Margaret of York (1472)

Margaret of York
Born	10 April 1472 Edward IV
Mother	Elizabeth Woodville

Arms of Plantagenet
Edward IV
Elizabeth, Queen of England Mary Cecily, Viscountess Welles Edward V, King of England Margaret Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke Anne, Lady Howard George Plantagenet, Duke of Bedford Catherine, Countess of Devon Bridget
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Margaret of York (10 April 1472 – 11 December 1472) was a namesake niece of

She was a younger sister of

.

She was born in Winchester Castle but died of natural causes eight months later. She was buried in Westminster Abbey.^[1]

Margaret's

, but it was moved to the edge of the chapel at the time of the dissolution of the monasteries. The step edging around the sides can, however, still be seen.

An annotated history of the Abbey in the Abbey's library states that the lid was removed in more modern times and the sarcophagus found to be empty. The monumental brass originally on the top of Margaret's tomb is long since missing, but the original wording around the edge and on the surface plaque was recorded historically.

Ancestry

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