Elizabeth of York

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Elizabeth of York
Queen consort of England
Tenure18 January 1486 – 11 February 1503
Coronation25 November 1487
PredecessorAnne Neville (1485)
SuccessorCatherine of Aragon (1509)
Born11 February 1466
Westminster Palace
Died2 - 12 February 1503 (aged 36/37)
Tower of London
Issue
FatherEdward IV of England
MotherElizabeth Woodville

Elizabeth of York (11 February 1466-11 February 1503) married King Henry VII of England in 1486. This marriage united the House of Plantagenet and the House of Lancaster, the two sides of the Wars of the Roses. [1]She was the mother of King Henry VIII. When she was only 17, her father died of pneumonia.

Further reading[change | change source]

  • Licence, Amy (2013-02-15). Elizabeth of York: The Forgotten Tudor Queen. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-4456-1810-4.
  • Weir, Alison (2013-11-07). Elizabeth of York: The First Tudor Queen. Random House. ISBN 978-1-4481-9138-3.
  • Okerlund, A. (2009-09-28). Elizabeth of York. Springer. ISBN 978-0-230-10065-7.

References[change | change source]

  1. Weir, Alison (2013-11-07). Elizabeth of York: The First Tudor Queen. Random House. ISBN 978-1-4481-9138-3.