Our journey of influential queen mothers
continues with Cecily Neville, the mother of two King’s of
England. Cecily was born in 1415 with royal lineage that linked her
to John of Gaunt, King Henry IV and Edward III of England. By the
age of nine she was betrothed to Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of
York, whom she married five years later. Cecily’s journey to
motherhood began in 1439 when she…
Katherine of Aragon, Margaret Beaufort,
and Eleanor of Aquitane were all examined (a full list of the
series can be found here) in order to understand how they may
have influenced their children who later became Monarchs. Queen
Elizabeth I is one of England’s most…
