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A royal child bride, a mysterious death and a lost coffin rediscovered over four centuries later. This is the incredible true story of what happened to Anne Mowbray, Duchess of York, the wife of one of the Princes in the Tower.
Born in December 1472, Anne de Mowbray (as she is also known) became one of the wealthiest heiresses in England after her father’s death and the Countess of Norfolk in her own right. She was married at just five years old to Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, the younger son of King Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville, ultimately making her the aunt of Henry VIII. Tragically, Anne died of an unknown illness in November 1481 aged only eight and two years before her young husband and his brother, Edward V, vanished inside the Tower of London in one of the most enduring mysteries of the Wars of the Roses.
In this detailed Plantagenet history documentary from History Calling, I take you through the life of Anne Mowbray, including her christening, her royal marriage, her early death, her burial at Westminster Abbey, and the astonishing fate of her remains. Moved once by the Tudors to the Abbey of the Minoresses near Aldgate, Anne’s coffin disappeared from history until an accidental discovery beneath London in 1964 revealed her lost tomb.
We’ll uncover what archaeologists found inside Anne Mowbray’s coffin, including how her shroud and hair were preserved, what her teeth and bones revealed about her health, diet and genetics and why high levels of a deadly poison shocked researchers. You’ll also hear about the ethical debates in the House of Lords that followed her disinterment, her solemn lying in state, and her final reburial in Westminster Abbey in 1965, near the supposed resting place of her little husband, Richard in the Henry VII Lady Chapel.
Through the story of Anne Mowbray, we explore a world of royal alliances, child marriages, medieval burial customs, and Tudor reinterment practices, shining light on how one small coffin transformed our understanding of England’s royal past.
So if you’re interested in hearing about the life of Edward IV’s daughter in law, the death of Anne Mowbray, royal child marriages, royal burials in Westminster Abbey and the Plantagenet royal family, then this is the video for you.
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A royal child bride, a mysterious death and a lost coffin rediscovered over four centuries later. This is the incredible true story of what happened to Anne Mowbray, Duchess of York, the wife of one of the Princes in the Tower.
Born in December 1472, Anne de Mowbray (as she is also known) became one of the wealthiest heiresses in England after her father’s death and the Countess of Norfolk in her own right. She was married at just five years old to Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, the younger son of King Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville, ultimately making her the aunt of Henry VIII. Tragically, Anne died of an unknown illness in November 1481 aged only eight and two years before her young husband and his brother, Edward V, vanished inside the Tower of London in one of the most enduring mysteries of the Wars of the Roses.
In this detailed Plantagenet history documentary from History Calling, I take you through the life of Anne Mowbray, including her christening, her royal marriage, her early death, her burial at Westminster Abbey, and the astonishing fate of her remains. Moved once by the Tudors to the Abbey of the Minoresses near Aldgate, Anne’s coffin disappeared from history until an accidental discovery beneath London in 1964 revealed her lost tomb.
We’ll uncover what archaeologists found inside Anne Mowbray’s coffin, including how her shroud and hair were preserved, what her teeth and bones revealed about her health, diet and genetics and why high levels of a deadly poison shocked researchers. You’ll also hear about the ethical debates in the House of Lords that followed her disinterment, her solemn lying in state, and her final reburial in Westminster Abbey in 1965, near the supposed resting place of her little husband, Richard in the Henry VII Lady Chapel.
Through the story of Anne Mowbray, we explore a world of royal alliances, child marriages, medieval burial customs, and Tudor reinterment practices, shining light on how one small coffin transformed our understanding of England’s royal past.
So if you’re interested in hearing about the life of Edward IV’s daughter in law, the death of Anne Mowbray, royal child marriages, royal burials in Westminster Abbey and the Plantagenet royal family, then this is the video for you.
#AnneMowbray #AnneDeMowbray #PrincesInTheTower
BUY MY BOOK (Find Your Irish Ancestors Online): amzn.to/3Z2ChnG
Join my mailing list (with 2 FREE DOWNLOADS):
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youtu.be/WQ6FIe4dLTo
CAN DNA IDENTIFY THE PRINCES IN THE TOWER?
youtu.be/awBM-t-cFQo
HISTORIAN REACTS TO NEW PRINCES IN THE TOWER THEORY [yes, I have TWO VIDEOS reacting to two different theories]
youtu.be/tQ5FaYFnS2E
youtu.be/Fqbfd1YicCw
SHOULD WE DISPLAY DEAD PEOPLE?
youtu.be/VEqvin_zMpQ
THE BODY OF RICHARD III
youtu.be/NpQZZanLaRM
THE ROOM WHERE 16 KINGS AND QUEENS ARE BURIED IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY
youtu.be/q3BpP2tA94k
TRAGIC LOSS OF 3 TUDOR CHILDREN
youtu.be/BQFl7U5okLg
WHERE WERE ROYAL BABIES BURIED?
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SECRETS INSIDE EDWARD VI’S TOMB
youtu.be/fyhzlM0aZjQ
THE TOMB OF MARY AND ELIZABETH TUDOR
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THE LOST GRAVE OF JAMES I
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LEARN MORE:
Bruce Watson, Benjamin White et al., ‘ANNE MOWBRAY, DUCHESS OF YORK: A 15th-CENTURY CHILD BURIAL FROM THE ABBEY OF ST CLARE, IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF TOWER HAMLETS’ in London and Middlesex Archaeological Society Transactions, 67 (2016), pp 227—60.
Michael L. Nash, The History and Politics of Exhumation: Royal Bodies and Lesser Mortals (2019) available at amzn.to/4qhmpJy
GEAR USED
Apple MacBook Pro Laptop (for video editing): amzn.to/3S6IoRK
Blue Yeti Microphone: amzn.to/3FgEDYq
Go-Pro Hero 13 camera: amzn.to/41H4Xnt
GoPro 3-Way 2.0 (Tripod/Grip/Arm): amzn.to/3vaVxjU
Memory Card: amzn.to/3KeLZZs
DJI Drone: amzn.to/39hROZm
NB: Links above may be affiliate links. This means if you make a purchase through one of these links, I earn a small commission. It in no way affects the price you pay.
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