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One of Richard’s most unnatural crimes, according to Tudor propaganda, was his false accusation that his own mother, Cecily Neville, was an adultress. Polydore Vergil asserted that she ‘complanyd afterward in sundry places to right many noblemen…of that great injury.’
Cecily Neville as the Duchess of York is a principal character in Shakespeare's play The Tragedy of King Richard III. She is portrayed as having deep affection for her dead sons George and Edward, but is cold and unloving to Richard, to whom she refers as a "false glass that grieves me when I see my shame in him."
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- Richard, 3rd Duke of York, (m. in or before 1429; died 1460)
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Mar 23, 2023 · The 11th of 12 children of Richard, Third Duke of York, and Cecily Neville, he was the youngest of six to survive to adulthood. His father was the preeminent member of the House of York, one...
- Meilan Solly
May 3, 2023 · However, Cecily's son, Richard, took the throne as King Richard III and reigned until he was defeated and killed in battle against Henry Tudor and his forces on 22nd August 1485, the Battle of Bosworth.
Apr 26, 2024 · For over 400 years, Richard III has been seen as Britain’s most infamous king — a power-hungry usurper who killed his young nephews to clear the way to the throne. In Shakespeare’s “Richard III,”...
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Nov 21, 2019 · Cecily Neville's husband was Richard, Duke of York, the heir to King Henry VI and protector of the young king in his minority and later during a bout of insanity. Richard was the descendant of two other sons of Edward III: Lionel of Antwerp and Edmund of Langley.
Cecily Neville, Duchess of York (3 May 1415 – 31 May 1495) was the mother of two Kings: Edward IV of England and Richard III of England. Cecily Neville was a daughter to Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland and Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland.
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