Richard Neville 16th Earl of Warwick
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George, Duke of Clarence, is the often overlooked York brother, sitting as he does between Edward IV and Richard III. He was the one who didn’t become king, although he tried to pinch it from Edward IV, who eventually executed him as a traitor. On the whole George doesn’t get a very good press. He…
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Which of Isabel of Clarence’s ladies was the mysterious Yorkist spy….?
“Princes”, Ankarette Twynho, Anne Neville, Battle of Towton, Duke of Clarence, Edward IV, Edward of Lancaster, Edward of Westminster, Elizabeth Lady St Amand, George, Henry VI, Henry VII, Isabel Neville, John Ashdown-Hill, Margaret of Anjou, Philippe Commynes, Richard III, Richard Neville 16th Earl of Warwick, Sir John Wenlock, Sir Roger Tocotes, Wars of the Roses, Warwick the KingmakerWe’ve always known that George, Duke of Clarence (https://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/plantagenet_21.htm), the disgruntled brother of Edward IV and Richard, Duke of Gloucester (https://richardiii.net/), went over the wall to join Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (https://richardiii.net/richard- iii-his-world/his-family/the-making-of-the-kingmaker/). George then married the earl’s elder daughter Isabel Neville (https://womenshistory.info/isabel-neville/), in the belief that his new father-in-law, the famous “Kingmaker”…
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First John of Gloucester, now….could Edward of Westminster (Lancaster) have been a father too….?
Anne Neville, Battle of Bosworth, battle of tewkesbury, dispensation, DNA, Edmund Beaufort 2nd Duke of Somerset, Edward 17th Earl of Warwick, Edward of Lancaster, Edward of Westminster, George of Clarence, Henry VI, Henry VII, Isabel Neville Duchess of Clarence, John of Gloucester, John of Pontefract, Katherine Countess of Pembroke, Margaret of Anjou, morning sickness, Perkin Warbeck, Richard III, Richard Neville 16th Earl of Warwick, stretch marks, Wars of the RosesIn mid-November I posted about whether or not Richard III’s illegitimate son, known as John of Gloucester or John of Pontefract, could possibly have had children. See here https://murreyandblue.org/2024/11/12/could-john-of-gloucester-have-had-children/. Richard III had an illegitimate daughter, Katherine, who became Countess of Pembroke but she died childless, (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Herbert,_2nd_Earl_of_Pembroke). There are no other confirmed offspring of Richard III,…
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