#house of york
“One poignant expense in [Elizabeth of York]’s Privy Purse is tiny: 3½ yards of cloth to “a woman that was nurse to the Prince, brother to the Queen’s grace.” Nineteen years after the young prince disappeared, his older sister remembered the nurse who took care of him. Similarly, she regularly sent alms to “a poor man” who was a former servant of Edward IV.”—Arlene Okerlund,Elizabeth of York: Queenship and Power(viarichmond-rex)
Emily Blunt as Elizabeth of York (1466-1503), queen of England and Yorkist heiress
Elizabethwas the daughter of a king, the sister of a king, the niece of a king, the wifeof a king as well as the mother of a king, the only woman ever being so. She was the first Tudor queen, and the ancestress to a new line of English royals. Elizabeth was the rightful heir to her father’s crown, being the strongest Yorkist claimant. However, when the Lancastrian claimant Henry Tudor won the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, he ascended the English throne by the right of conquest, and when he married Elizabeth, he united the two warring houses of Lancaster and York, and put an end to civil war.Despite being a political arrangement at first, the marriage proved successful and both partners appeared to have grown to love each other. Elizabeth of York did not exercise much political influence as queen, but she was reported to be gentle and kind, and generous to her relations, servants, and benefactors. She was a loving and doting mother to her children. When the oldest son and heir to the Tudor throne died, and the King broke down, Elizabeth comforted him, telling him that he was the only child of his mother but had survived to become King, that God had left him with a son and two daughters, and that they were both young enough to have more children.Elizabeth of York became pregnant once more, and she gave birth to a daughter but the child died a few days afterwards. Succumbing to a post partum infection, Elizabeth of York died on 11 February, her 37th birthday. Her husband and children appear to have deeply mourned her death. According to one account, Henry Tudor “privily departed to a solitary place and would no man should resort unto him.” This is notable considering that, shortly after Elizabeth’s death, records show he became extremely ill himself and would not allow any except his mother Margaret Beaufort near him. For Henry Tudor to show his emotions, let alone any sign of infirmity, was highly unusual, evidence indicates his grief over Elizabeth lasted for years.
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February 4, 2013: Archaeologists announce the discovery of the bones of Richard III. The ill-fated English king’s remains were uncovered beneath a parking lot in Leicester. They didn’t find a horse.
Happy Holidays everyone!
My mind started working again this time with something to do with Isabel Neville, so I couldn’t help but put this idea into practice. The first time I knew nothing more than how I would like this costume to look, but as its design got a clearer contour, I thought of giving it a context. The year in which I think she could start with such a costume would be 1469, more precisely the Christmas festivities at the court of Edward IV.
Given the tension caused by the rebellion and the relationship between her father, the Earl of Warwick, her new husband, George of Clarence, and their King, Edward IV, Isabel could have been a little overwhelmed. She is quite young and a new royal duchess after her marriage to George, so I wished that, despite the circumstances of which she is a part, she would simply be brilliant!
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I am just trying to represent the moment when Elizabeth Woodville appears in Reading to be presented as the queen and apart from the fact that this horse has squeezed half of my life (I don’t like to draw horses in particular), I can say that it is one of my favorite frames from the whole story! Elizabeth’s current design was entirely inspired by this illustration, which, by the way, I love so much !!
Well, that being said, let’s get back to work! The comic won’t finish by itself! (God, I need a break.)
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I just finished the design of Richard Plantagenet (the future Richard III) and so the York family is the first completed family in the whole family scheme that I set out to do! I did not know exactly what kind of clothing would suit a twelve-year-old child who is supposed to be part of the royal family (given that the action of the first volume takes place in 1464), so I allowed myself to create a much more mature image, probably around seventeen, eighteen? Well, an adult, if we follow medieval standards! The finality of this part of character design excited me so much that I made them their own height scheme and a simplified family tree (because why not?)
PS: I’m usually not very impressed with what I create, but in this case, I can’t take my eyes off of Richard, the Duke of York! lol
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While also working for this term’s project besides the Wars of the Roses, I thought it would be ideal to take into account the height of my main characters (because why not.) I hope that after I finish the other characters properly, I will better separate these elements.
The characters are as follows: Edward IV, Anthony Woodville, Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, Richard Woodville, Jacquetta Woodville and Elizabeth Woodville.
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“Try to find common ground between the two of you. Try to pay attention to what he likes”, they said.
“It’s going to be funny,” they said.
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I think Edward IV reserved a special place in Hell for me on this occasion.
PS: These two representations are from my comic about the Wars of the Roses and have humorous purposes.
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Someone should stop me, because at this rate I will end up illustrating the whole Plantagenet family!
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“John Genycote received 3s for writing and limning (illuminating) six ballads presented to the Queen on her approach, and John Thompson 8d for writing ‘6 ballads on tablets fixed to the pageant on the bridge.” – Elizabeth, England’s Slandered Queen by Arlene Okerlund.
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As is usually the case when I allow myself a few days off from my regular work, I have allowed myself to illustrate one of the many ideas that come to me during the days already loaded with so much work. This time I chose to illustrate this, I felt that it could not wait. I don’t think I’ll get over this obsession too soon, the father-daughter relationship between Edward IV and Elizabeth of York.
It seems to me that one of the qualities of Edward was the fact that he is an indulgent father with his daughters, even if there are days when his patience is put to the test!
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The White Queen Girls
Debuting my new doll, I’ve done the women behind the War of the Roses (York versus Lancaster): Margaret Beaufort (The Red Queen), Elizabeth Woodville (The White Queen), and the Neville’s girls, Isabel and Anne (The Kingmaker’s Daughters) from the BBC’s namesake show.
Margaret was Henry VII’s mother, Elizabeth Woodville was the peasant who became a queen, Edward IV’s wife, and Anne Neville was Richard III’s queen. Isabel almost became a queen, she was the wife of George, duke of Clarence, Edward and Richard’s brother.
Margaret Beaufort
Anne Neville
Isabel Neville
c. 1464
by mara sop
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On 25 June 1483, Richard ascended the throne as King Richard III. Anne Neville was crowned alongside her husband on 6 July 1483 by Thomas Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury, the first joint coronation in England in 175 years.
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