The secret queen : Eleanor Talbot, the woman who put Richard III on the throne
Ashdown-Hill, John2016
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When Edward IV died in 1483, the Yorkist succession was called into question by doubts over the legitimacy of his son, Edward (one of the 'Princes in the Tower'). The crown therefore passed to Edward's undoubtedly legitimate younger brother, Richard, Duke of Gloucester. But Richard, too, found himself entangled in the web of uncertainty, since those who believed the legitimacy of Edward IV's children viewed Richard III's own accession with suspicion. From the day when Edward IV married Eleanor, or pretended to do 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 Edward's subsequent marriage to Elizabeth Woodville was bigamous, making her children illegitimate.
Main title:
The secret queen : Eleanor Talbot, the woman who put Richard III on the throne / John Ashdown-Hill.
Author:
Ashdown-Hill, John, author
Edition:
Revised edition.
Imprint:
Stroud : The History Press, 2016.
Collation:
352 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9780750968461 (pbk)
Dewey class:
942.044092942.044092942.044 ASHDB TAL
Local class:
B/TALB
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
271484
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