Eleanor: The Secret Queen : the Woman who Put Richard III on the ThroneWhen Edward IV died in 1483, the Yorkist succession was called into question by doubts about the legitimacy of his son, Edward (one of the 'Princes in the Tower'). The crown therefore passed to Edward IV's undoubtedly legitimate younger brother, Richard, Duke of Gloucester. But Richard, too, found himself entangled in the web of uncertainty, since those who believed in the legitimacy of Edward IV's children viewed Richard III's own accession as a usurpation. From the day when Edward IV married Eleanor, or pretended to do so, or allowed it to be whispered that he might have done so, the House of York, previously so secure in its bloodline, confronted a contentious and uncertain future. John Ashdown-Hill argues that Eleanor Talbot was married to Edward IV and that therefore the marriage to Elizabeth Woodville was bigamous, making her children illegitimate. He thereby offers a solution to one of history's great mysteries. |
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List of Illustrations | 7 |
John Talbot | 13 |
Margaret Beauchamp | 20 |
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Eleanor, the Secret Queen: The Woman who Put Richard III on the Throne John Ashdown-Hill No preview available - 2010 |
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aforesaid Alice Anne Mowbray Ashdown-Hill Beauchamp Bishop Blakemere born brother Burton Dassett Cambridge Carmelite Castle CFII church Corpus Christi College Countess of Shrewsbury cousin daughter death died Duchess of Norfolk Duke of Clarence Duke of Norfolk Duke of York Earl of Shrewsbury Earl of Warwick Edward IV Edward IV's Eleanor Talbot Eleanor's father Elizabeth Talbot Elizabeth Wayte Elizabeth Woodville England fact Fenny Compton fifteenth century France Gloucester grant Griff heir Henry husband inheritance inquisition post mortem Joan John Norbury John Talbot Kenninghall King Edward king's knight kyng Lady Eleanor Lancastrian later London Lord Berkeley Lord Lisle Lord of Sudeley Lord Shrewsbury Lord Sudeley Lord Talbot Margaret marriage married Medieval mother Neville Norwich Carmel possible probably Ralph Butler Richard the Third Robert Stillington royal seems Sir Thomas Butler sister Sudeley's surviving Talbot family Talbot marriage titulus regius tomb Warwickshire widow wife William Wiltshire Woodville marriage Yorkist