Mowbray, Anna, 8th Countess of Norfolk

Anna, 8th Countess of Norfolk Mowbray
Anna, 8th Countess of Norfolk Mowbray
Date of Birth
Place of Birth	Suffolk , Shropshire , Kingdom of England
Date of death
Place of death	Greenwich , Greater London , Kingdom of England
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Anna Mowbray ( born Anne Mowbray ; born December 10, 1472 in Flamlinham Castle, Suffolk, died November 19, 1481 in Greenwich) - 8th Countess Norfolk, then Duchess of Norfolk and York; daughter of John Mowbray, 4th Duke (and 7th Earl) of Norfolk , and Elizabeth Talbot, the last of the Mowbray family.

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Biography

Anna Mowbray was only three years old when her father died. As the only representative of the clan, the heiress of vast lands and numerous titles, she became one of the most enviable brides of the kingdom. Already in 1478, Edward IV married her the second of his sons - Richard of Shrusbury . The bride was six years old, the groom - incomplete five; even for that time it was an unusual marriage, but the king needed it for strong control over the possessions of one of the most powerful families in England. The young husband of Anna became Lord Marshal and Duke of Norfolk, but on November 19, 1481, the Duchess died. With her, the Mowbray family died out.

The body of Anna Mowbray was buried in the chapel of St. Erasmus in Westminster Abbey . In 1502, in connection with the restructuring of the abbey, the sarcophagus was moved, and then forgot about it. The remains of the last of the Mowbray clan were accidentally found in 1964, investigated and reburied.

The problem of inheritance

After the death of the young duchess, two female descendants of Mowbray, John Howard and William Berkeley, claimed the inheritance. But the king through parliament decided that the heir to the Dukes of Norfolk should be his son Richard, and in the absence of his offspring - other descendants of Edward ^[1] . As a result, Howard supported Richard III , who, after his accession, gave him the Mowbray titles and half of their possessions.

Genealogy

Ancestors of Anna Mowbray

Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk

John Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk

Elizabeth Fitzalan

John Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk

Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmoreland

Katherine de Neville

Joan Beaufort

John Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk

sir william bourcher

William Bourrier, Earl E

Eleanor de Louvain

Eleanor Bursier

Thomas Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester

Anna Gloucester

Eleanor de Bogun

Anna Mowbray

Gilbert Talbot, 3rd Baron Talbot

Richard Talbot, 4th Baron Talbot

Petronilla Butler

John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury

John le Strange, 4th Baron Strange

Ankaret le Strange

Mary Fitzalan

Elizabeth Talbot

Thomas de Beauchean, 12th Earl of Warwick

Richard de Beauchan, 13th Earl of Warwick

Margaret Ferrers

Margaret Boshan

Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Baron of Berkeley

Elizabeth de Berkeley

Margaret de Lyle, Baroness Lyle

Notes

↑ Ross, Charles (1997). Edward IV (second ed.). New Haven: Yale University Press. R. 248.

Literature

Ross, Charles (1997). Edward IV (second ed.). New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-07372-0 . OCLC 38886953.
MA Rushton, The Teeth of Anne Mowbray, British Dental Journal, October 19, 1965
Moorhen, Wendy. Anne Mowbray: In Life and Death (Neopr.) // The Ricardian Bulletin. - 2005. - No. Spring . Archived on February 6, 2012.

[1] Ross, Charles (1997). Edward IV (second ed.). New Haven: Yale University Press. R. 248.