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Authors: Alison Weir

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George married
, on 11 July, 1469, at the Church of Our Lady, Calais, France:
Isabella
She was the daughter of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, by Anne, daughter of Richard de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick; her sister Anne married firstly Edward, Prince of Wales, son of Henry VI, and secondly Richard III. Isabella was born on 5 September, 1451, at Warwick Castle. She died, it was rumoured by poison, on 21 December, 1476, at Warwick Castle, and was buried in Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucs.
Issue of marriage:
(
i
)
Anne
(?)
She was born on 16 April, 1470, in a ship off Calais. She was either born dead or died soon after birth, and was buried at Calais. Some sources state that the child born at sea in 1470 was a son.
(ii)
Margaret
She was born on 14 August, 1473, at Farleigh Castle, near Bath, Wilts. She married Sir Richard Pole (
d
.1505) on 22 September, 1494, and had issue:
1  Henry, Marquess of Montagu (1495?–executed 1538); he married Jane (
d
.1538), daughter of George Neville, Lord Bergavenny, and had issue.
2  Reginald, Cardinal-Archbishop of Canterbury (1500–1558).
3  Geoffrey, a knight, of Lordington, Sussex (1501–1558); he married Constance, daughter of Sir John Pakenham, and had issue.
4  Ursula (
d
.1570); she married Henry, Lord Stafford (1501–1563), and had issue.
5  Arthur (
d
.1570); he married Jane, daughter of Sir Roger Lewkmor, and had issue.
Margaret was restored to her father’s earldom of Salisbury on 14 October, 1513. She was attainted on 12 May, 1539, and all her titles were declared forfeit. She was executed on 28 May, 1541, in the Tower of London, and was buried in the Royal Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula within the Tower.
(iii)
Edward
He was born on 21 or 25 February, 1475 (or 1474?), at Warwick Castle, and was styled Earl of Warwick from birth, in right of his mother. He succeeded his mother as Earl of Salisbury in December, 1476, but was never so styled. He was confirmed as Earl of Warwick in 1490. He spent the greater part of his life in confinement, Henry VII resenting his proximity to the throne, and was executed for treason on 24 or 28 November, 1499, on Tower Hill, London. He was buried in Bisham Abbey, Berks.
(iv)
Richard
He was born on 6 October, 1476, at Tewkesbury Abbey,
Gloucs., and died on 1 January, 1477, at Warwick Castle. He was buried in Warwick Church, by the Castle.
10  
Thomas
He was born in 1450/1, and died young.
11  
Richard III
(
see here
).
12  
Ursula
Described as the youngest child, she was born on 22 July, 1455, at Fotheringhay Castle, Northants., and died young.
13  
Katherine
(?)
14  
Humphrey
(?)
Katherine and Humphrey are described by Cecily as her children in her will, although they are not included in any other contemporary list of the children of Richard, Duke of York. The entry in Cecily’s will may therefore refer in fact to her grandchildren, Humphrey and Katherine de la Pole, the issue of Cecily’s daughter Elizabeth.
EDWARD IV
He was born on 28 April, 1442, at Rouen, France. He was styled Earl of March during his father’s lifetime. In November, 1459, he forfeited all his honours by Act of Attainder, but was restored to them in October, 1460. He succeeded his father as Duke of York, Earl of Ulster and Earl of Cambridge on 30 December, 1460. He was proclaimed King of England by Parliament on 4 March, 1461, after the deposition of Henry VI, and was crowned on 28 June, 1461, at Westminster Abbey.
Edward IV was deposed in favour of Henry VI on 3 October, 1470, but restored to the throne on 11 April, 1471.
Edward IV married
, on 1 May, 1464, at the Manor of Grafton Regis, Northants.:
Elizabeth
She was the daughter of Richard Wydville (or Woodville), 1st Earl Rivers, by Jacquetta of Luxembourg (v,
see here
), and she was born in
c.
1437 at Grafton Regis, Northants. She married firstly Sir John Grey of Groby (killed 1461) in
c.
1452, and had issue:
1  Thomas, Marquess of Dorset (
c.
1455–1501); he married firstly Anne (
c.
1455–1475), daughter of Henry Holland, Duke of Exeter, by Anne, sister of Edward IV. He married secondly Cecilia,
Baroness Bonville and Harington (
d.
1529), daughter of William Bonville, Baron Harington, and had issue.
2  Richard (1456?–executed 1483), a knight.
Elizabeth was crowned Queen Consort on 26 May, 1465, at Westminster Abbey. Her marriage to Edward IV was declared invalid by Act of Parliament in 1484, on the basis of Edward’s alleged precontract to Lady Eleanor Butler; her children were at the same time declared illegitimate, and unfit to inherit the crown. The marriage was ultimately recognised as valid in October, 1485, by the first Parliament of Henry VII, and its issue were restored in blood accordingly. Elizabeth died on 8 June, 1492, at St Saviour’s Abbey, Bermondsey, London, and was buried in St George’s Chapel, Windsor.
Issue of marriage:
1  
Elizabeth
(under Henry VII, whom she married,
see here
).
2  
Mary
She was born on 11 August, 1467, at Windsor Castle. She was made a Lady of the Garter in 1480. She died on 23 May, 1482, at Greenwich Palace, Kent, and was buried in St George’s Chapel, Windsor.
3  
Cecily
She was born on 20 March, 1469, at the Palace of Westminster. She married firstly John Welles, 1st Viscount Welles, K.G. (
d.
1498), between 25 November, 1487, and 1 January, 1488, and had issue:
1  Elizabeth (
d.
young before 1498).
2  Anne (
d.
young in
c.
1499).
Cecily married secondly Thomas Kyme, Kymbe or Keme, either of Wainfleet and Friskney, Lincs., or of the Isle of Wight, between 13 May, 1502, and January, 1504, by whom she may have had issue, although the earliest evidence for this is as late as 1602, and may be suspect:
3  Richard; he married a lady called Agnes, and had issue.
4  Margaret or Marjorie; she married John Wetherby, and had issue.
Cecily was made a Lady of the Garter in 1480. She died on 24 August, 1507, at Quarr Abbey, Isle of Wight, where she was buried.
4  
Edward V
(
see here
).
5  
Margaret
She was born on 10 April, 1472, at Windsor Castle, and died on 11 December, 1472. She was buried in Westminster Abbey.
6  
Richard
He was born on 17 August, 1473, at the Dominican Friary, Shrewsbury, Shropshire. He was created Duke of York on 28 May, 1474, thereby establishing the tradition (which continues to this day) that the second son of the sovereign is always made Duke of York. He was made a Knight of the Garter on 15 May, 1475, and a Knight of the Bath during that same year. He was created Earl of Nottingham on 12 June, 1476, and Duke of Norfolk and Earl of Surrey and Warenne on 7 February, 1477. He was declared illegitimate and deprived of his titles by Act of Parliament in January 1484. York was probably murdered with his brother Edward V (
see here
) on the night of 3 September, 1483, in the Tower of London, on the orders of Richard
III. In 1674, bones discovered in the Tower were thought to be those of the two Princes, and were reburied in 1678 in Westminster Abbey.
Richard married, on 15 January, 1478, at St Stephen’s Chapel in the Palace of Westminster:

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