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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.
Jul 20, 2023 · Though her blood had been noble, Cecily Neville now found herself in an unprecedented position as the mother of a King who had never held the title of queen or princess of Wales prior to her son’s ascension.
One observer claimed in 1461 that Cecily ‘can rule the King as she pleases’, although it seems unlikely that she retained such influence as Edward grew older. Decades later, writers plausibly recorded that she was appalled by Edward IV’s choice of queen.
Nov 21, 2019 · Cecily Neville was the great-granddaughter of one king, Edward III of England (and his wife Philippa of Hainault); the wife of a would-be king, Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York; and the mother of two kings: Edward IV and Richard III, Through Elizabeth of York, she was the great-grandmother of Henry VIII and an ancestor to the Tudor rulers.
- Jone Johnson Lewis
Oct 8, 2014 · The War of the Roses essentially began with Cecily Neville, because her three sons fought to be King of England. The divisions in this large family began when Cecily sent young Richard and George...
She remained in London to support her eldest son, Edward, and when he became king in April 1461, some observers believed that Cecily could ‘rule the king as she pleases’. For the first three and a half years of Edward’s reign, Cecily often fulfilled the roles expected of a queen.
May 3, 2017 · Two decades later, when Edward IV announced that he had secretly married Elizabeth Woodville it was reported that Cecily was so outraged by the union that she swore she would testify Edward was a bastard, thus deposing him and making his younger brother, George, king.
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