Medievalists.net » Margaret of York http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Tue, 08 Dec 2015 00:51:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Scattered voices: Anthonis de Roovere and other reporters of the wedding of Charles the Bold and Margaret of York http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/17/scattered-voices-anthonis-de-roovere-reporters-wedding-charles-bold-margaret-york/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/17/scattered-voices-anthonis-de-roovere-reporters-wedding-charles-bold-margaret-york/#comments Wed, 18 Feb 2015 00:33:25 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=56235 Both sources are of great value for those who study the Bruges wedding, with the impact it had on its contemporaries, and the way in which our present-day picture of it came about.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/17/scattered-voices-anthonis-de-roovere-reporters-wedding-charles-bold-margaret-york/feed/ 0 Disinheritance: Some thoughts about Jacqueline of Hainault and Anne Neville http://www.medievalists.net/2014/04/20/disinheritance-thoughts-jacqueline-hainault-anne-neville/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/04/20/disinheritance-thoughts-jacqueline-hainault-anne-neville/#comments Sun, 20 Apr 2014 21:35:00 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=49080 In the 15th century, a rich inheritance could be a liability rather than an asset. An unfortunate heiress could be imprisoned by predatory relatives wanting control of her lands. Marriages made for the purpose of enlarging inheritances could become a form of imprisonment. Inheritance conflicts, in or out of court, could drag on or turn violent.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/04/20/disinheritance-thoughts-jacqueline-hainault-anne-neville/feed/ 0 Margaret of York, Duchess of Burgundy http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/19/margaret-of-york-duchess-of-burgundy/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/19/margaret-of-york-duchess-of-burgundy/#comments Thu, 19 Dec 2013 19:51:58 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=45903 Margaret of York, sister to two kings of England, made one of the most brilliant marriages of her century.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/19/margaret-of-york-duchess-of-burgundy/feed/ 0 Danse Macabre’ Around the Tomb and Bones of Margaret of York http://www.medievalists.net/2013/10/24/danse-macabre-around-the-tomb-and-bones-of-margaret-of-york/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/10/24/danse-macabre-around-the-tomb-and-bones-of-margaret-of-york/#comments Fri, 25 Oct 2013 00:08:47 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=44491 Over 500 years ago on 23 November 1503, at Malines, in present day Belgium, died Margaret of York, sister to Edward IV and Richard III of England and third and last wife of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, whom she survived by a quarter of a century.

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