King Edward IV betrothed to a French Princess?!

17^th July 1462

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Bona of Savoy

          This is for women a sad new. Our beloved King of England is already betrothed to a French Princess, as Warwick wished.

          To secure the alliance between England and France, Richard Neville plans to marry Edward IV to Bona of Savoy.

          She is the daughter of Louis, Duke of Savoy and of his beloved wife Anne de Lusignan of Cyprus. His father thought to engage her to Galeazoo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan.

Richard Neville; 33; Earl of Warwick, The Kingmaker

          Edward IV and England have to secure the alliance with France, Marguerite d'Anjou is French and the cousin of Louis XI of France. Then we have to eliminate all possibilities of  a war with France.

Engage our greatest King Edward IV in a wedding with a French Princess, you don't eliminate all possibilities of war with the noble english women, a fight will come to determine who could be the next Queen of England.

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Our King Edward already married?! Who is the greatest Lady?

3rd May 1464

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          Some rumours say our King Edward IV refused the betrothal of the French Princess, Bona of Savoy because he is already married! Creating by this way a huge conflict with his cousin Richard Neville, Earl of Wawrick.

          Who could be this lucky women who caught the king's heart, daring the Warwick influenced? No one know, some of them tell she is a whore or a married woman.

George Plantagenet; 14 ; Duke of Clarence

          There is no one who know who she is, but I can assure you, she must have skills that any other women have to keep close to her the king..
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Those words cannot be tell by a young boy as you are, Duke... But who knows? You are probably right.

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Edward IV revealed his name's wife

24th November 1464

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          Edward IV has confirmed his wedding with a women and revealed her identity and sit down comfortably on your chair my Dearest Reader; she is a Lancastrian Woman!

The Marriage of Elizabeth Woodville and Edward IV

          Her name is Elizabeth Woodville, a Lancastrian widow of Sir John Grey of Groby who died on the battle field of St Albans in december 1461. She has two sons, Thomas and Richard Grey.

          But what an ironic thing, a Lancastrian widow married with Edward IV, a Yorkist fighting  and claiming the throne of England as his own.

          This announcement sounds has an horrible revelation, Yorkist soldiers died to put on the throne the heir of this house, and now he is married with a woman from the ennemy house. Warwick must be the most angry man of the world.

Richard Neville; 35 ; Earl of Warwick, the Kingmaker

          I cannot realise that Edward, my beloved cousin, is married to a Lancastrian woman. Does he forgot his brother Edmund and his father Richard has been executed by the Lancastrian army in 1461? Does he forgot all the sacrifies we've done for him? How could he do that to me and to the Yorkist soldiers? Then the betrothal with the French Princess, Bona of Savoy, is annulled but I won't forget what he has done to me. I have done too much for him and lost enough to forget. I swear I won't.

Jacquetta of Luxembourg; 48 ; Countess Rivers

           I am glad to see my eldest daughter happy with the king and this is an honour to be his mother-in-law. What could be more wonderful to marry my daughter by love to a man? I married Sir Richard Woodville because of love and we've had fourteen children. England will have heirs soon, I am sure of it. And I am not afraid of the rumours, King Edward IV loves Elizabeth and all will be fine for them.

 
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