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On This Day In Royal History . 16 March 1485 . Anne Neville, died . ◼ Anne Neville died on 16 March 1485, probably of tuberculosis, at Westminster. The day she died, there was an eclipse, which some took to be an omen of her husband’s fall from heavenly grace. She was buried in Westminster Abbey, in an unmarked grave to the right of the High Altar, next to the door to the Confessor’s Chapel. Richard III is said to have wept at her funeral. . ◼ Lady Anne Neville (born 11 June 1456) was an English queen, the daughter of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (the “Kingmaker”). She became Princess of Wales as the wife of Edward of Westminster & then Queen of England as the wife of King Richard III. . ◼ As a member of the powerful House of Neville, she played a critical part in the Wars of the Roses fought between the House of York & House of Lancaster for the English crown. Her father Warwick betrothed her as a girl to Edward, Prince of Wales, the son of Henry VI. The marriage was to seal an alliance to the House of Lancaster & continue the civil war between the two houses of Lancaster & York. . ◼ After the death of Edward at the Battle of Tewkesbury 1471, the Dowager Princess of Wales married Richard, Duke of Gloucester, brother of Edward IV & of George, Duke of Clarence, the husband of Anne Neville’s older sister Isabel. . ◼ Anne Neville became queen when Richard III ascended the throne in June 1483, following the declaration that Edward IV’s children by Elizabeth Woodville were illegitimate. Anne Neville predeceased her husband by five months, dying in March 1485. Her only child was Edward of Middleham, who predeceased her. . ◼ There was no memorial to Queen Anne until 1960, when a bronze tablet was erected on a wall near her grave by the @richardiiisociety . . . #Onthisdayinhistory #Thisdayinhistory #TheYear1485 #QueenAnne #AnneNeville #QueenofEngland #HouseofYork #RichardIII #KingRichardIII #HistoricEngland #historyfacts #RoyalFamily #Royalty #History #Monarchy #d16mar #PrinceofWales #warsoftheroses #Onthisday #thequeen #EnglishMonarchy #RoyalHistory #RoyalFamily #TheQueen #OnThisDay #BritishMonarchy #Westminster #London #otd (at Westminster) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMeUt1TjefN/?igshid=9oujjczq3q8p

On This Day In Royal History . 16 March 1485 . Anne Neville, died . ◼ Anne Neville died on 16 March 1485, probably of tuberculosis, at Westminster. The day she died, there was an eclipse, which some took to be an omen of her husband’s fall from heavenly grace. She was buried in Westminster Abbey, in an unmarked grave to the right of the High Altar, next to the door to the Confessor’s Chapel. Richard III is said to have wept at her funeral. . ◼ Lady Anne Neville (born.11 June 1456) was an English queen, the daughter of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (the “Kingmaker”). She became Princess of Wales as the wife of Edward of Westminster & then Queen of England as the wife of King Richard III. . ◼ As a member of the powerful House of Neville, she played a critical part in the Wars of the Roses fought between the House of York & House of Lancaster for the English crown. Her father Warwick betrothed her as a girl to Edward, Prince of Wales, the son of Henry VI. The marriage was to seal an alliance to the House of Lancaster & continue the civil war between the two houses of Lancaster & York. . ◼ After the death of Edward at the Battle of Tewkesbury 1471, the Dowager Princess of Wales married Richard, Duke of Gloucester, brother of Edward IV & of George, Duke of Clarence, the husband of Anne Neville’s older sister Isabel. . ◼ Anne Neville became queen when Richard III ascended the throne in June 1483, following the declaration that Edward IV’s children by Elizabeth Woodville were illegitimate. Anne Neville predeceased her husband by five months, dying in March 1485. Her only child was Edward of Middleham, who predeceased her. . ◼ There was no memorial to Queen Anne until 1960, when a bronze tablet was erected on a wall near her grave by the @richardiiisociety . . . #Onthisdayinhistory #Thisdayinhistory #TheYear1485 #QueenAnne #AnneNeville #QueenofEngland #HouseofYork #RichardIII #KingRichardIII #HistoricEngland #historyfacts #RoyalFamily #Royalty #History #Monarchy #d16mar #PrinceofWales #warsoftheroses #Onthisday #thequeen #EnglishMonarchy #RoyalHistory #RoyalFamily #TheQueen #OnThisDay #BritishMonarchy #Westminster #London #RoyalLondon #lovehistory (at Westminster) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9z6a4TnP7A/?igshid=173i8dtdr68kg