The forgotten matriarch of the Wars of the Roses
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Cecily Neville - A Novelist's Life
Cecily neville was one of the most powerful women in england. She lived right through to 14 95, into the first decade of the tudor dynasty. Her parents were ralph earl of westmoreland and his illegitimate daughter john beaufort. When she married richard, duke of york, it was something of a gamble because he was the son of a traitor.
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