illegitimate children – but when this did not happen, she became anxious. She made several pilgrimages to shrines, such as the Black Virgin of Halle. From February to March 1473, she stayed at Soignes, known for its waters.
27 de jun. de 2019 · The Children of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York: A Tudor Legacy. While some may argue that it was the most political of Royal marriages, there is no doubting the dynastic success of the joining of the houses of Lancaster and York.
