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May 22, 2017 · Anne of York was the older sister of two English kings, Edward IV and Richard III. 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
Anne also had five brothers: three full-blooded (the future Edward V, Richard and George) and two half-brothers from her mother's first marriage to John Grey of Groby: Thomas and Richard Grey.
- York
- Thomas Howard, (m. 1494/95; her death)
Anne. Like Queen Elizabeth, Margaret, and the Duchess of York, Anne is a woman who becomes tangled in Richard’s fight for power. When the play opens, Anne is still mourning her husband (Edward the Prince of Wales) and her father-in-law (Henry VI) who were both killed by Richard.
Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was King of England from 26 June 1483 until his death in 1485. He was the last king of the Plantagenet dynasty and its cadet branch the House of York. His defeat and death at the Battle of Bosworth Field marked the end of the Middle Ages in England.
- 26 June 1483 – 22 August 1485
- Cecily Neville
Jul 31, 2015 · Richard woos Lady Anne over the corpse of King Henry VI, Anne’s father-in-law, whom Richard murdered. Enter the corse of Henry the Sixth ⌜ on a bier, ⌝ with Halberds to guard it, Lady Anne being the mourner,
Soon after the death of her father and the usurpation of the throne by her uncle Richard III, Anne, who was about eight years old, was declared illegitimate among the other children of Edward IV by Elizabeth Woodville.
Aug 28, 2007 · Richard inherits the throne as King Richard III, and Anne is crowned queen consort, a destiny she thought she had successfully avoided. Her husband’s reign lasts two years, two months, and...
