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Anne, Duchess of Exeter

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180: 326: 430: 542:"Wythin thys Chappell lyethe beryed Anne Duchess of Exetur suster unto the noble kyng Edward the forte. And also the body of syr Thomas Sellynger knyght her husband which hathe funde within thys College a Chauntre with too prestys sy'gyng for ev'more. On whose soule god have mercy. The wych Anne duchess dyed in the yere of oure lorde M Thowsande CCCCl xxv" 483: 455:
against King Edward's younger brother and eventual successor King Richard III (r. 1483–1485), on the failure of which he was executed in 1483. In 1476, King Edward IV had, however, extended the
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of most of the former Duke of Exeter's lands to the king's sister, Anne, and to any heirs of her body. Thus, if she remarried, any future children could inherit them.
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to their daughter Anne Holland. Anne and Exeter separated in 1461 and divorced on 5 November 1471 on grounds of consanguinity. During the
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in memory of Anne of York and her husband Sir Thomas St. Leger survives on the east wall of the St Leger Chantry inscribed as follows:
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by her first husband. Lady Astley died sometime between 26 August 1467 and 6 June 1474 without children. Grey subsequently married
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Barry or and azure, on a chief of the first two pallets between two base esquires of the second over all an inescutcheon argent
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By the Duke of Exeter, Anne had one daughter, Anne Holland (1461), who was married in October 1466 at
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A Medieval Re-enactment Society based in London, featuring members of the Neville/Plantagenet family.
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Pidgeon, Lynda (2023). "Anne of York and her Loyal Yorkist: Sir Thomas St Leger (ex. 1483)".
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Pidgeon, Lynda (2023). "Anne of York and her Loyal Yorkist: Sir Thomas St Leger (ex. 1483)".
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The arms above Anne show her paternal arms of the Dukes of York: in the
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Anne died and was buried on 1 February 1476 in the St Leger
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Anne died giving birth to her only daughter by Thomas,
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1461–1483). He took part in the Duke of Buckingham's
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She was thus the eldest sister of kings 258: 244: 160: 36: 20: 440:Anne married, secondly, in about 1474 to 470:, and was mother of the royal favourite 428: 382:, queen consort of the Lancastrian King 346:aged six years old, Anne was married to 307:George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence 227:George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence 1105: 877:John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville de Raby 556:Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence 419:Cecily Bonville, 7th Baroness Harington 191: 170: 973: 903:Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland 856: 852: 842: 734: 624: 620: 486:Heraldic glass in the Rutland Chapel, 1049: 1039: 1035: 1023: 1017: 1007: 991: 981: 977: 961: 955: 945: 932: 922: 918: 906: 900: 890: 874: 864: 860: 836: 826: 810: 800: 796: 784: 778: 768: 752: 742: 738: 722: 716: 706: 690: 680: 676: 664: 658: 648: 632: 628: 299:Elizabeth of York, Duchess of Suffolk 279:Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York 144:Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York 7: 1187: 994:John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster 610:Ancestors of Anne, Duchess of Exeter 492:Charles Manners, 6th Duke of Rutland 635:Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York 532:Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland 522:, forming the northern transept of 512:Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland 472:Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland 568:Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March 524:St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle 488:St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle 92:St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle 48:St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle 14: 755:Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March 719:Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York 572:Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March 554:, emphasising their descent from 528:George Manners, 11th Baron de Ros 508:George Manners, 11th Baron de Ros 496:Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter 468:George Manners, 11th Baron de Ros 348:Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter 103:Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter 178: 839:Anne of York, Duchess of Exeter 558:(1338–1368), third son of King 446: 435:Azure fretty argent, a chief or 293:(1483–1485) and their siblings 271:Anne of York, Duchess of Exeter 378:after the battle, then joined 358:against his wife's family the 1: 1299:15th-century English nobility 1284:English duchesses by marriage 303:Margaret, Duchess of Burgundy 222:Margaret, Duchess of Burgundy 217:Elizabeth, Duchess of Suffolk 193:Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke 1294:15th-century Roman Catholics 232:Richard III, King of England 413:, son of Edward IV's queen 1330: 1304:15th-century English women 1279:Daughters of English dukes 967: 854: 728: 622: 368:Second Battle of St Albans 207:Edward IV, King of England 1037: 1029: 1001: 979: 975: 939: 920: 912: 884: 862: 858: 820: 798: 790: 762: 740: 736: 700: 678: 670: 642: 626: 578:half are shown in chief: 35: 28: 1269:People from Fotheringhay 411:Thomas Grey, Lord Astley 400:George, Duke of Clarence 354:, Exeter sided with the 350:(1430–1475). During the 344:Hatfield, Herefordshire 295:Edmund, Earl of Rutland 212:Edmund, Earl of Rutland 202:Anne, Duchess of Exeter 1217:Ross, Charles (1997). 544: 515: 437: 396:Readeption of Henry VI 342:On 30 January 1446 in 339: 552:royal arms of England 540: 490:, erected in 1849 by 485: 432: 328: 1289:Deaths in childbirth 1190:, pp. 336–337. 1160:Ross, Charles Derek 693:Isabella of Castile 453:attempted rebellion 415:Elizabeth Woodville 376:Kingdom of Scotland 364:Battle of Wakefield 313:Marriages and issue 185:Arms of Plantagenet 1052:Katherine Swynford 516: 502:(c. 1440 – 1483), 438: 433:Arms of St Leger: 356:House of Lancaster 340: 90:St Leger Chantry, 1177:Earl of Doneraile 1097: 1096: 1093: 1092: 380:Margaret of Anjou 374:. He fled to the 352:Wars of the Roses 268: 267: 159: 158: 123:, Baroness de Ros 118:Lady Anne Holland 30:Duchess of Exeter 18:Duchess of Exeter 1321: 1309:Wives of knights 1232: 1205: 1204: 1197: 1191: 1185: 1179: 1173: 1167: 1157: 1151: 1148: 1142: 1141: 1129: 1123: 1122: 1110: 813:Alianore Holland 781:Anne de Mortimer 616: 607: 536:monumental brass 500:Thomas St. Leger 478:Death and burial 450: 448: 442:Thomas St. Leger 407:Greenwich Palace 372:Battle of Towton 289:(1461–1483) and 275:Anne Plantagenet 260: 253: 246: 182: 161: 107:Thomas St. Leger 78: 65:Northamptonshire 44:Monumental brass 40: 24:Anne Plantagenet 21: 1329: 1328: 1324: 1323: 1322: 1320: 1319: 1318: 1249: 1248: 1239: 1229: 1216: 1213: 1208: 1201:"Archives Blog" 1199: 1198: 1194: 1186: 1182: 1174: 1170: 1158: 1154: 1149: 1145: 1131: 1130: 1126: 1112: 1111: 1107: 1103: 1098: 604: 590:) and in base: 480: 445: 427: 425:Second marriage 334:, a bordure of 323: 315: 264: 187: 165:English Royalty 119: 105: 94: 88: 87:1 February 1476 76: 75:14 January 1476 59: 50: 19: 12: 11: 5: 1327: 1325: 1317: 1316: 1311: 1306: 1301: 1296: 1291: 1286: 1281: 1276: 1271: 1266: 1261: 1251: 1250: 1247: 1246: 1238: 1237:External links 1235: 1234: 1233: 1227: 1212: 1209: 1207: 1206: 1192: 1180: 1168: 1152: 1143: 1124: 1104: 1102: 1099: 1095: 1094: 1091: 1090: 1088: 1086: 1084: 1082: 1080: 1078: 1076: 1074: 1072: 1070: 1068: 1066: 1064: 1061: 1060: 1058: 1055: 1054: 1048: 1045: 1044: 1041: 1040: 1038: 1036: 1034: 1031: 1030: 1028: 1025: 1024: 1022: 1016: 1013: 1012: 1009: 1008: 1006: 1003: 1002: 1000: 997: 996: 990: 987: 986: 983: 982: 980: 978: 976: 974: 972: 969: 968: 966: 963: 962: 960: 958:Cecily Neville 954: 951: 950: 947: 946: 944: 941: 940: 938: 935: 934: 933:13. 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Monumental brass
St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
Fotheringhay
Northamptonshire
St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter
Thomas St. Leger
Issue
Anne St. Leger
House
York
Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York
Cecily Neville
English Royalty
House of York

Arms of Plantagenet
Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke
Anne, Duchess of Exeter
Edward IV, King of England
Edmund, Earl of Rutland
Elizabeth, Duchess of Suffolk
Margaret, Duchess of Burgundy
George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence
Richard III, King of England
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Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York

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