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Elizabeth of York (1466–1503) Queen of England. Name variations: Elizabeth Plantagenet. Born on February 11, 1466 (some sources cite 1465), in Westminster, London, England; died in childbirth on February 11, 1503 (some sources cite 1502), in the Tower of London, England; buried in Westminster Abbey; oldest daughter of Edward IV, king of England, and Elizabeth Woodville; married Henry VII ...
Feb 2, 2003 · Elizabeth of York was Queen consort of England as spouse of King Henry VII from 1486 until her death on February 11th, 1503. Henry VII’s queen lies buried beside him in Westminster Abbey in a magnificent marble tomb provided by their son, Henry VIII. The face of her effigy may have been based on her death mask, taken when she died on her ...
Jan 13, 2022 · Elizabeth of York. Elizabeth of York was the daughter and eldest child of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville. It was the fate of aristocratic daughters to be used to make dynastic alliances to gain the economic, political and/or military support of their husband’s country and/or family. Various matches were proposed for Elizabeth.
Elizabeth of York (11 February 1466-12 February 1503) married King Henry VII of England in 1486. This marriage united the House of Plantagenet and the House of Lancaster, the two sides of the Wars of the Roses. She was the mother of King Henry VIII. When she was only 17, her father died of pneumonia. Ancestry
Elizabeth of York. views 3,924,445 updated. Elizabeth of York (1466–1503), queen of Henry VII. Henry set the seal on his great victory at Bosworth in August 1485 by his marriage in January 1486 to Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Edward IV, thus uniting the houses of York and Lancaster. She had spent the first year of Richard III's reign in ...
Nevertheless, it was a positive start as Elizabeth was the first child born to a reigning king since the birth of Henry VI in 1421. She was healthy, and her mother soon recovered. Elizabeth was baptised by her father’s cousin, George Neville, Archbishop of York and Lord Chancellor. Her godparents were her two grandmothers, Jacquetta de St Pol ...
Elizabeth of York, Duchess of Suffolk also known as Elizabeth Plantagenet (22 April 1444 – c. 1503) was the sixth child and third daughter of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York (a great-grandson of King Edward III) and Cecily Neville. She was thus a sister of kings Edward IV and Richard III.
