#OTD
31 May 1495
Cecily Neville, Duchess of York died at Berkhamsted Castle, Hertfordshire.

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#CecilyNeville #DuchessofYork #RoseofRaby #ProudCis #KingEdwardIV #KingRichardIII #Plantagenets #HouseofYork #Yorkist #History

#OTD 31 May 1443, birth of #MargaretBeaufort, mother of #HenryVII. #OTD 1495, death of #CecilyNeville, mother of #EdwardIV and #RichardIII. Read the story of these remarkable women, bound together by friendship and betrayal, in #TheKingsMother. Pre-order at linktr.ee/thekingsmother

Detail from the 15th century Neville Book of Hours (Meister der Münchner Legenda Aurea, c. 1430).

Cecily as imagined by Edward Harding (National Portrait Gallery, c. 1450).

Happy 610th birthday to #CecilyNeville, Duchess of York!
Cecily was born #OTD in 1415 at Raby Castle in Durham, England to Joan #Beaufort and Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland. Joan was Ralph’s second wife. 1/3

#OTD 1415: Birth of #CecilyNeville, matriarch of the #HouseofYork. She would live 80 years and survive the #WarsoftheRoses. #OTD 1446: Birth of Cecily's daughter, Margaret, who became Duchess of Burgundy and saved the duchy from French invasion after the death of her husband.

#OTD
3rd May 1415
Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, was born at Raby Castle to Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland, & his 2nd wife, Joan Beaufort.
Cecily was the mother of 2 Yorkist kings: King Edward IV & King Richard III.

#CecilyNeville #RoseofRaby #Plantagenet #History

Edmund de la Pole (Renaissance English History Podcast).

#OTD in 1513 Edmund de la Pole was executed on the order of #HenryVIII. His grandparents were Richard #Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York and #CecilyNeville. #ElizabethofYork was his cousin. 1/3

Posthumous Edward IV (National Portrait Gallery, c. 1540).

Posthumous portrait from original (Lucas Horenbout, c. 1520.

Happy 583rd birthday to #EdwardIV who was born #OTD in 1442!
Edward was born Normandy, France to #CecilyNeville and #RichardofYork, 3rd Duke of York. 1/2

Was #GeorgePlantagenet really drowned in a barrel of Malmsey wine?

Born October 21st, 1449 to #RichardPlantagenet, 3rd Duke of York and #CecilyNeville at Dublin Castle in Ireland. He was the third surviving son to his parents. 1/8

Richard III & Cecily Neville £6 Cecily Neville, wife of Richard of York, mother of both Edward IV and Richard III, had a pivotal role in

Catch up with Philippa Langley and I talking about #CecilyNeville and her most famous son #RichardIII as part of Gloucester History Festival's 'Winter Warmer' digital conference. Ours is just one event in a stunning line-up! Details and tix at tinyurl.com/5acpr66k