Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (39 page)

Anne

She was the daughter of John Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, by Elizabeth, daughter of John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury, and she was born on 10 December, 1472, at Framlingham Castle, Suffolk. She was recognised and styled as Countess of Norfolk in her own right on 16/17 January, 1476, after the death of her father. She died between 16 January, and 19 November, 1481, at Greenwich Palace, and was buried in Westminster Abbey. When Henry VII’s Chapel was under construction, her body was moved to the Minoresses’ Convent at Stepney, where her coffin was found during excavations in 1965. She was then reburied in Westminster Abbey.

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Anne

She was born on 2 November, 1475, at the Palace of Westminster. She married Lord Thomas Howard (afterwards Earl of Surrey, then Duke of Norfolk) (1473–1554) on 4 February, 1495, at Greenwich Palace, and had issue:

1  Thomas (
c
.1496 or 1508–1509).

2  Son (
d.
young before baptism).

3  Daughter (
d.
young before baptism).

4  Daughter (
d.
young before baptism).

Anne died after 22 November (23 November?), 1511, and before 1513, and was buried in Thetford Priory, Norfolk. Her remains were later removed to Framlingham Church, Suffolk.

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George

He was born perhaps in March, 1477 (certainly before January, 1478), either at Windsor Castle, or at the Dominican Friary, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, and was perhaps styled Duke of Bedford. He died in March, 1479, at Windsor Castle, and was buried in St George’s Chapel, Windsor.

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Katherine

She was born on 14 August, 1479, at Eltham Palace, Kent. She married William Courtenay, later Earl of Devon (1475–1511), in
c.
October, 1495, and had issue:

1  Henry, Marquess of Exeter (1496?–executed 1538); he married firstly Elizabeth (
d
.1516?), daughter of John Grey, Viscount Lisle, and secondly Gertrude (
d
.1558), daughter of William Blount, 4th Baron Mountjoy, and had issue.

2  Edward (1497?–1502).

3  Margaret (1499?–1519?); she married William, Baron Herbert.

Katherine took a vow of perpetual chastity upon her widowhood in 1511. She died on 15 November, 1527, at Tiverton Castle, Devon, and was buried in Tiverton Parish Church.

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Bridget

She was born on 10 or 20 November, 1480, at Eltham Palace, Kent. She became a nun at Dartford Priory, Kent, in
c.
1487 (and certainly before 1492). She died probably before 1513. John Weaver, writing in the 17th century, states she died in 1517, but Thomas More, writing in 1513, does not say that she is alive, although he mentions that her only surviving sister, Katherine, was then still living. Bridget was buried in Dartford Priory, Kent.

1  Edward de Wigmore (
d
. in infancy, 1468).

2  Arthur Plantagenet, Viscount Lisle (1461/4–1542); he married firstly Elizabeth Grey, Baroness Lisle (
d.
1525/6), and had issue. He married secondly Honora (1493/5–1566), daughter of Sir Thomas Grenville.

3  Elizabeth (
b.c.
1464); she perhaps married Thomas Lumley. It is thought that Elizabeth Lucy was her mother.

4  Grace (alive in 1492).