QUEEN ANNE NEVILLE | Richard III's wife | England’s tragic queen | Women of the Wars of the Roses

Queen ANNE NEVILLE was the wife of Richard III, the daughter of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick (known as the King-maker) and the last Plantagenet Queen of England. Born in 1456 she was a member of one of the most powerful and influential families of the day but she also arrived into the middle of the Wars of the Roses, the multi-generational battle for the crown between different branches of the Plantagenet family, the Yorks and the Lancasters. Thanks to her father’s shifting loyalties, Anne would find herself married into both sides of the conflict. She was wed to her first husband, the Lancastrian Edward Prince of Wales, son of Henry VI and Queen Margaret of Anjou, in 1470 at the age of just 14. After the death of Prince Edward in battle in May 1471 she was married the following year to her father’s cousin, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, who was also the brother of King Edward IV. Together they had one child, Edward of Middleham. To complicate matters further, Anne’s sister, Isabel Neville, was married to Richard and Edward’s brother, George, Duke of Clarence.

Anne should never have been Queen of England, but when Edward IV died in 1483 and her husband seized the throne from their nephew, Edward V, that’s exactly what happened. Her tenure was short-lived though and she quickly became England’s tragic queen. Her only child died in 1484, her husband repudiated her and Anne herself passed away that same year at the age of just 28 (some say she was murdered) and was interred in Westminster Abbey. Of all the women who fought the Wars of the Roses, she was perhaps the greatest loser.

This video from History Calling will cover the life of Anne Neville, Richard III’s Queen and will help you with understanding the Wars of the Roses.

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