The widowed queen was now in a vulnerable position. Portrait of Richard III of England, painted by Barthel II The Flight of the Widowed Queen He stated that this was for his protection, prior to the coronation ceremony. Once the entourage reached London on 19 May, the Duke of Gloucester placed his nephew in the Tower of London. Edward protested this action but was powerless to stop the Lord Protector. The following morning, he had Earl Rivers, Elizabeth’s son from her previous marriage, Lord Richard Grey, and the king’s chamberlain, Sir Thomas Vaughan, arrested and sent away. On 29 April, he encountered the royal entourage. When the Duke of Gloucester heard of the news, he raced to meet his nephew. This man later came to be known as King Richard III.Įdward V, now the king at the tender age of 12, started for London in the company of his maternal uncle, Earl Rivers. On his deathbed, the king gave his close brother, Richard, the Duke of Gloucester, the responsibility of Lord Protector to his heir. His younger brother Richard, the Duke of York, remained with his mother and sisters. When King Edward IV died on 9 April 1483, the young Prince of Wales was in Ludlow. King Edward IV The Treachery of the Duke of Gloucester Of these, seven survived infancy and four of the five daughters subsequently married well, despite the challenges they faced after their father’s death.
The two had ten children together, seven daughters and three sons. Loyal relatives at the court strengthened Edward’s position. He favored his wife’s family a great deal, including her two sons from her previous marriage. Still, Edward’s reign from 1471 to the time of his death was a peaceful one. They married in secret in her family chapel and this union angered several influential nobles of the time. A Lancastrian widow and from a family of Lancaster supporters, she was not a popular choice. However, in 1464, he married the widowed Elizabeth Woodville. King Edward IV was supposed to marry Princess Bona of France. The Sons of King Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville These events took place over a single summer and have continued to plague historians ever since. They were taken into the Tower, were seen less and less as time went by, and ultimately disappeared mysteriously. But they never got the opportunity to sit on the throne that belonged to them. They were the sons of a crowned king, the nephews of another, and the brothers of a queen. The boys were the victims of the succession politics during the Wars of the Roses. Their ultimate fate still remains a mystery. They were imprisoned in the Tower of London by their paternal uncle, the Duke of Gloucester, just before young Edward’s coronation. They were the two sons of King Edward IV and a lady called Elizabeth Woodville. Who Were the Princes in the Tower? The Princes in the Tower by John Everett MillaisĮdward (aged 12) and Richard (aged 9) were the two princes in the Tower. Is the Story of the Princes in the Tower a True Story?.End of the War of the Roses and Beginning of the Tudor Line.The Imprisonment of the Princes and the Coronation of Richard III.The Treachery of the Duke of Gloucester.The Sons of King Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville.
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