Marriage Alliances (Clarence Fail) Flashcards
When did Charles the bold, Duke of Burgundy die? And where?
5 January 1477
At the siege of Nancy.
Who was the only heir to the throne? And who was her stepmother?
A 19 year old Mary.
Stepdaughter to Margaret, the dowger of Burgundy.
Edwards sister.
When did Isabel Neville die?
22 December 1476
Who did Margaret, dowger of Burgundy believe should marry the young heir? And why?
George, Duke of Clarence who had recently been widowed.
- to protect the Duchy of Burgundy inheritance from Louis XI of France.
Who did Edward IV want to marry the young Burgundian heir?
Anthony, Earl rivers
- his sons were too young
- Gloucester was married to Anne Neville
- he didn’t want Clarence because he was unreliable and untrustworthy.
What distant claim did the young Burgundian heir have to the English throne?
- she had a claim through her grandmother, Isabel, of Portugal.
- one of John of Gaunt’s granddaughters.
- this was further reason not to have Clarence marry her as Edward didn’t want Clarence to have a claim to the throne.
Who went to assist Margret of Burgundy?
Lord Hastings - lieutenant of Calais
- Richard, Duke of Gloucester
When and where did Richard and Hastings send troops? Why was this bad?
May 1477
Sent troops to Boulogne
- against Edward VI wishes as it broke the treaty of Picquigny.
What was the consequence of the assistance at Burgundy?
- Louis XI reminded Edward of the treaty.
- Edward stopping all progressions in Burgundy…
- no marriage to Mary
- no war
- three brothers dividing more and more.
Who did He young heir marry? And when?
Mary Married Archduke Maximilian of Austria, heir to the Holy Roman Empire on 18 August 1477
