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13 de jul. de 2017 · J. L. Laynesmith. Bloomsbury Publishing, Jul 13, 2017 - History - 304 pages. This is the first scholarly biography of Cecily Neville, duchess of York, the mother of Edward IV and Richard III. She was said to have ruled Edward IV 'as she pleased' and Richard III made his bid for the throne from her home. Yet Cecily has been a shadowy figure in ...
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.
24 de ene. de 2019 · Cecily Duchess of York. This is the first scholarly biography of Cecily Neville, duchess of York, the mother of Edward IV and Richard III. She was said to have ruled Edward IV 'as she pleased' and Richard III made his bid for the throne from her home. Yet Cecily has been a shadowy figure in modern histories, noted primarily for her ostentatious ...
There’s a reason no one knows about Cecily of York—but it’s your turn to find out. 1. She Was Born Into Battle. When Cecily was born in 1469, she came into the world as a Princess of England. After all, her father was King Edward IV and her mother was the renowned beauty Queen Elizabeth Woodville.
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.
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.
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.
