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The Wars of the Roses/[NevillFeast]/Anne Beauchamp, Countess of Warwick, wife and widow

 

ANNE BEAUCHAMP, COUNTESS OF WARWICK, WIFE AND WIDOW
SEE WEBSITE OF NEVILLFEAST
Posted: April 13, 2011 in Anne Beauchamp, Countess of Warwick

I want to look in some depth at a letter written by Anne Beauchamp, countess of Warwick, to the Commons after the Battle of Barnet. She wrote other letters, to several of the ‘ladies noble of this realm’. I haven’t been able to find any of them, but they probably don’t say much that isn’t said in the one I do have. What would be interesting to see would be any difference in tone. This is a formal letter, written to a formal government body. Anne had, by this stage, reached the end of the list of people (or bodies) she could appeal to. I get a strong sense of the woman herself from this letter. Anne knows her rights and knows they’re being violated. The decision taken by parliament to disinherit (impoverish) her, must have been extremely hard for her to take, especially as it was her daughters and sons-in-law who benefitted from it. I can’t help but think she felt betrayed by them.

 

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[Article of Conor Byrne]/The forgotten Countess, Anne Beauchamp, Countess of Warwick

 

THE FORGOTTEN COUNTESS, ANNE BEAUCHAMP, COUNTESS
OF WARWICK
SEE WEBSITE CONOR BYRNE

Sunday, 8 November 2015

The Forgotten Countess: Anne Beauchamp, Countess of Warwick


Above: Anne Beauchamp alongside her husband Richard Neville, earl of Warwick, in the television series The White Queen.

 

 

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The Wars of the Roses/[From Susan Higginbotham]/The King’s Mother in Law, Anne Beauchamp, Countess of Warwick

 

 

 

THE KING’S MOTHER IN LAW:
ANNE BEAUCHAMP, COUNTESS OF WARWICK
BY SUSAN HIGGINBOTHAM

Wife to a kingmaker and mother to a queen, Anne Beauchamp, Countess of Warwick, is nonetheless one of the more shadowy figures caught up in the Wars of the Roses. Yet her life intersected with those of the most powerful men of the time, and her wealth would be much desired by some of those men.

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Rozenoorlogen en boerenopstanden/Adel tegen adel/Adel tegen het volk/Heersende klasse toen en nu

 

 

 

MACHTHEBBERS UIT HEDEN EN VERLEDEN
WAT ZE GROTENDEELS GEMEEN HEBBEN IS
DE ONDERDRUKKING/BEVOOGDING
VAN DEGENEN, DIE GEEN MACHT HEBBEN
 [In geval van
Louise Gunning, die eigenlijk niet hier thuishoort, maar
in een adem met de rest wordt genoemd door Matthijs van de Sande
vanwege haar onderdrukkende rol tegen het studentenverzet]
HET IS ECHTER HISTORISCH GEZIEN ONZINNIG, ZE ALLEMAAL
OP EEN HOOP TE GOOIEN
DAARVOOR ZIJN VERSCHILLEN EN TIJDSOMSTANDIGHEDEN
TE GROOT
TEGENSTELLINGEN TUSSEN DE ARME, ONDERHORIGE
BOEREN EN DE BEZITTENDE KLASSE, DE ADEL, LEIDDEN
TOT BOERENOPSTANDEN
EN INDERDAAD KON EEN EDELMAN AAN DE ”RIEK” VAN
EEN BOER EINDIGEN
MAAR DAT BETEKENDE NIET, DAT DE ADEL
MINDER TE VREZEN HAD VAN ZIJN MEDE EDELEN.
EDELEN HADDEN DAN WEL GEZAMENLIJKE BELANGEN
[ONDERDRUKKING VAN DE ONDERLIGGENDE KLASSE],
MAAR MEER NOG DAN VAN DE BOEREN HADDEN ZE
VAN ELKAAR TE VREZEN IN RIVALISERENDE
OORLOGEN OM MACHT, LAND EN KROON:
DODELIJK VOORBEELD WAREN DE ROZENOORLOGEN IN DE LATE
MIDDELEEUWEN IN ENGELAND,
EEN STRIJD OM DE TROON TUSSEN EDELEN, DIE AFSTAMDEN
VAN KONING EDWARD III, WAARBIJ PRAKTISCH
DE HELE OUDE ENGELSE MIDDELEEUWSE ADEL ZICHZELF HEEFT
VERNIETIGD
DEZE STRIJD LIEP TUSSEN EN DOOR FAMILIES HEEN
BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER…….
HET VOLK KWAM ER WEINIG AAN TE PAS
TEGENSTELLINGEN TUSSEN DE EDELEN
DE ROZENOORLOGEN
Painting by Henry Payne in 1908 of the scene in the Temple Garden from Shakespeare’s play Henry VI, Part 1, where supporters of the rival factions pick either red or white roses
Armoured men on horses and on foot attack each other with swords and polearms in a river. The ones on the right are seeking to flee the battle while pursued by the mass of men who are charging in from the left.
Battle of Towton, as depicted by Richard Caton Woodville, Jr. (1856–1927)
 
 
Two groups of black armoured knights, mounted and on foot, charge at each other, fighting with swords and lances.
Late 15th-century artistic portrayal of the battle: Edward IV (left), wearing a circlet and mounted on a horse, leads the Yorkist charge and pierces the Earl of Warwick (right) with his lance; in reality, Warwick was not killed by Edward.
 
 
MS Ghent - Battle of Tewkesbury.jpg
The battle of Tewkesbury, depicted in a Ghentmanuscript
TEGENSTELLINGEN TUSSEN DE ADEL EN HET VOLK
HEERSERS EN ONDERDRUKTEN/ARMOEDE EN RIJKDOM
BOERENOPSTANDEN
JACQUERIE, FRANSE BOERENOPSTAND IN 1358
GEDURENDE DE HONDERDJARIGE OORLOG MET FRANKRIJK
Peasants’ Revolt
Painting of Richard II
Richard II meets the rebels on 13 June 1381 in a miniature from a 1470s copy of Jean Froissart‘sChronicles.
Wat Tyler
DeathWatTyler.jpg

Wat Tyler’s death (left to right: [unidentified]; SirWilliam Walworth, Mayor of London (wielding sword); Wat Tyler; Richard II of England; andJohn Cavendish, esquire to Richard II (bearing lance)
ENGELSE BOERENOPSTAND ONDER LEIDING VAN WAT TYLER IN
1381
 
 
Jack Cade
Jack Cade.jpg

Lord Saye and Sele brought before Jack Cade 4th July 1450, painting by Charles Lucy
 
ENGELSE BOERENOPSTAND ONDER LEIDING VAN
JACK CADE IN 1450, IN DE
NADAGEN VAN DE HONDERDJARIGE OORLOG
MET FRANKRIJK
 
 
 
MACHTHEBBERS UIT HEDEN EN VERLEDEN
Filips IV de Schone
1268 – 1314
Philippe IV le bel.jpg
Koning van Frankrijk
PHILIPS IV [DE SCHONE], KONING VAN FRANKRIJK
John the Good
JeanIIdFrance.jpg

Portrait of John painted on wood panel around 1350, Louvre Museum
JEAN II, KONING VAN FRANKRIJK
DE BOERENOPSTAND
DE JAQUERIE VOND ONDER ZIJN HEERSCHAPPIJ PLAATS,
MAAR ZIJN ZOON, DE LATERE KAREL V, ONDERDRUKTE
DE OPSTAND [JEAN II WAS OP DAT MOMENT IN
ENGELSE KRIJGSGEVANGENSCHAP, TIJDENS DE HONDERDJARIGE
OORLOG
Charles V the Wise
Karel V van Frankrijk.jpg
King of France
KAREL V, KONING VAN FRANKRIJK, ZOON VAN JEAN II EN
ONDERDRUKKER VAN DE BOERENOPSTAND DE JACQUERIE
IN 1358, ALS REGENT VAN ZIJN VADER JEAN II, DIE
OP DAT MOMENT IN ENGELSE KRIJGSGEVANGENSCHAP
WAS, TIJDENS DE HONDERDJARIGE OORLOG
Richard II
Richard II King of England.jpg

Portrait at Westminster Abbey, mid-1390s
RICHARD II, KONING VAN ENGELAND
ONDERDRUKKER BOERENOPSTAND
WAT TYLER
Henry V
King Henry V from NPG.jpg
HENDRIK V, KONING VAN ENGELAND
Henry VI
King Henry VI from NPG (2).jpg
King of England (more…)
HENDRIK VI, KONING VAN ENGELAND
ONDERDRUKKER VAN DE BOERENOPSTAND
ONDER LEIDING VAN JACK CADE
[Daarbij moet wel gezegd worden, dat Hendrik VI een
voor die tijd zachtmoedige en vredelievende koning was,
die daarnaast psychische problemen had en vaak niet
in staat was om te regeren, waardoor
veel beslissingen door zijn raadgevers werden genomen]
Onder zijn heerschappij braken de Rozenoorlogen uit,
een strijd tussen edelen om de kroon [die edelen
stamden af van Koning Edward III, evenals Hendrik VI]
Henry VIII
Workshop of Hans Holbein the Younger - Portrait of Henry VIII - Google Art Project.jpg

King Henry VIII by Hans Holbein the Younger,Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool.
HENDRIK VIII, KONING VAN ENGELAND
LODEWIJK XIV, KONING VAN FRANKRIJK
LOUISE GUNNING, VOORMALIG VOORZITTER
UVA, AUTOCRATISCH UNIVERSITEITS
BESTUURDER/ONDERDRUKKER RECHTEN STUDENTEN
MARK RUTTE, PREMIER
ONDERDRUKKER SOCIAAL ZWAKKEREN [BEZUINIGINGEN]
EN VLUCHTELINGEN [BED, BAD EN BROOD AKKOORD]
DIEDERIK SAMSOM
FRACTIEVOORZITTER PVDA
ONDERDRUKKER SOCIAAL ZWAKKEREN
[BEZUINIGINGEN] EN VLUCHTELINGEN [
BED, BAD EN BROOD AKKOORD]
REACTIE OP
MATTHIJS VAN DE SANDE/GOEDE MAATSCHAPPIJANALYSE/
ONZUIVERE HISTORIE INTERPRETRATIE
HEERSENDE KLASSE EN HET VOLK/TEGENSTELLINGEN
EN STRATEGIEEEN
Matthijs van de Sande, huiscolumnist van de antiracistische website
”Doorbraak”, die doorgaans goede en strijdbare stukken schrijft [1], kan zich
beter niet op het pad der geschiedenis begeven..
Maatschappijkritiek, van deze tijd, lijkt hem beter op het lijf geschreven.
Ik doel hier op een overigens interessant stuk, dat hij in juni van dit
jaar heeft geschreven:
”Zijn ze eigenlijk nog wel bang genoeg?” [2]

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The Wars of the Roses/Enmity between Margaret of Anjou and Richard, Duke of York/After the battle of Wakefield/Manifesto of Margaret of Anjou to the citizens of London in 1461

File:Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York.jpg
RICHARD OF YORK, CLAIMANT TO THE ENGLISH THRONE
AND ONE OF THE MAIN LEADERS OF THE WAR OF ROSES
[HISTORICAL IMAGE]
 

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EDMUND BEAUFORT, 2ND DUKE OF SOMERSET, THE GREAT RIVAL
OF RICHARD, DUKE OF YORK
HISTORICAL FICTION
 
 
King Edward IV.jpg

KING EDWARD IV, SON OF RICHARD, DUKE OF

YORK
HISTORICAL IMAGE

KING EDWARD IV, SON OF RICHARD, DUKE OF

YORK
HISTORICAL FICTION

image

RICHARD NEVILLE, 16TH EARL OF WARWICK, THE KINGMAKER
COUSIN TO EDWARD IV, FIRST ALLY TO HIS FATHER, RICHARD,
DUKE OF YORK, THEN TO KING EDWARD IV
LATER THEY BECAME ADVERSARIES AND THE KINGMAKER TURNED
TO MARGARET OF ANJOU [BECOMING A ”LANCASTRIAN] TO RESTORE HENRY VI TO THE THRONE
HE FAILED AND LOST HIS LIFE IN THE BATTLE OF TEWKESBURY
HIS DAUGHTER, ANNE, LATER BECAME QUEEN OF ENGLAND,
MARRIED TO KING RICHARD III [BROTHER TO KING EDWARD IV]
[FICTION]
 
KING HENRY VI OF ENGLAND
[HISTORICAL IMAGE]
 
MARGARET OF ANJOU, QUEEN OF ENGLAND
MARGARET OF ANJOU, QUEEN OF ENGLAND
[HISTORICAL IMAGE]
 

TWO IMAGES OF MARGARET OF ANJOU, QUEEN OF ENGLAND
[FICTION]
ENMITY BETWEEN MARGARET OF ANJOU AND RICHARD, DUKE OF YORK/
AFTER THE BATTLE OF WAKEFIELD/MANIFESTO OF MARGARET OF
ANJOU TO THE CITIZENS OF LONDON IN 1461
I proudly present one of the rare documents I found in which Queen Margaret
of Anjou  refers to her great enemy, Richard, Duke of York.
It is to be read in a Manifesto she proclaimed to the citizens
of London concerning her military campaigns  after
See the text of the Manifesto  below
But first:
BACKGROUND

 

 

 

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The Wars of the Roses/[Murreyandblue/WordPress.com]/Duke Richard the 3rd Duke of York (3), heir to the throne

DUKE RICHARD, THE 3RD DUKE OF YORK (3), HEIR TO

THE THRONE

The she-wolf of France, but worse than wolves of France

Whose tongue more poisons than an adders tooth

How ill beseeming it is in thy sex

To triumph like an amazon trull

(Henry VI Part 3)

St Albans and its significance

 

The first battle of St Albans represents a landmark in the dispute between York and Lancaster; not as the first battle of a civil war, since it was not that, or as their biggest or bloodiest battle, since it was not that either. Its importance lay in the fact that it represented the ultimate expression of York’s change of tack from being the king’s champion to being the realm’s champion.

 

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The Wars of the Roses/[Murreyandblue/WordPress.com]/Duke Richard the 3rd Duke of York ”……..the King’s true liegeman……?”

 

How now? Is Somerset at liberty?

Then, York unloose thy long-imprisoned thoughts

And let thy tongue be equal with thy heart.

Shall I endure the sight of Somerset?

(Shakespeare: Henry VI part 2)

On his return from service in Normandy, duke Richard was the king’s true liegeman and an obedient servant of the Lancastrian establishment: or so it seemed. If he blamed the government for his enormous debts incurred on the king’s service, he did not show it. If he resented the preferment of John Beaufort and two other Lancastrian earls, he did not show it. If he was angry at the loss of Anjou and Main as part of the queen’s marriage settlement, he did not show it. In fact his reticence was a remarkable display of sangfroid in the face of his worsening financial, dynastic and political situation. Whether this reflected his true feelings or not is doubtful. Although there was now a fracture in his bond of loyalty to the Lancastrian government, he could not afford a public show of pique. He was politically weak and only harm could come to him from making a fuss now. Discretion is indeed the better part of valour; York was keeping his own counsel and biding his time.

 

 

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The Wars of the Roses/[Rusell Butcher]/Propaganda in the prepared parliamentary speeches of 1455-1461

 

RUSELL BUTCHER
Propaganda, perceived by many as a twentieth-century phenomenon, has permeated recorded history. The mass propaganda of the world wars and cold war linger most in present memory, due not only to its chronological proximity, but also its potency. Earlier uses of propaganda can easily be overshadowed, in many cases considered mere bias. Yet it has always existed, and in England developed particularly in the years from 1455 to 1485, which saw a growth in the awareness for the need of propaganda to stabilise or undermine the regime in power. Many historians have made reference to propaganda in the prepared speeches in the parliamentary records for 1455-61, but few have scrutinised them as a whole as I intend to do here.

 

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The Wars of the Roses/Rivalry between Richard, Duke of York and the Duke of Somerset/The oath of allegiance of Richard, Duke of York to King Henry VI at St Paul´s Cathedral in 1452

File:Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York.jpg
RICHARD OF YORK, CLAIMANT TO THE ENGLISH THRONE
AND ONE OF THE MAIN LEADERS OF THE WAR OF ROSES
[WAR BETWEEN THE HOUSES OF LANCASTER AND YORK,
BOTH DESCENDANTS OF KING EDWARD III]
[HISTORICAL IMAGE]

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EDMUND BEAUFORT, 2ND DUKE OF SOMERSET, THE GREAT RIVAL
OF RICHARD, DUKE OF YORK
HISTORICAL FICTION
KING HENRY VI OF ENGLAND
[HISTORICAL IMAGE]
MARGARET OF ANJOU, QUEEN OF ENGLAND
[HISTORICAL IMAGE]

TWO IMAGES OF MARGARET OF ANJOU, QUEEN OF ENGLAND
[FICTION]
WARS OF THE ROSES
RIVALRY BETWEEN RICHARD, DUKE
OF YORK AND THE DUKE OF SOMERSET/
THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE OF RICHARD, DUKE
OF YORK TO KING HENRY VI IN THE ST PAUL´S
CATHEDRAL IN 1452
INTRODUCTION
Presenting the  oath of allegiance that Richard, Duke of York had to
swear to King Henry VI, which I found in the Paston Letters.
This oath  was the direct result of the rivalry between

Richard, Duke of York and Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset,which

came to an armed clash with King Henry VI in 1450 as 1452, not challenging

the King´s power, as sometimes is assumed, but to dismiss

Somerset as councillor of the King.

Trying to get rid of Somerset, York had also made two
proclamations, one at the 9th of january and when that didn’t
work, and then, a stronger one at the 3rd of february, 1452, showing
more enmity against Somerset than in the first.

However, this strike was for Somerset,

because York was arrested and had to swear an oath of
allegiance to King Henry VI  at St Paul’s Cathedral, while Somerset was still
in favour.

Eventually,  this rivalry,

together with other causes, would lead to the Wars of the Roses.

 

BACKGROUND

 

 

 

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HISTORICAL FICTION
Richard II King of England.jpg
HISTORICAL IMAGE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_II_of_England

KING RICHARD II, [SON OF THE BLACK PRINCE, THE FIRST
SON OF KING EDWARD III AND THEREFORE SUCCESSOR
OF KING EDWARD III], WHO DECLARED ROGER MORTIMER
HIS HEIR PRESUMPTIVE.
ROGER MORTIMER WAS THE SON OF RICHARD II’S FIRST
COUSIN PHILIPPA,
THE DAUGHTER OF THE SECOND SON OF KING EDWARD III,
LIONEL OF ANTWERP
AND THEREFORE NEXT IN LINE TO THE SUCCESSION TO
THE THRONE, AS LONG AS RICHARD II WAS CHILDLESS.
ROGER MORTIMER HAD TWO CHILDREN, EDMUND, 4TH EARL OF
MARCH AND ANNE MORTIMER, WHO MARRIED RICHARD CONISBURGH,
SON OF EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF YORK [FOURTH SON
OF EDWARD III]
AFTER HIS DEATH, ROGER MORTIMER PASSED HIS HEIR
PRESUMPTIVE RIGHT TO HIS SON EDMUND, 5TH EARL
OF MARCH, WHO PASSED THIS RIGHT TO HIS NEPHEW
RICHARD, DUKE OF YORK,  SON OF HIS SISTER
ANNE MORTIMER.
WHEN RICHARD II WAS USURPED BY HIS COUSIN
HENRY BOLINGBROKE [LATER KING HENRY IV, SON OF JOHN
OF GAUNT, THE THIRD SON OF KING EDWARD III AND
THEREFORE WITH A LESSER RIGHT TO THE THRONE
THAN EDMUND MORTIMER],
EDMUND, THE SON OF THE LATE ROGER MORTIMER,
BEING THE RIGHTFUL SUCCESSOR, WAS OVERLOOKED.
ROGER MORTIMER’S SON AND DAUGHTER, EDMUND AND
ANNE MORTIMER
ANNE MORTIMER’S SON, RICHARD, DUKE OF YORK,
GRANDSON [FROM HIS MOTHER’S SIDE]
OF ROGER MORTIMER
HIS CLAIM TO THE THRONE WAS BASED ON HIS
MATERNAL SIDE AND SUPERIOR TO THE LANCASTERS,
WHO DESCENDED FROM THE THIRD SON OF EDWARD III,
WHILE RICHARD DESCENDED FROM THE SECOND SON
King Henry IV from NPG (2).jpg
KING HENRY IV, WHO USURPED THE THRONE OF RICHARD II AS
HENRY BOLINGBROKE, HIS COUSIN
File:Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York.jpg
RICHARD OF YORK, CLAIMANT TO THE ENGLISH THRONE
AND ONE OF THE MAIN LEADERS OF THE WAR OF ROSES
[WAR BETWEEN THE HOUSES OF LANCASTER AND YORK,
BOTH DESCENDANTS OF KING EDWARD III]
[HISTORICAL IMAGE]
King Henry V from NPG.jpg
KING HENRY V, SON OF KING HENRY IV
[HISTORICAL IMAGE]
KING HENRY VI OF ENGLAND, SON OF KING HENRY V
[HISTORICAL IMAGE]
 
MARGARET OF ANJOU, QUEEN OF ENGLAND
[HISTORICAL IMAGE]
 

TWO IMAGES OF MARGARET OF ANJOU, QUEEN OF ENGLAND
[FICTION]

KING EDWARD IV, SON OF RICHARD, DUKE OF
YORK
[FICTION]
Richard III earliest surviving portrait.jpg
KING RICHARD III, SON OF RICHARD,
DUKE OF YORK
HISTORICAL IMAGE
King Henry VII.jpg
KING HENRY VII, THE FIRST TUDOR KING
AND FOUNDER OF THE TUDOR DYNASTY
HISTORICAL IMAGE

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE WARS OF THE ROSES/THE HOUSE OF YORK/REACTION
ON ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA’S CHANGES IN THEIR
ARTICLE AFTER MY COMMENTS
Dear Readers,
Recently I wrote to Encyclopaedia Britannica about their
article ”The House of York”, adding some critical remarks.
Reasons?
Two.
FIRST:
Encyclopaedia Britannica called the overthrow of King Henry VI
by the son of Richard, Duke of York, the later King Edward IV,
after his victory in the Battle of Towton, an ”usurpation”.
In my letter to Encyclopaedia Britannica,  I pointed out,
that although it was a deposing of King Henry VI, it was no
”usurpation”, because of the York superior claim to
the throne, by descending from maternal side from
King Edward III’s second son, Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of
Clarence, while the Lancasters descended from the third
King Richard II  appointed the grandson of Lionel
 [the son of Lionel’s daughter Philippa Plantagenet,
as his heir presumptive
to the throne, a right which passed through his son, Edmund
Were Richard II not usurped by his cousin, Henrt Bolingbroke
[the later King Henry IV, and Richard II died childless, Edmund
Mortimer should be King of England.
And Edmund Mortimer was the maternal uncle
of Richard, Duke of York, who was the son of Edmund Mortimer’s
sister, Anne Mortimer.
Since Edmund Mortimer died childless, Richard of York inherited
his vast estates and the title of Earl of March [he became the
6th Earl of March], which he passed
to his son, the later Edward IV.
So when Edward IV overthrew Henry VI, it was a deposal, not
usurpation.
SECOND
When mentioning the Act of Accord of 1460, by which
Richard of York and Parliament agreed, that Richard of York
would succeed Henry VI after his death [and thus disinheriting
Edward of Westminster, the son of Henry VI, which infuriated
of course his mother, Margaret of Anjou], which was confirmed
Encyclopaedia Britannica made a remark about the
”weakness” in this claim by deriving from females.
I challenged that by pointing out, that four English Kings
REACTION OF ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA
I received an interesting and partly satisfying reaction
from Encyclopaedia Britannica with some changes
in the article
This was their reaction:

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