Cecily seems to have gotten along well with Richard’s queen, her daughter-in-law Anne Neville. Cecily of York, Viscountess Welles (20 March 1469 – 24 August 1507) was an English Princess and the third, but eventual second surviving, daughter of Edward IV of England (1442-1483) and his queen consort, née Lady Elizabeth Woodville (c1437-1492), daughter of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers (1408-1469) and Jacquette de Luxembourg (c1415-1472). Cecily of York: On this day in 1469 Elizabeth Wydvil gave birth to her third daughter from her marriage to King Edward IV of England most likely at Westminster Palace. It is not about being strong, yet they have always had unfathomable strength. This is the first scholarly biography of Cecily Neville, duchess of York, the mother of Edward IV and Richard III. In 1485, he was killed in battle at Bosworth Field and Henry Tudor was now King Henry VII by right of conquest. The infant was named after her paternal grandmother, Cecily, dowager duchess of York.
Henry married Cecily’s grand-daughter, her son Edward’s eldest daughter Elizabeth of York.
Cecily of York, Viscountess Welles (20 March 1469 – 24 August 1507) was an English Princess and the third, but eventual second surviving, daughter of Edward IV, King of England and his queen consort Elizabeth Woodville, daughter of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers and Jacquetta of Luxembourg. Cecily of York, Viscountess Welles (20 March 1469 – 24 August 1507) was an English Princess and the third, but eventual second surviving, daughter of Edward IV, King of England and his queen consort, née Lady Elizabeth Woodville, daughter of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers. Yet Cecily has been a shadowy figure in modern histories, noted primarily for her ostentatious piety, her expensive dresses, and the rumours of her adultery. She was said to have ruled Edward IV 'as she pleased' and Richard III made his bid for the throne from her home. "Cecily of York, Viscountess Welles (20 March 1469 – 24 August 1507) was an English Princess and the third, but eventual second surviving, daughter of Edward IV, King of England and his queen consort Elizabeth, née Lady Elizabeth Grey, daughter of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers and Jacquetta of Luxembourg."
Yet Cecily has been a shadowy figure in modern histories, noted primarily for her ostentatious piety, her expensive dresses, and the rumours of her adultery. In the SCA, I am known as Cecily of York. I am a scribe active in the Barony of Nordskogen within the Kingdom of Northshield, a regional group of the Society for Creative Anachronism.. In the modern world, I am Cathy Coffman, an IT professional and amateur artist living in Minnesota.
This trend continued after her husband was killed during the battle of Wakefield in December 1460. It is not about power, yet they are empowered. Birth and Family. She was grandmother to the Princes in the Tower, …