latristereina: She was beautiful, in an age which personified beauty as goodness and ugliness and de
latristereina:She was beautiful, in an age which personified beauty as goodness and ugliness and deformity as evil; her strength of character and personality were (as we will see) suited to the demands of queenship; and she was able to produce healthy children, a factor which more than any other would be the yardstick of her success. It can also be argued that she was a political asset – Edward could not be accused of favouring one of the great Yorkist families at the expense of the others, and the consequences of the Wars of the Roses, the need to heal old wounds and forge new alliances, gave an English-born queen a distinct advantage over a foreign rival. David Baldwin. „Elizabeth Woodville: Mother of the Princes in the Tower”.Happy Birthday, @edwardslovelyelizabeth! -- source link
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