Elizabeth's younger brothers, the "Princes in the Tower", mysteriously disappeared shortly after the death of her father, King Edward IV. Elizabeth of York buried at Henry VII ‘Lady Chapel‘, Westminster Abbey. Sitter associated with 24 portraits The daughter of Edward IV, Elizabeth married Henry VII in 1486, thus uniting the Houses of York and Lancaster. Further complicating things is that the public image of Henry Tudor that has been handed down through time only concurs with the last years of his reign. It was rumoured that Richard III intended to marry Elizabeth of York because his wife, Anne Neville, was dying and they had no surviving children. Elizabeth was christened in St Stephen's Chapel in Westminster Abbey. Elizabeth of York made her way in this new world as the wife of Henry Tudor, forging the new dynasty together for the sake of peace. Your email address will not be published. As a Yorkist princess, the final victory of the Lancastrian faction in the Wars of the Roses may have seemed a further disaster, but Henry Tudor knew the importance of Yorkist support for his invasion and promised to marry Elizabeth before he arrived in England. Although the 1484 act of Parliament Titulus Regius declared the marriage of her parents, Edward and Elizabeth Woodville, invalid, she and her sisters were subsequently welcomed back to court by Edward's brother, King Richard III. On 25th November 1487, St Catherine's Day, Elizabeth of York, consort of Henry VII and mother of one-year-old Arthur Tudor, was crowned queen at Westminster Abbey. [14], In 1484, Elizabeth of York and her sisters left Westminster Abbey and returned to court when Elizabeth Woodville was apparently reconciled with Richard III. Photo credit: Getty Images. Elizabeth of York (1466-1503), Queen of Henry VII. According to one biographer, the death of Elizabeth "broke the heart" of her husband and "shattered him." Although Elizabeth of York was made of this declaration an illegitimate child, Richard III was rumored to have had plans to marry her. Ultimately, however, the marriage was approved by papal bull of Pope Innocent VIII dated March 1486 (one month after the wedding) stating that the Pope and his advisors "approveth confirmyth and stablishyth the matrimonye and coniuncion made betwene our sou[er]ayn lord King Henre the seuenth of the house of Lancastre of that one party And the noble Princesse Elyzabeth of the house of Yorke.[24]. This was largely done as a gift, but it was completed in the newer Renaissance style and in time was suitable enough for Henry and Elizabeth's grandchildren and proves it was a much loved refuge for the king and his wife. Catherine (born and died 1503), buried in Westminster Abbey, In 2013 Elizabeth was portrayed by Actress, In 2017 Elizabeth was portrayed by Actress, In 2019 Elizabeth was portrayed by Actress. The relationship between Henry VII and Elizabeth of York is not well documented, but several surviving documents suggest a tender and loving relationship. She had given birth to a daughter Katherine on February 2 and never recovered. Elizabeth Woodville fled with her younger son Richard and her daughters, taking sanctuary in Westminster Abbey. Henry took the Tudor Rose as his symbol, both colored red and white. In 1483, with the sudden death of her father Edward IV, Elizabeth of York was in the middle of the storm when the eldest child of King Edward IV declared her younger brother Edward V, but because he was 13, the brother of his Father Richard Plantagenet was named Regent Protection. [11], Two months later, on 22 June 1483, Edward IV's marriage was declared invalid. [35] The account books kept by Henry himself are crystal clear that he spent a great deal of gold on expensive cloth for both himself, his wife, and his children. Check out bedding sets, bed linens & more bedding collections at ELISABETH YORK. Whether such an unprecedented act had force of law is disputed. And Elizabeth was the… Henry also continued to employ her minstrels each New Year. Henry VII had the Act of Titulus Regius repealed, thereby legitimising anew the children of Edward IV, and acknowledging Edward V as his predecessor. Elizabeth of York was the wife of Henry VII and the first queen consort of England of the Tudor dynasty. Whatever the merits of Henry's claim, his mother and Elizabeth Woodville agreed he should move to claim the throne and, once he had taken it, marry Elizabeth of York to unite the two rival houses. Elizabeth of York died in the Tower of London on February 11, 1503, at the age of 37 after the birth of her seventh child, a girl named Katherine, who died on February 2 at birth, only three of Elisabeth’s children survived on her death: Margaret, Henry, and Mary.