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Elizabeth of York (11 February 1466 – 11 February 1503) was Queen of England from her marriage to King Henry VII on 18 January 1486 until her death in 1503. [1] She was the daughter of King Edward IV and his wife, Elizabeth Woodville, and her marriage to Henry VII followed his victory at the Battle of Bosworth Field, which marked the end of the civil war known as the Wars of the Roses.
Henry Tudor declared himself king, took Elizabeth of York, eldest child of Edward IV, as his wife, claiming to have united the surviving houses of York and Lancaster, and acceded to the throne as Henry VII, founder of the Tudor dynasty which reigned until 1603.
King Henry VII 1457–1509: Elizabeth of York 1466–1503: Richard of Shrewsbury 1473–1483 Duke of York, Duke of Norfolk: George of York 1477–1479 Duke of Bedford: Dukedom of Bedford (3rd creation) forfeit, 1478: Dukedom of York (2nd creation) and Dukedom of Norfolk (3rd creation) extinct, 1483: Dukedom of Bedford (4th creation) extinct, 1479
Elizabeth was born on 21 April 1926, the first child of Prince Albert, Duke of York (later King George VI), and his wife, Elizabeth, Duchess of York (later Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother). Her father was the second son of King George V and Queen Mary , and her mother was the youngest daughter of Scottish aristocrat Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th ...
Henry VII, a Lancastrian, became king of England; five months later he married Elizabeth of York, thus ending the Wars of the Roses and giving rise to the Tudor dynasty. The Tudors worked to centralise English royal power, which allowed them to avoid some of the problems that had plagued the last Plantagenet rulers.
Queen Elizabeth II is the longest-reigning monarch of the United Kingdom—2022 marks 70 years since her ascension to the throne. Next in line on the royal family tree is Prince Charles, her son ...
Britain's Prince Andrew, Duke of York, leaves Balmoral Castle in Ballater on Sept. 10, 2022, two days after Queen Elizabeth II died at the age of 96. Royal expert Richard Fitzwilliams believes ...
of York 1467–1482: King Edward V 1470–1483 r. 1483 King of England: Margaret of York 1472: Richard of Shrewsbury 1473–1483 1st Duke of York: Elizabeth of York 1466–1503 Queen of England: King Henry VII 1457–1509 r. 1485–1509 King of England: Anne of York 1470: Edward Plantagenet 1475–1499 17th Earl of Warwick: Richard of York 1476 ...