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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.
The House of York descended in the male line from Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, the fourth surviving son of Edward III. In time, it also represented Edward III's senior line, when an heir of York married the heiress-descendant of Lionel, Duke of Clarence, Edward III's second surviving son. It is based on these descents that they claimed ...
Arthur, Prince of Wales (19/20 September 1486 – 2 April 1502), was the eldest son of King Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York, and an older brother to the future King Henry VIII. He was Duke of Cornwall from birth, and he was created Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester in 1489.
Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York (17 August 1473 – c. 1483) was the second son of King Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville.Richard and his older brother, who briefly reigned as King Edward V of England, mysteriously disappeared shortly after their uncle Richard III became king in 1483.
Duke of York, later King George V: Mary of Teck 1867–1953: Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine 1863–1950: Prince Arthur of Connaught 1883–1938: Dukedom of Clarence and Avondale extinct, 1892: Dukedom of York (6th creation) merged in the Crown, 1910: Duke of Windsor, 1937: Duke of York (7th creation), 1920: Duke of Kent (2nd creation ...
Sometime before February 1458, Elizabeth was married to John de la Pole. [1] John was the eldest son of William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk and Alice Chaucer. [2] His maternal grandparents were Thomas Chaucer and Maud Burghersh. [3] Her father-in-law had served as the principal power behind the throne for Henry VI of England from 1447 to ...
Prince Andrew, Duke of York (Andrew Albert Christian Edward; born 19 February 1960) is a member of the British royal family.He is the third child and second son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and a younger brother of King Charles III.
One of the few members of the House of Plantagenet to have survived the Wars of the Roses, she was executed in 1541 at the command of King Henry VIII, the second monarch of the House of Tudor, who was the son of her first cousin, Elizabeth of York. [2] Pope Leo XIII beatified her as a martyr for the Catholic Church on 29 December 1886. [5]