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English princess
Margaret of York
(10 April 1472 ? 11 December 1472) was a namesake niece of
Margaret of York
,
Duchess of Burgundy
. She was the fifth child and fourth daughter of
Edward IV of England
and
Elizabeth Woodville
.
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She was a younger sister of
Elizabeth of York
,
Mary of York
,
Cecily of York
and
Edward V of England
and older sister of
Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York
,
Anne of York
,
George Plantagenet, Duke of Bedford
,
Catherine of York
and
Bridget of York
.
She was born in
Winchester Castle
but died of natural causes eight months later. She was buried in
Westminster Abbey
.
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Margaret's
sarcophagus
was originally placed to fit in the steps of the
shrine
of
St. Edward the Confessor
, but it was moved to the edge of the chapel at the time of the dissolution of the monasteries. The step edging around the sides can, however, still be seen.
An annotated history of the Abbey in the Abbey's library states that the lid was removed in more modern times and the sarcophagus found to be empty. The monumental brass originally on the top of Margaret's tomb is long since missing, but the original wording around the edge and on the surface plaque was recorded historically.
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Ancestors of Margaret of York (1472)
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