House of york

A review of the King Makers Daughter the story of Queen Anne Neville by Philippa Gregory. The review is complete with character analysis, synopsis and historical background.

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Royalty. Born as the eldest daughter of Charles II of Naples and Marie of Hungary. She married Charles of France as his first wife in 1290 at Corbeil. She bore him in nine years six children of which at least five survived to adulthood. She can be considered to be the progenitrix of the Valois line that reigned France...

Last Plantagenet king of England. Protector to his young nephew Edward V, Richard usurped the throne and governed well. However, he was dogged by rumours, almost certainly true, that he had murdered Edward and his younger brother. Abandoned by many of his supporters, Richard died at the Battle of Bosworth Field fighting Henry Tudor who, as Henry VII, founded the Tudor dynasty.

On this day in history, 18th January 1486, King Henry VII married Elizabeth of York. The bridegroom was 29 years old and the bride was nearly 20 and they

Elizabeth of York Mother of the Tudor Dynasty On February 11, 1503, her thirty-seventh birthday, Elizabeth of York died just days after giving birth to her eighth child. The baby girl had been named Catherine, which seems appropriate considering it is likely that her parents decided to have another child when their firstborn son, Arthur, died unexpectedly. He had been briefly married to Catherine of Aragon. Henry VII was left with his only remaining son, another Henry, as his heir. A single…