Royal bastards

I've read (somewhere) that Edward IV had an illegitimate daughter named Elizabeth who lived in his household.

Is this true, or is it one of those persistent stories arising from misreadings or misunderstanding of documents?

Katy

You are correct that Edward IV had an illegitimate daughter named Elizabeth, who lived in his household;)

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I've read (somewhere) that Edward IV had an illegitimate daughter named Elizabeth who lived in his household.

Is this true, or is it one of those persistent stories arising from misreadings or misunderstanding of documents?

Katy

--- In , "Stephen Lark" wrote:

You are correct that Edward IV had an illegitimate daughter named Elizabeth, who lived in his household;)


Katy:

Do we know who her mother was?

Do we know of any other bastards of Edward IV?

Katy

Elizabeth Woodville;)

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--- In , "Stephen Lark" wrote:

You are correct that Edward IV had an illegitimate daughter named Elizabeth, who lived in his household;)


Katy:

Do we know who her mother was?

Do we know of any other bastards of Edward IV?

Katy

Well that made me laugh!  We do of course know the name of several of his illegitimate children ....
 

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Elizabeth Woodville;)

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--- In mailto:%40yahoogroups.com, "Stephen Lark" wrote:

You are correct that Edward IV had an illegitimate daughter named Elizabeth, who lived in his household;)

Katy:

Do we know who her mother was?

Do we know of any other bastards of Edward IV?

Katy

If only the Royal Marriages Act (1772) had come in over three centuries earlier. Although George IV and Mrs. Fitzherbert went through a ceremony, it was illegal without the monarch's consent and the same would apply to the George III and Hannah Lightfoot rumours.
Both of Edward IV's clandestine "marriages" would have been illegal. He would have been free to marry in public but NOT to either of his older Lancastrian widows. Mrs. Fitzherbert was also an older (double) widow, although neither of her husbands had been at war with George. Her niece and adopted daughter (Mary Ann Smythe) married into the Stafford-Jerningham family, bearers of the Stafford Barony.

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Well that made me laugh! We do of course know the name of several of his illegitimate children ....


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From: Stephen Lark <stephenmlark@...>
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Elizabeth Woodville;)

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--- In mailto:%40yahoogroups.com, "Stephen Lark" wrote:

You are correct that Edward IV had an illegitimate daughter named Elizabeth, who lived in his household;)

Katy:

Do we know who her mother was?

Do we know of any other bastards of Edward IV?

Katy

LOL, Stephen...but you know that's not exactly what I meant.

Katy

--- In , "Stephen Lark" wrote:

Elizabeth Woodville;)



--- In , "Stephen Lark" wrote:

You are correct that Edward IV had an illegitimate daughter named Elizabeth, who lived in his household;)


Katy:

Do we know who her mother was?

Do we know of any other bastards of Edward IV?

Katy