Anne Plantagenet | |
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Duchess of Exeter | |
![]() Anne with her second husband Thomas St. Leger. Monumental brass in "St Leger Chantry" (later "Rutland Chantry"), St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle | |
Born | 10 August 1439 Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, England |
Died | 14 January 1476 | (aged 36)
Burial | 1 February 1476 St Leger Chantry, St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle |
Spouses | Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter Thomas St. Leger |
Issue | Lady Anne Holland Anne St. Leger, Baroness de Ros |
House | York |
Father | Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York |
Mother | Cecily Neville |
English Royalty |
House of York |
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Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke |
Anne of York, Duchess of Exeter, aka Anne Plantagenet (10 August 1439 – 14 January 1476), was the first child of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, and Cecily Neville. She was thus the eldest sister of kings Edward IV (1461–1483) and Richard III (1483–1485) and their siblings Edmund, Earl of Rutland; Elizabeth of York, Duchess of Suffolk; Margaret, Duchess of Burgundy; and George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence.