Anne Neville and the Wars of the Roses

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In the 15th century, Anne Neville married twice, once to each side fighting in the Wars of the Roses. Her first husband was the Lancastrian heir and her second became a Yorkist king. In this episode, join Christine for a look at Anne’s life and the people in it, including her two husbands, and her sister Isabel.

​Host: Christine

Further Reading

Marie Barnfield, “Diriment Impediments, Dispensations and Divorce: Richard III and Matrimony”, The Ricardian, 17, (2007).

---,“His Wife -- Lady Anne Neville”, Richard III Society. 

Peter D. Clarke, Richard and Anne's Dispensation, via Richard III Society (American Branch).

R.A. Griffiths, “Edward [Edward of Westminster], prince of Wales (1453-1471)”, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, (2004).

Michael Hicks, Anne Neville: Queen to Richard III, Tempus, (2006).  [I have chosen to include this work in my Further Reading list because there are almost no full-length biographies of Anne Neville in existence and I did read it while writing this episode. However, I must caution any readers who choose to look in to this book as a result of it being listed here: while I respect Hicks as a scholar, he makes great leaps to judgment of character and motivation throughout and uses language with which I do not agree. I am not suggesting one needs to avoid it, as the background research is certainly solid, but I am saying to read it with a critical eye and not use it as your only source on Anne Neville's life.]

Peter Hammond, “His Son -- Edward, Prince of Wales”, Richard III Society.

Rosemary Horrox, “Richard III (1452-1485), king of England and lord of Ireland”, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, (2004).

Paul Murray Kendall, Richard the Third, W.W. Norton & Co., (2002).

A.J. Pollard, “Edward [Edward of Middleham], prince of Wales (1474x6–1484)”, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, (2004).

Charles Ross, Edward IV, Yale University Press, (1997).

Additional Image

Arms of Anne Neville, English, c 1483-1485 (Royal 18 A XII  f. 49) via British Library.

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Arms of Anne Neville, English, c 1483-1485 (Royal 18 A XII f. 49) via British Library.