![]() Once she is with child, Elizabeth hopes her life will begin to take on some normalcy at court, but she soon discovers that there are those who still hold loyalties to the York dynasty, one of the most ardent supporters of the Yorkists is her own mother. ![]() He intends to get her with child first before they marry and he refuses to crown her his queen until she had produced a male heir. She vows to do her duty to her family, but when she meets Henry for the first time, he has other designs. ![]() In fact she was in love with Richard III and has been his lover for a number of years.Īfter his death, she learned she was to marry Henry instead to ensure a symbolic union between an old house and a new monarchy. The war ended with the marriage of Henry Tudor to his York bride, Elizabeth of York….the Union Rose bloomed in England as a new symbol of unity, but there were still a number of subjects who wished to see a White Rose on the throne.Įlizabeth of York was not in love with Henry Tudor…not in the least. The War of the Roses is a widely known period in history. ![]()
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