Cecily Neville, Duchess of York

Cecily Neville, Duchess of York ( * May 3, 1415, † May 31, 1495 ), ( Proud Cis ), the daughter of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland was, and Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland. Her mother was a granddaughter of Edward III.

1429 she married Richard Plantagenet, leader of the House of York in the Wars of the Roses.

Progeny

  • Joan of York (* / † 1438 )
  • Anne of York ( August 10, 1439 *, † January 14, 1476 ); ∞ 1 Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter ( Holland House ), ∞ 2 Sir Thomas St. Leger
  • Henry of York ( born February 10, 1441) died when a child
  • Edward IV, King of England
  • Edmund, Earl of Rutland ( * May 17, 1443, † December 31, 1460 at the Battle of Wakefield )
  • Elizabeth of York (* April 22, 1444, † 1503); ∞ John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk, who was betrothed as a child with the king's mother Margaret Beaufort
  • Margaret of York ( May 3, 1446 *, † November 23, 1503 ); ∞ Charles the Bold
  • William of York (* July 7, 1447 ), died as a child
  • John of York (* November 7, 1448 ), died as a child
  • George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence (* October 21, 1449, † February 18, 1478 )
  • Thomas of York (* 1451, died as an infant )
  • Richard III. , King of England
  • Ursula of York (* 1454, died as an infant )
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