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On This Day In History . 15 January 1478 . Richard of Shrewsbury married Anne De Mowbray . ◼ On 15 January 1478, in St Stephen’s Chapel, Westminster, when he was about 4 years old, Richard married the 5-year-old Anne de Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk, who had inherited the vast Mowbray estates in 1476. . 👑 Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York (born 17 August 1473 - died c.1483), was the sixth child & second son of King Edward IV of England & Elizabeth Woodville, born in Shrewsbury. Richard & his older brother, who briefly reigned as King Edward V of England, mysteriously disappeared shortly after Richard III usurped the throne of England in 1483. . 👑 Anne de Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk, later Duchess of York & Duchess of Norfolk (10 December 1472 – c. 19 November 1481) was the child bride of Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York, one of the Princes in the Tower. She died at the age of eight. . . . #onthisthisdayinhistory #thisdayinhistory #d15jan #theyear1478 #RichardofShrewsbury #DukeofYork #AnneDeMowbray #houseofYork #HouseofPlantagenet #history #EnglishMonarchy #BritishMonarchy #royalhistory #instahistory #Englishhistory #Westminster #Elizabethwoodville #EdwardIV #Plantagenets #onthisday #Countessofnorfolk #duchessofyork (at Westminster, London) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7W53okA2m9/?igshid=1qr4724uzy3sv

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On This Day In History . 15 January 1478 . Richard of Shrewsbury married Anne De Mowbray . ◼ On 15 January 1478, in St Stephen's Chapel, Westminster, when he was about 4 years old, Richard married the 5-year-old Anne de Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk, who had inherited the vast Mowbray estates in 1476. . 👑 Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York (born 17 August 1473 - died c.1483), was the sixth child & second son of King Edward IV of England & Elizabeth Woodville, born in Shrewsbury. Richard & his older brother, who briefly reigned as King Edward V of England, mysteriously disappeared shortly after Richard III usurped the throne of England in 1483. . 👑 Anne de Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk, later Duchess of York & Duchess of Norfolk (10 December 1472 – c. 19 November 1481) was the child bride of Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York, one of the Princes in the Tower. She died at the age of eight. . . . #onthisthisdayinhistory #thisdayinhistory #d5jan #theyear1478 #RichardofShrewsbury #DukeofYork #AnneDeMowbray #houseofYork #HouseofPlantagenet #history #EnglishMonarchy #BritishMonarchy #HistoryFacts #Heritage # (at Westminster) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsQsjFflv4a/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=11yfyn90gykzj