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- Snape Castle, near Bedale, is best known as the residence of Cecily Neville, Duchess of Warwick, Countess of Worcester, and mother to two Yorkist kings
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After the outbreak of the Wars of the Roses in 1455, Cecily remained at their home, Ludlow Castle, even after Richard fled to Ireland and Continental Europe. At the same time, she surreptitiously worked for the cause of the House of York.
Jul 20, 2023 · She was buried at the Church of St Mary and All Saints in Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, a location close to Cecily’s heart. It was here that the ‘Mother of Kings’ once intended to establish a magnificent shrine honouring the House of York.
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, Duke of York before her tenth birthday. He was her father’s ward as the orphaned son of a traitor.
Nov 21, 2019 · 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 Edward revealed that he had secretly married the commoner and widow, Elizabeth Woodville, in 1464. Both Cecily Neville and her brother reacted with anger.
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Jun 2, 2023 · Snape Castle, near Bedale, is best known as the residence of Cecily Neville, Duchess of Warwick, Countess of Worcester, and mother to two Yorkist kings of England: Edward IV and Richard III (for a short time he owned Snape).
Born on May 3, 1415, in Raby Castle, Durham, England; died on May 31, 1495, at Berkhempsted or Berkhamsted Castle, Hertfordshire, England; daughter of Joan Beaufort (1379–1440) and Sir Ralph Neville of Raby; married Richard, 3rd duke of York, Lord Protector, in 1424 (died 1460); children: Joan (1438–1438); Anne Plantagenet (1439–1476); Henry (b....
Apr 6, 2018 · Once she became a duchess Cecily was required to leave her childhood behind her in Raby and fulfil court duties wherever Henry VI resided or else to run their main residence of Fotheringhay Castle.
