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Cecily of York (20 March 1469 – 24 August 1507), also known as Cecelia, was the third daughter of King Edward IV of England and his queen consort Elizabeth Woodville. Shortly after the death of her father and the usurpation of the throne by her uncle King Richard III, Cecily and her siblings were declared illegitimate.
9 de ene. de 2018 · Learn about the life and marriages of Cecily of York, the third daughter of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville. She was a Yorkist princess who became a Tudor in-law and a widow at thirty.
Cecily of York was born in 1469 into the midst of the Wars of the Roses, a brutal civil conflict for the English throne. She survived multiple betrayals, exiles, and tragedies, but her legacy was erased by history.
4 de dic. de 2018 · Cecily Duchess of York was, as Joanna Laynesmith highlights in her new biography, the only major protagonist, male or female, to live right through the eighty years of turmoil now commonly referred to as the Wars of the Roses.
Learn about the life and legacy of Cecily, mother of Edward IV and Richard III, who lived at Berkhamsted Castle from 1471 until her death in 1495. Discover how she survived political turmoil, managed her vast estates, and patronized the church and the arts.
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 de ene. de 2018 · Cecily herself passed away on the Isle of Wight on August 24, 1507 and is buried in Quarr Abbey there. Married to a man of no political importance and without great fortune, her last years were perhaps the quietest of all of her sister’s.
