Anne Neville Biography and Timeline

Birth of Anne Neville

Birth of Anne Neville, daughter of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (the "Kingmaker")

Marriage

Anne Neville marries Edward of Westminster, the Lancastrian heir to the throne of Englandm, making her Princess of Wales

Princess of Wales

Anne Neville marries Edward of Westminster, the Lancastrian heir to the throne of Englandm, making her Princess of Wales

Marriage

Anne Neville is formally betrothed to the son of Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou, Edward of Westminster, at the Chateau dAmboise in France

Marriage

The daughter of Richard Neville, "the King maker" marries Edward son of Henry VI

Battle of Tewkesbury

Margaret of Anjou had returned to England with Anne Neville and Prince Edward in April, bringing additional troops. At the Battle of Tewkesbury, Edward IV crushed this last Lancastrian army. Prince Edward was killed in or shortly after the battle, and Anne Neville was taken prisoner

Arrest of Anne Neville

Anne was taken first to Coventry and then to the house of her brother-in-law the Duke of Clarence in London, while her mother Anne Beauchamp, Warwicks wife, sought sanctuary in Beaulieu Abbey. When the crisis settled down and the Countess wished to be restored to her estates, Edward IV refused her safe conduct to plead her case; she wrote to Queen Elizabeth and several others to no avail

Peerage

Marries Richard 3rd Duke of Gloucester, the future Richard III, Anne becomes Duchess of Gloucester

Marriage

Marries Richard 3rd Duke of Gloucester, the future Richard III, Anne becomes Duchess of Gloucester

Birth of only son

Richard & Anne have their only son, Edward

Succession

Anne Neville inherited the Lordship of Glamorgan.

Succession

Females could not exercise the Lordship in their own right, so the title immediately transferred to Isabels husband, the Duke of Clarence.

Succession

On his death in February 1478, the title passed to Anne and was henceforth exercised by her husband, Richard of Gloucester.

Succession

The title had been held by her father and on his death had passed to Annes elder sister Isabel Neville.

Succession

Edward V and his siblings were declared illegitimate and Richard ascended the throne as King Richard III

Coronation

The Queens train was borne by Margaret, Countess of Richmond, whose son would become Henry VII after defeating Richard at the Battle of Bosworth. Anne Neville was crowned alongside her husband by Thomas Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury, in the first joint coronation after 175 years

Death of Edward

Anne Neville suffers the death of her only son, Edward of Middleham, weakening the Yorkist succession.

Role range: 1483-1485

Succession

After the death of her only son, Anne Neville effectively adopted Edward, Earl of Warwick, the mutual nephew of Richard III and Anne Neville. Richard III made the boy his heir presumptive, probably in deference to Anne Neville's wishes

Death of Anne Neville

Death of Edward, Richard III & Anne's only son, at Middleham Castle

Role range: 1483-1485

Death of Anne Neville

Death of Anne Neville, probably of tuberculosis, at Westminster. The day she died, there was an eclipse, which some took to be an omen of her husbands fall from heavenly grace

Eclipse

Death of Anne Neville, probably of tuberculosis, at Westminster. The day she died, there was an eclipse, which some took to be an omen of her husbands fall from heavenly grace

Burial

Buried in Westminster Abbey in an unmarked grave to the right of the High Altar, next to the door to the Confessors Chapel