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Cecily Neville (3 May 1415 – 31 May 1495) was an English noblewoman, the wife of Richard, Duke of York (1411–1460), and the mother of two kings of England—Edward IV and Richard III. Cecily Neville was known as "the Rose of Raby", because she was born at Raby Castle in Durham , and "Proud Cis", because of her pride and a temper that went with it, although she was also known for her piety .
- Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland
Ralph Neville was born about 1364, the son of John Neville,...
- Joan Beaufort
Edward Neville, 3rd Baron Bergavenny; Cecily, Duchess of...
- Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland
Patrick Gibson as Perkin Warbeck, a pretender to the English crown who claims to be Richard of York. Caroline Goodall as Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, the Queen's paternal grandmother. Goodall was the only actor to appear in both The White Queen and The White Princess.
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1. Juliet Aubrey as Lady Anne Beauchamp, Countess of Warwick, wife of Warwick and mother to Lady Isabel and Lady Anne 2. Veerle Baetens as Margaret of Anjou, queen consort to Henry VI of England 3. Aneurin Barnard as Richard III of England 4. Leo Bill as Sir Reginald Bray 5. Emily Berrington as Jane Shore, Edward IV's mistress 6. Ashley Charles as Thomas Grey, the eldest son of Elizabeth Woodville and Sir John Grey of Groby 7. Arthur Darvill as Henry Stafford, Duke of Buckingham 8. Shaun Dool...
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1. David Shelley as Henry VI of England 2. Hugh Mitchell as Richard Welles, half-brother of Lady Margaret Beaufort 3. Nicholas Fagg and Otto Farrantas Thomas Grey 4. Rudi Goodman and Dean-Charles Chapman as Richard Grey, son of Elizabeth Woodville and Sir John Grey of Groby 5. Oscar Kennedyas young Henry Tudor 6. Joey Batey as Edward of Lancaster, son of Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou, married to Lady Anne Neville 7. Elinor Crawley as Cecily of York, daughter to Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodvi...
The budget was £25 million and took 120 days to shoot, consisting of 250 sets including: dungeons, palaces, castles, 12 state banquets and at least two coronations. Filming began in September 2012 and lasted until March 2013. Two versions were made, one for the BBC and a more sexually explicit version for the US. A companion two-part documentary se...
A number of anachronisms and historical inaccuracies received attention, especially in the costumes and locations used. Pat Stacey of the Irish Evening Herald, said that "the historical howlers are piling up like bodies on a battlefield, week after week", comparing it to the "flaws" spotted by "nitpickers" in Downton Abbey and Foyle's War. Bernadet...
The White Princess
Despite initial plans for a follow-up series, on 20 August 2013 the BBC announced they were not commissioning one, possibly due to the lukewarm reception the series received. However, in October 2013,The Telegraph reported that Starz was planning to develop a sequel miniseries called The White Princess, based on Gregory's 2013 novel of the same name. Starz CEO Chris Albrecht announced in January 2014 that the network was working with White Queen screenwriter Emma Frost on the project. Starz w...
The Spanish Princess
On 15 March 2018, Starz announced that it would create a continuation of The White Queen and The White Princess to be titled The Spanish Princess, which would be based on Gregory's novels The Constant Princess and The King's Curse and centre on Catherine of Aragon.It premiered on 5 May 2019.
The White Queen at BBC OnlineThe White Queen at StarzThe White Queen at IMDbCecily 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 ...
May 3, 2017 · One of my favorite figures from the Wars of the Roses is Cecily Neville, Duchess of York who came very close to becoming England’s queen through her husband and ended up mother to two, Edward IV and Richard III.
Cecily, Duchess of York is one of the best documented and most fascinating women of the fifteenth century. She was, for a time, the most powerful woman in England and she was an astonishing political survivor through many regime changes.
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May 4, 2021 · The Wars of the Roses storm through the country, and Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, plots to topple the weak-minded King Henry VI from the throne. But when the Yorkists are defeated at the battle of Ludford Bridge, Cecily’s family flee and abandon her to face a marauding Lancastrian army on her own.
