Elizabeth of York

Elizabeth of York
Elizabeth of York
Queen consort of England
Tenure	18 January 1486 – 11 February 1503
Coronation	25 November 1487
Born	11 February 1466; Westminster Palace, Middlesex, England
Died	11 February 1503 (aged 37); Tower of London, London, England
Burial	24 February 1503; Westminster Abbey
Spouse	Henry VII of England (m. 1486)
Issue; more...	Arthur, Prince of Wales; Margaret, Queen of Scots; Henry VIII, King of England; Elizabeth Tudor; Mary, Queen of France; Edmund, Duke of Somerset;
House	York
Father	Edward IV of England
Mother	Elizabeth Woodville
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Elizabeth of York (11 February 1466 – 11 February 1503) was Queen of England from her marriage to King Henry VII on 18 January 1486 until her death in 1503.^[1] She was the daughter of King Edward IV and his wife, Elizabeth Woodville, and her marriage to Henry VII followed his victory at the Battle of Bosworth Field, which marked the end of the Wars of the Roses. Together, Elizabeth and Henry had seven children.

Elizabeth's younger brothers, the "Princes in the Tower", mysteriously disappeared from the Tower of London shortly after their uncle Richard III seized the throne in 1483. Although the 1484 act of Parliament Titulus Regius declared the marriage of her parents as invalid, Elizabeth and her sisters were welcomed back to court by Richard III. It was rumoured that Richard was plotting to marry Elizabeth. The final victory of the Lancastrian faction in the Wars of the Roses may have seemed a further disaster for the Yorkist princess. However, Henry Tudor knew the importance of Yorkist support for his invasion and promised to marry Elizabeth before he arrived in England. This may well have contributed to the haemorrhaging of Yorkist support for Richard.^[2]

Elizabeth seems to have played little part in politics. Her marriage appears to have been a successful and happy one,^[3]^[4] although her eldest son, Arthur, Prince of Wales, died at age 15 in 1502 and three other children died young. Her second and only surviving son, Henry VIII, became king of England, while her daughter, Margaret, became the queen of Scotland, and her other daughter, Mary, became the queen of France.

^ Dalton, Hannah (2016). A/AS Level History for AQA The Tudors: England, 1485–1603 (Student Book ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 7. ISBN 978-1-3165-0432-1.
^ Carson, Annette. "Richard III. The Maligned King."
^ Penn 2012, pp. 97–100.
^ Chrimes 1972, pp. 302.

[Dalton-1] Dalton, Hannah (2016). A/AS Level History for AQA The Tudors: England, 1485–1603 (Student Book ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 7. ISBN 978-1-3165-0432-1.

[2] Carson, Annette. "Richard III. The Maligned King."

[FOOTNOTEPenn2012[httpsarchiveorgdetailswinterkinghenryv00pennpage97_97–100]-3] Penn 2012, pp. 97–100.

[FOOTNOTEChrimes1972[httpsarchiveorgdetailshenryvii00chripage302_302]-4] Chrimes 1972, pp. 302.

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