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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.
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   Who is Cecily Neville?

   • Home » Richard III & his World » Richard’s Family » Cecily Neville, Duchess of York (Mother) by Dr Joanna Laynesmith Cecily, Duchess of York is one of the best documented and most fascinating women of the fifteenth century.

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   Who was Cecily Neville's Husband?

   • 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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   Who is Cecily Neville in the tragedy of King Richard III?

   • Cecily Neville as the Duchess of York is a principal character in Shakespeare 's play The Tragedy of King Richard III. She is portrayed as having deep affection for her dead sons George and Edward, but is cold and unloving to Richard, to whom she refers as a "false glass that grieves me when I see my shame in him."

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   When was Cecily Neville redrawn?

   • Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, redrawn by Geoffrey Wheeler © from an illumination in the Neville Book of Hours (Bibliotheque Nationale de Paris, Paris: MS Latin 1158, f.34v) The year 1469 was to prove the first real test in Cecily’s relations with her sons.

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   Who were Cecily Neville's grandparents?

   • Her maternal grandparents were John of Gaunt and Katherine Swynford. See below for a list of her children and other family members. 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.

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   What role does Cecily play in Richard III?

   • Shakespeare's Duchess of York: Cecily appears in a minor role as the Duchess of York in Shakespeare's Richard III. Shakespeare uses the Duchess of York to stress the family losses and agonies involved in the War of the Roses.

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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.

4. tudorextra.com › 2023/07/20 › the-remarkable-life-ofThe remarkable life of Cecily Neville, ‘Mother of Kings’

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   Jul 20, 2023 · Eighty years old at the time of her death, Cecily Neville lived to see the accession of two of her sons to the English throne (both of whom she outlived), the epochal fall of the Plantagenets, and the rise of the Tudor dynasty, of which she was an ancestress.

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   Nov 21, 2019 · Here's information about Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, who played a key role in the politics of the British War of the Roses.

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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.

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9. thehistoryjar.com › 2018/04/06 › cecily-nevilleCecily Neville, Duchess of York - The History Jar

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   Apr 6, 2018 · Cecily Neville, Duchess of York. Posted on April 6, 2018. Cecily, the youngest child of Joan Beaufort and Ralph Neville, was born on 3 May 1415 at Raby Castle. Like the rest of her siblings an advantageous marriage was arranged for her by her parents. She was possibly married by 1427 to Richard of York when she reached the age of twelve ...

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    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.

11. rebeccastarrbrown.com › 2017/05/03 › the-matriarchThe Matriarch: Cecily Neville, Duchess of York – Rebecca ...

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    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.