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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. Cecily was born in 1415, the daughter of a staunchly Lancastrian family, and she was married to Richard ...
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.
York is England’s best preserved medieval city, indeed the fifteenth century street patterns that Richard III would have known still exist in the city’s historic centre. Its walls run for 2.5 miles and originally enclosed both the city and its castle.
Jul 20, 2023 · Following the death of Westmorland, it is likely that the young couple, Richard and Cecily, resided in the household of King Henry VI until Richard reached adulthood. In 1441, when York assumed the position of King’s Lieutenant and Governor General of France, Cecily accompanied across the channel to Rouen.
Berkhamsted Castle’s last noble resident was Cecily Duchess of York, mother of Edward IV and Richard III. Edward IV granted the castle and manor to her in 1469 and it became her principal home from 1471. By then she was 56 years old and had already led an exceptionally dramatic life.
Nov 21, 2019 · 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.
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After her death, Cecily Neville was buried at the Church of St Mary and All Saints in Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire. She was the last royal resident at Berkhamsted Castle, and her death marked the end of over 400 years of royal associations with Berkhamsted Castle.
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