edwardslovelyelizabeth: On this day in history, 3d of May 1415, birth of Cecily Neville at Raby
edwardslovelyelizabeth:On this day in history, 3d of May 1415, birth of Cecily Neville at Raby Castle. She was the future Duchess of York by her marriage to Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York, daughter to Ralph Neville and Joan Beaufort, 1st Earl and Countess of Westmorland. Her maternal grandparents were John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, and Katherine Swynford. She was mother to most notable Margaret Duchess of Burgundy, Edmund Earl of Rutland, George Duke of Clarence, Elizabeth Duchess of Suffolk, Anne Duchess of Exeter and the Kings Edward IV and Richard III.Pictured: Cecily Neville, Duchess of York from the illumination in the Neville Book of Hours (Bibliothèque Nationale de Paris, Paris: MS Latin 1158, f. 34v) -- source link
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