Anne of York, Countess of Surrey

Anne of York
Countess of Surrey
Spouse	Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Surrey (later 3rd Duke of Norfolk)
Issue
Lord Thomas Howard
House	House of York (by birth)
Father	Edward IV
Mother	Elizabeth Woodville
Born	2 November 1475(1475-11-02) Westminster Palace, London
Died	23 November 1511(1511-11-23) (aged 36)
Burial	first: Thetford Priory, Norfolk later: St Michael's, Framlingham

Anne of York (2 November 1475 – 23 November 1511) was the seventh child and fifth daughter of Edward IV, King of England, and his queen Elizabeth Woodville.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Bethrothal 3 Marriage 4 Later life and legacy 5 Ancestry 6 External links 7 References

[edit] Early life

She was born in the Palace of Westminster, London. She was a younger sister of Elizabeth of York, Mary of York, Cecily of York, Edward V, Margaret of York and Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York. She was also an older sister of George Plantagenet, Duke of Bedford, Catherine of York and Bridget of York.

[edit] Bethrothal

On 18 July 1479, Edward IV signed an agreement with Maximilian, Archduke of Austria. According to its terms Anne was supposed to marry his eldest son Philip the Handsome. The agreement also included the term that Maximilian would not pursue other contracts of marriage for the following three years.

Maximilian was the eldest son of Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor and had a good chance for pursuing the title of the Holy Roman Emperor for himself later. His wife and mother to Philip was Mary, Duchess of Burgundy. Both relations made Maximilian a valuable ally for Edward IV. However, the marriage treaty was repudiated after Edward's death and was never concluded.

[edit] Marriage

On 4 February 1494/1495, Anne was instead married to Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Surrey. He was, at the time, the eldest son and heir of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk by his first wife, Elizabeth Tilney.

Their only son known with certainty was Thomas Howard (c. 1496 - 1508). There are also suggestions of short-lived Henry Howard and William Howard resulting from this marriage. There was at least one stillborn child.

[edit] Later life and legacy

In 1486 at the lavish christening of her nephew Prince Arthur Tudor of Wales the first Tudor prince, she carried the chrisom. And in 1489, at the christening of her niece, Margaret Tudor, later Queen of Scots, she again the carried the chrisom during the ceremony.

Anne died shortly after 22 November 1511 and was buried at Thetford Priory. After the Reformation, she was relocated, along with other Howards, to the large aisle chancel of the Church of St Michael the Archangel, Framlingham.

Anne and Thomas are considered to have survived their own children. He was a childless widower following her death. He later married a very reluctant Elizabeth Stafford, daughter of Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Alianore Percy.

[edit] Ancestry

Ancestors of Anne of York, Countess of Surrey

16. Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York               8. Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge                       17. Isabella of Castile               4. Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York                             18. Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March               9. Anne de Mortimer                       19. Alianore de Holland               2. Edward IV of England                                   20. John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville de Raby               10. Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland                       21. Maud Percy               5. Cecily Neville                             22. John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster               11. Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland                       23. Katherine Swynford               1. Anne of York                                         24. Richard Wydeville               12. Sir Richard Wydevill                       25. Elizabeth Lyons               6. Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers                             26. John Bodulgate               13. Elizabeth Bodulgate                       27. Joan Beauchamp               3. Elizabeth Woodville                                   28. Jean I de Luxembourg, Comte de Brienne               14. Pierre I de Luxembourg, Comte de St. Pol, Brienne and Conversano                       29. Marguerite d'Enghien, Comtesse de Brienne               7. Jacquetta of Luxembourg                             30. Francois de Baux, Duke of Andria               15. Margherita del Balzo                       31. Sueva Orsini del Balzo

[edit] External links

• Remarks on the Privy Purse Expenses and Memoirs of the Siblings of Elizabeth of York

[edit] References

 "Howard, Anne". Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900​. London: Smith, Elder & Co.