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Jul 20, 2023 · In 1423, Cecily’s father acquired the wardship of Richard, Duke of York. 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.
Cecily Neville: Mother of Kings. Published 1st August 2015. Author: Amy Licence. Published: Amberley Publishing on 15th June 2015. In a nutshell. A thorough analysis of the life of Cecily Neville, giving an all-round picture of her as wife, mother, Duchess and ‘queen-by-rights’. Buy this book.
Jul 10, 2015 · Cecily Neville was one of the key women of the civil conflict in England that came to be known as the Wars of the Roses. A matriarch of the Yorkist dynasty, she was the mother of two kings of England.
Aug 19, 2021 · It’s the end of May, 1449. Cecily, her husband Richard, and their small children (among them the future Edward IV), are riding across Ludlow Bridge, to the castle. They watch the sun sinking lower in the sky, down towards the battlements. Richard smiles, turns. ‘Ludlow,’ he says. In the function room, in 2021, the sun is setting too.
May 4, 2021 · Anne O’Brien usually guides us through history using a female protagonist, and her latest book is no exception, featuring Edward IV’s mother, Cecily Neville. I’ve always found Cecily intriguing: mother of so many, wife to a man who made no effort to hide his ambitions, rival to Marguerite of Anjou, Henry VI’s very competent (and, I ...
Jun 25, 2018 · Wife to Richard, Duke of York, mother to Edward IV and Richard III, and aunt to the famous 'Kingmaker', Richard, Earl of Warwick, Cecily Neville was a key player on the political stage of fifteenth-century Britain England.
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Apr 15, 2014 · One of a huge family herself, Cecily would see two of her sons become kings of England, but the struggles that tore apart the Houses of Lancaster and York also turned brother against brother....
