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Anne of York, Duchess of Exeter, aka Anne Plantagenet (10 August 1439 – 14 January 1476), was the first child of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, and Cecily Neville.
Anne, Duchess of Exeter is probably best known as the big sister whose descendants carried the mtDNA with which Richard III’s bones were identified. Anne’s own story was remarkable and tragic. She was the eldest of the family, born at Fotheringhay Castle on 11th August 1439.
Aug 27, 2022 · Anne of York, Duchess of Exeter (10 August 1439 – 14 January 1476) was the first child and eldest surviving daughter of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, and Cecily Neville.
- "Anne Plantagenet"
- Fotheringhay, Northhampton, England
- August 10, 1439
May 22, 2017 · Anne's first husband, Henry Holland, duke of Exeter, fought successfully on the side of the Lancastrians against Anne's York family at the battle of Wakefield, where Anne's father and brother Edmund were killed.
- Jone Johnson Lewis
Aug 14, 2017 · Anne of York – Duchess of Exeter. Anne of York was born on 10 August 1439 as the daughter of Cecily Neville and Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York at Fotheringhay Castle. Her father probably wasn’t present around the time she was born.
Oct 23, 2020 · Anne"Duchess of Exeter" de St Leger formerly York aka of York, Plantagenet, Holland. Born 10 Aug 1439 in Fotheringhay, Northampton, England. Ancestors. Daughter of Richard (York) of York KG and Cecily (Neville) of York.
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Jul 27, 2023 · National Portrait Gallery. Anne of York (1439-1476) was born at Fotheringhay Castle on the 10 August 1439, the first born child of her parents, Richard Duke of York and Cicely Neville after what one chronicler described as a ‘tyme of longe bareyness’. (1).
