Mary of York

Mary of York was born on 11 August 1467 at Windsor Castle. She was the second child of Edward IV of England and his queen Elizabeth Woodville.[1] Mary was baptised soon after her birth. One of her sponsors was the Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Bourchier.[2]

15th-century stained glass image of Mary (far right) and her sisters

She had nine siblings (Elizabeth of York, Cecily of York, Edward V of England, Margaret of York, Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York, Anne of York, George Plantagenet, Duke of Bedford, Catherine of York and Bridget of York) and two half brothers from her mother.[2]

There were reportedly plans to marry her to John, King of Denmark but nothing came of them.[1]

In May 1480, Mary was named a Lady of the Garter along with her younger sister Cecily of York. Their older sister Elizabeth had already been a Lady of the Garter in February of the same year.[3]

Mary died at Palace of Placentia in Greenwich on 23 May 1482,[1] and was buried at Windsor Castle[4] in St George's Chapel.

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• Panton, James (2011). Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy. Scarecrow Press. p. 336. ISBN 0810874970.
• Tighe, Robert Richard; Davis, James Edward (1858). Annals of Windsor. pp. 385.
• Weir, Alison (3 December 2013). Elizabeth of York: A Tudor Queen and Her World. Random House Publishing Group. p. PT94. ISBN 978-0-345-52138-5.

• Remarks on the Privy Purse Expenses and Memoirs of the Siblings of Elizabeth of York
• The Peerage.com