Today in 1485 Anne Neville died. She was Richard III’s wife, and Queen Consort under his reign.
She had been ill throughout his reign, and only got worse after the death of their son, Edward, in 1484. She was the daughter of the Earl of Warwick, nicknamed The Kingmaker, and she had married the Lancastrian Edward, son of Henry VI, but he died at the Battle of Tewksbury. She married Richard, Duke of Gloucester, before 1473, and then became Queen when Richard usurped the throne.
Rumors had dogged her during the end of her life, and they would continue after death as the King’s enemies said that he poisoned her so that he could be free to marry Elizabeth of York, his niece. On March 30 Richard made a public statement denying that he had any intention of marrying his niece.
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Heather Teysko is the creator, writer, and producer of The Renaissance English History Podcast,  one of the longest running indie history podcasts, going since 2009. She's been writing about history online for over 25 years, since her first site on Colonial American history became number one in history on Yahoo in 1998. She writes books, created the original Tudor Planner (a yearly diary filled with Tudor history) and in 2019 created the world's first Tudorcon (you can "attend" online this year!). She has been passionate about Tudor England since she first read Alison Weir's The Six Wives of Henry VIII 20 years ago, and subsequently moved to London after college to spend her time immersed in Tudor history.