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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. She was thus the eldest sister of kings Edward IV (1461–1483) and Richard III (1483–1485) and their siblings Edmund, Earl of Rutland; Elizabeth of York, Duchess of ...
Anne, Duchess of Exeter (Sister) by J L Laynesmith and Marie Barnfield. 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 ...
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Anne, Duchess of Exeter, was the oldest of the children of Richard, Duke of York, and Cecily Neville. She was born on August 10, 1439, at Fotheringhay—the same castle in which her youngest surviving sibling, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, would be born in 1452. In 1446, when she was six, she was married to fifteen-year-old Henry Holland, who ...
Aug 14, 2017 · Monday, 14 August 2017, 9:00 Moniek Bloks Anne of York Duchess of Exeter, The Royal Women 0. 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. She would have a total of 12 siblings, though ...
Jan 31, 2024 · Elizabeth Montacute. sister. About Anne Montacute, Duchess of Exeter. Lady Anne de Montagu, also known as Anne Matacute, was born before 1400, died on 28 November 1457.
Anne, Duchess of Exeter, sister to Edward IV and Richard III, was the oldest of the children of Richard, Duke of York, and Cecily Neville. She was born on August 10, 1439, at Fotheringhay—the same castle in which her youngest surviving sibling, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, would be born in 1452. In 1446, when she was six, she was married to ...
Jul 15, 2011 · The Rutland Chapel, as it is now called after George Manners’s descendants, was originally the chantry chapel of Anne’s parents, Sir Thomas St Leger and his wife Anne, Duchess of Exeter. There is a beautiful memorial brass to them on the east wall of the chantry chapel that was founded for them in 1491.
