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Apr 6, 2018 · Cecily Neville, Duchess of York. 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 certainly she had become ...
Apr 30, 2023 · Cecily was to become the mother of Kings Edward IV and Richard III, grandmother to Edward V and Elizabeth of York and great grandmother of King Henry VIII. Cecily Neville Cecily spent much of her married life overseas, moving to occupied France during Richard’s posting there as Lieutenant and later to Dublin when Richard was the Lieutenant of Ireland.
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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.
Cecily of York. On Christmas Day in 1483, the future Henry VII pledged to marry Elizabeth of York—or Cecily of York if Elizabeth was unavailable. Many thought Richard III, would marry his niece but he arranged Elizabeth of York’s betrothal to Manuel II of Portugal. So if Cecily of York married Henry VII instead, she could have been ...
Description. This is the first scholarly biography of Cecily Neville, duchess of York, the mother of Edward IV and Richard III. She was said to have ruled Edward IV 'as she pleased' and Richard III made his bid for the throne from her home. Yet Cecily has been a shadowy figure in modern histories, noted primarily for her ostentatious piety, her ...
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 ...
