Edward of Westminster is dead, Lady Anne is saved !

4th May 1471

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          Lady Anne, the beloved cousin of Richard, Duke of Gloucester, is now saved. Indeed, the heir of the Lancastrian Army, Edward of Westminster, son of Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou, was killed on the battlefield of Tewkesbury. And this battle was clearly decisive for the Yorkist Army which has secured the throne and the place of King Edward IV on it.

Rose of the House of Lancaster

          Margaret's rage and anger increased when she heard of the death of Warwick and of the Battle of Barnet, the treason of Clarence, recently reconciliated with his brother Edward IV. And this at Tewkesbury  last Queen of England and her son, hoped to win back again the throne but Prince Edward was inexperienced and he died this morning. He is buried at Twekesbury Abbey, letting his beloved Lady Mother Margaret of Anjou in a huge grief.

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Weddings of the years

15th May 1483

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Queen Elizabeth Wydville

          During King Edward IV's reign, many weddings were made. Here, it's a little recap of most important weddings of this reign!

          Certainly, the most striking wedding was those of the king himself with Elizabeth Wydville. This wedding brought about the disagreement between King Edward IV with Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick. Indeed, Warwick wanted Edward IV marry Bona of Savoy to make an alliance with France. What's more, Elizabeth was a sympathiser of the House of Lancaster by her first wedding with Sir John Grey, and Warwick didn't accepted this marriage -humiliation-. His influence fell in favour of Wydville's family and he made a rebellion against Edward IV.

King Edward IV

          In 1469, Georges, Duke of Clarence, married Isabel Neville, Warwick's daughter. Warwick prepared his rebellion against Edward IV and at this moment, he wanted to make George the king. The goal of Warwick was to come closer to the throne, with his daughter as the queen, he could increased his power. Then he organized the marriage between her and the duke in Calais.

          But, Warwick droped quickly George in favour of Edouard of Wesminster, Henri VI's son. So he decided to marry him with his other daughter Anne in 1470 for the same reasons.

          After Edouard of Wesminster's death at the battle of Tewkesbury in 1471, Anne Neville married Richard, Duke of Gloucester in 1472. Thanks to his wedding, Richard was the legitimate sharer of lands of Neville's family. This fact created conflicts with his brother George, Duke of Clarence, who lost a part of the inheritance of domains. But in 1475, they found an agreement, Richard had to renounce of a part of Neville's inheritance and of the title of Earl of Warwick.

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          During Edward IV's reign, Wydville's family was powerful and some persons of this family were married with influential people:

• John Wydville married Catherine Neville, duchess of Norfolk who was very rich after the death of his husband. We remind this union made a scene because Catherine was much more elderly than John...
• In 1465, Catherine Wydville, Elizabeth's sister, married Henry Stafford, Duke of Buckingham.
• In 1467, Anne Wydville, other sister of Elizabeth married William Bourchier who was the son of Isabel of York, the sister of Edward IV's father. 
• The same year, Mary Wydville married Lord Dunster, Earl of Pembroke. 

Thanks to this weddings, Wydville's family consolidated her supremacy during this period...

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The heirs of Edward IV are illegitimate

26th June 1483

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          Ralph Shaa, a theologian, created a huge panic in the kingdom saying King Edward IV was already betrothed when he wedded Elizabeth Wydville. Her name was Lady Eleanor Talbot, wife of Sir Thomas Butler before her marriage with the king.

          Hearing this revelation, Richard, Duke of Gloucester has had no choice of declaring his nephews illegitimate because both of their father's polygamy and of the last queen's brother, Anthony Wydville. This was evident Edward V's Lady Mother and his uncle Earl of Rivers, Anthony Wydville, will rule for him. And we know Richard, Duke of Gloucester hates the Rivers Family. This family which where of the Lancastrian side before the secret wedding of King Edward IV, had a great acenscion and have no wishes of letting power to the duke.

          This is clear Edward's brother will be on the throne. His wife Anne Neville will be by this way Queen Consort of England as her father's wishes. Hope he's seeing this from the Heaven.

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King Richard III and his niece ?!!

23th August 1484

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           When we told you Margaret Beaufort' son was a potential heir to the throne of England, we were in the right way... Indeed Henry Tudor claimed on Christmas Day of the last year at Rennes Cathedral in Brittany, his wishes to marry Elizabeth of Yor, eldest daughter of King Edward IV. 

           And by this annoucement, he claimed the throne as his own. And he received the homage of his supporters. But even if the Princes of the Tower are presumed dead, even if Richard III's died few months ago, he has to be on the throne to fight for. And King Richard III won't let him take the throne.

          After this annoucement, our beloved king changed his behaviour with Lady Elizabeth who came back to court months ago. Indeed, to humiliate Henry Tudor, he tried to show his interest and intention of marrying his niece, while his wife is dying... Queen Anne Neville is very ill and suffered of sorrow and of disease. And it suceeds. Rumours are saying she's in love with his uncle, dazzled by him and she hopes to become his future wife... As rumours say.

          This play will have surely consequences for King Richard III who is reading to play every cards he had to secure the throne, even to lose his Queen. (Lover?).

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