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Cecily of York

Cecily of York
Viscountess Welles
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Born (1469-03-20)20 March 1469
Westminster Palace, London
Died 24 August 1507(1507-08-24) (aged 38)
Burial
Spouse
  • Ralph Scrope, 9th Baron Scrope of Masham (union annulled)
  • John Welles, 1st Viscount Welles (m. 1487/8–99; his death)
  • Sir Thomas Kymbe (m. btwn. (1502 & 1504)–1507; her death)
Issue
possibly among others
  • Elizabeth Welles
  • Anne Welles
House York
Father Edward IV
Mother Elizabeth Woodville

Cecily of York, Viscountess Welles (20 March 1469 – 24 August 1507) was an English princess and the third, but eventual second surviving, daughter of Edward IV, King of England and his queen consort Elizabeth Woodville, daughter of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers and Jacquetta of Luxembourg.

Cecily was born in Westminster Palace, Ossulstone Hundred, Middlesex. (For centuries Westminster and the City of London were geographically quite distinct.) She was a younger sister of Elizabeth of York and Mary of York, and an older sister of Edward V of England; Margaret of York; Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York; Anne of York; George Plantagenet, Duke of Bedford; Catherine of York; and Bridget of York. She was a niece of Richard III of England, senior sister-in-law of Henry VII of England, an aunt of Henry VIII of England, and a great-aunt of Edward VI of England, Mary I of England, and Elizabeth I of England.

In 1474, Edward IV contracted a marriage alliance with James III of Scotland, whereby Cecily was betrothed to the future James IV of Scotland. Because of this she was for a time styled Princess of Scots. This agreement was, however, unpopular in the Kingdom of Scotland, and later military conflicts between Edward IV and James III negated the marriage arrangement.


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