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Cecily's husband, the Duke of York, was the leading contender for the throne of England from the House of York during the period of the Wars of the Roses until his death in 1460. Their son Edward actually assumed the throne as Edward IV in 1461, after the deposition of King Henry VI of the House of Lancaster.
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Cecily Neville's husband was Richard, Duke of York, the heir to King Henry VI and protector of the young king in his minority and later during a bout of insanity. Richard was the descendant of two other sons of Edward III: Lionel of Antwerp and Edmund of Langley. Cecily was first betrothed to Richard when she was nine years old, and they married in...
In 1461, Cecily and Richard's son, Edward, Earl of March, became King Edward IV. Cecily won the rights to her lands and continued to support religious houses and the college at Fotheringhay. Cecily was working with her nephew Warwick to find a wife for Edward IV, suitable for his status as the king. They were negotiating with the French king when E...
Shakespeare's Duchess of York: Cecily appears in a minor role as the Duchess of York in Shakespeare's Richard III. Shakespeare uses the Duchess of York to stress the family losses and agonies involved in the War of the Roses. Shakespeare has compressed the historical timeline and has taken literary license with how events happened and the motivatio...
Isabel Neville, married to George, Duke of Clarence, son of CecilyAnne Neville, married (or at least formally betrothed to) Edward, Prince of Wales, son of Henry VI, then married to Richard III, also a son of CecilyJoan (1438-1438)Anne (1439-1475/76)Henry (1440/41-1450)Edward (King Edward IVof England) (1442-1483) - married Elizabeth Woodville- Jone Johnson Lewis
Jul 20, 2023 · Cecily’s eldest sister Eleanor Neville was married and widowed before she reached the tender age of twelve. Their brother, Edward, had been married off to the heiress of the barony of Abergavenny, though matrimonial bliss also eluded him – his wife was described as ‘an idiot from birth’.
Apr 6, 2018 · Cecily, the youngest child of Joan Beaufort and Ralph Neville, was born on 3 May 1415 at Raby Castle. Like the rest of her siblings an advantageous marriage was arranged for her by her parents. She was possibly married by 1427 to Richard of York when she reached the age of twelve certainly she had….
Jul 23, 2021 · No ordinary couple, the future bride and groom were Cecily Neville and Richard Duke of York and their union, meticulously planned by her parents, heralded a politically strategic marriage that changed the course of British history.
Following her husband’s death, and while Edward was fighting for his throne, she resided at Baynard’s Castle near St Paul’s and was the figurehead for the Yorkist regime in London. Her financial settlement as widow probably made her the wealthiest woman in England.
The new king, Henry VII, married Edward IV’s eldest daughter, prompting Cecily to adopt a new title: ‘grandmother of the queen of England, duchess of York’. Cecily was quick to build good relations with Henry VII, appointing men he favoured to offices on her estates.
