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Jane Shore. Portrait of a woman called Jane Shore, wearing a red silk non-boned bodice and a pearl hennin. 1590s details may have been added later to an existing portrait or incorporated into copy created in the 1590s, in the manner of as seen in certain portraits of Anne Boleyn and Jane Seymour. Inscribed: BAKERS WİFE AND MİSTRİS TO A KİNG.
Jane Shore was a mistress of the English king Edward IV (reigned 1461–70 and 1471–83). Beautiful, charming, and witty, she is thought to have exercised a beneficial influence over Edward. The daughter of a prosperous London merchant, Jane at an early age married William Shore, a goldsmith.
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Feb 18, 2023 · Portrait of Jane Shore. (Public domain) After Edward IV’s Death Jane Shore Attempted to Forge Allegiances. When the king passed away in 1483, Jane Shore tried to maintain her place at the English court by becoming the mistress of Thomas Grey. Grey was the son of Elizabeth Woodville, Edward IV's queen, and her first husband Sir John Grey of Groby.
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Jul 31, 2021 · Jane Shore was a wealthy and educated woman who became the mistress of King Edward IV and later a political conspirator against his brother Richard III. She survived the accusations of witchcraft and treason and married Thomas Lynom, the King's Solicitor.
From moderately humble beginnings, Elizabeth ‘Jane’ Shore (c. 1445- c. 1527) became a key character in the real life Game of Thrones. As the War of the Roses (1455- 1485) raged throughout England, Jane became renowned as one of the most intelligent and beautiful women in the realm, the witty mistress of the king and a dangerous political ...
Dec 3, 2014 · Jane Shore. Posted on December 3, 2014. Jane, or rather Elizabeth, Lambert was a Londoner. Her father John Lambert was a successful merchant who ensured his daughter received a good education and spent time at court. It is probable that John loaned money to King Edward IV to pursue his campaign against Margaret of Anjou and the Lancastrians.
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Jane Shore was a London goldsmith's wife who became the lover of King Edward IV in the 1470s. She was accused of witchcraft by his brother Richard III and faced a humiliating public penance, but survived to old age.
