Cecily of York
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Cecily of York, also known as Cecelia, was the third daughter of King Edward IV of England and his queen consort Elizabeth Woodville.
Cecily in stained glass, probably 1482–83, formerly Canterbury Cathedral, now Burrell Collection.
Daughters of King Edward IV. Stained glass window of the northwest transept of Canterbury Cathedral, 16th century. Cecily is depicted third in the left.
Ruins of the old Quarr abbey.
Image: King Edward IV from NPG (2)
Edward IV
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Edward IV was King of England from 4 March 1461 to 3 October 1470, then again from 11 April 1471 until his death in 1483. He was a central figure in the Wars of the Roses, a series of civil wars in England fought between the Yorkist and Lancastrian factions between 1455 and 1487.
Posthumous portrait, c. 1540
Drawing of Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York, the father of Edward IV and Richard III, c. 1445
Towton Cross, commemorating Edward's victory at the Battle of Towton
Rose Noble coin of Edward IV, minted in 1464