Margaret, George and Richard, the three youngest children of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, and Cecily Neville, stay for a few weeks at the house, which had belonged to Sir John Fastolf, in Southwark, where they are visited every day by their eldest brother Edward, Earl of March (later Edward IV).
Bibliography: Christine Weightman, Margaret of York: The Diabolical Duchess. Amberley Publishing, Chalford, 2009. ISBN 978 1 84868 099 9 (paperback)
Illustration: Old London Bridge in 1616 with Southwark Priory, now Cathedral, in the foreground, by Claes van Visscher
Tags: Edward IV, George of Clarence, House of York, Margaret of Burgundy, Richard III
Marriage of Margaret of York (sister of Edward IV and Richard III) to Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, she was his third wife. They had no children, but she acted as a protector of the Duchy after his death on 5 January 1477 for his daughter Mary, Duchess of Burgundy.
Bibliography: Christine Weightman, Margaret of York: The Diabolical Duchess. Amberley Publishing, Chalford, 2009. ISBN 978 1 84868 099 9 (paperback)
Tags: Margaret of Burgundy
Marriage of Margaret of York, sister of Edward IV and Richard III, to Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. Edward IV allies himself with Burgundy and Brittany against Louis XI of France (the ‘Spider King’).
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Birth of Margaret of York, seventh child and fourth daughter of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York and Cecily Neville. There is conflicting evidence for her birthplace to be either Fotheringhay Castle or Waltham Abbey. Fotheringhay Castle in Northamptonshire was the chief seat of the House of York. Waltham Abbey in Essex lies on the route between London and Fotheringhay Castle, where Cecily of York probably often stayed on her journey between London and Fotheringhay Castle. It is known that Richard, Duke of York, was very active in the area around Waltham in 1446. Another possibility is Hunsdon, only 14 km north of Waltham, which belonged to Richard and might have been used by him and his family as a base, while he was attending the court in London. Margaret maintained a special interest in Hunsdon.
Bibliography: Christine Weightman, Margaret of York: The Diabolical Duchess. Amberley Publishing, Chalford, 2009. ISBN 978 1 84868 099 9
Tags: Margaret of Burgundy
Death of Margaret Plantagenet, Dowager Duchess of Burgundy, at Malines. She was the seventh child and fourth daughter of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York and Cecily Neville.
Birth of Margaret of York, fifth child and fourth daughter of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville, at Winchester Castle. She was named after her aunt, Margaret Dowager Duchess of Burgundy. She died at the age of 8 months on 11 December 1472, buried at Westminster Abbey. Her sarcophagus was originally placed to fit in the steps of the shrine of St. Edward the Confessor but later moved to the edge of the chapel. The step edging around the sides can however still be seen.
Bibliography: “Margaret of York“‘ Wikipedia (accessed 23 March 2010)
