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A Strange New Theory on the Death of Edward IV

Dec 11, 2023

anniversaries, archaeology, Book Reviews, Science

blindness, deafness, death, Edward IV, euphemisms, Marylynn Salmon, paralysis. aneurysms, skeletons, syphilis, viral illness

Edward IV was not quite 41 when he died, quickly and unexpectedly. Many theories have been put about over the years from flu to diabetes, to deliberate poisoning. A new theory by Marylynn Salmon, author of the controversial and almost impossible to obtain ‘SECRETS OF THE HOUSE OF YORK has now emerged, and as you…
Anti-history: Edward IV’s ‘Secret’ Illegitimacy

Apr 23, 2017

Alternative History, Book Reviews, genealogy

Blaybourne, Cecily Duchess of York, DNA evidence, Edmund of Rutland, Edward IV, Elizabeth Wydeville, illegitimacy, incest, Jacquetta of Luxembourg, Marylynn Salmon, Richard Duke of York, Rouen, satire, Wakefield

Originally posted on Helen Rae Rants!: As the old saying goes, it’s a wise child that knows its own father; one might add it’s a sure child that knows its own mother, if only because maternity is harder to conceal, deny or be mistaken about. So while doubts have been cast on King Edward’s paternity…