I am the daughter of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville. Born into one of the houses caught in the struggle that would later so eloquently be called 'The Wars of the Roses', one would think that I had a difficult childhood. In fact, I was living a pleasantly secure life until the death of my father in 1483. However, when Edward IV died, things took a decidedly bad turn. My mother wanted her young son, now Edward V to go to London with a strong army, but her wishes were not honored. So, when he set out with just the usual attendants, it was easy for our uncle Richard, Duke of Gloucester to intercept the caravan and take the young king to the palace lodgings in the Tower of London. My Husband Henry VII & I
My mother must have distrusted this move by Richard, since she took my other brother Richard, the Duke of York, and us to Westminster Abbey. However, mother was convinced to let Richard join my brother at the Tower (on the premise that he was lonely) under the protection of Richard. It was at this time that the young princes (technically a king and a prince) disappeared, and the Lord Protector, brother of the late Edward IV became king Richard III.
I was one of the few remaining Yorkists that hadn't been taken care of in one way or another, so the new king, Henry VII, took me to be his Queen. We were married in 1486. Our marriage symbolically brought an end to the Wars of the Roses (although rebellions would spring up during the reign) and was responsible for the creation of the Tudor Rose- the joining of the white rose of York and the red rose of Lancaster.Of mine and Henry's seven children, four survived childhood: Arthur, Margaret, Henry and Mary. Our marriage was a happy one, something that was a bit unusual in the days of political and arranged marriages.I died in 1503 on her 37th birthday. Although Henry has had a reputation of thrift, for me he opened the purse and gave me a splendid funeral. I laid in state at the Tower of London and was interred at Westminster Abbey.Me and my husband lie together in the chapel he had built at the Abbey. Nearby are buried Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots, Our granddaughter and great-granddaughter.
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