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Elizabeth of York was the wife and queen of Henry VII, England's first Tudor King, and mother to Henry VIII. As the eldest child of the popular Yorkist King, Edward IV and his queen, Elizabeth Woodville, her claim to the throne was much stronger than her husband's.
"Papa is to be King," Elizabeth informed her six-year-old sister Margaret Rose that December day, explaining the sudden cheering from the crowds that were gathering outside their town house in...
Mar 29, 2014 · Elizabeth of York symbolized the epitome of the perfect medieval queen. She was beautiful, charitable, and beloved by the people. By marrying Henry Tudor, who had taken the throne of England by conquest, the Houses of Lancaster and York were united and the War of the Roses came to an end.
Obsessed with proving he was the rightful king on his own merits, he put off crowning Elizabeth for nearly two years. She was simply the royal consort, not a queen. Finally, in November 1487, crown touched temples, and Elizabeth became the Queen of England.
Elizabeth of York (February 11, 1466–February 11, 1503) was a key figure in Tudor history and in the Wars of the Roses. She was the daughter of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville; Queen of England and Queen Consort of Henry VII; and the mother of Henry VIII, Mary Tudor, and Margaret Tudor, the only woman in history to have been daughter ...
Elizabeth of York was crowned queen on 25 November 1487. She gave birth to several more children, but only four survived infancy: Arthur, Margaret, Henry and Mary.
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Sep 9, 2022 · Upon the death of her father in 1952, Elizabeth became Queen Elizabeth II. She was crowned a year later in Westminster Abbey and broadcast a speech to the Commonwealth.
