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Description: | This tin features a 1924 painting by Ernest Board of King Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville, on Michaelmas Day, 1464 at Reading Abbey. It displayed in the Museum of Reading. King Edward is greeting his wife, Elizabeth. Queen Elizabeth's trainbearers are her two sons, Richard and Thomas Grey, by a former marriage. Behind the Queen stands the Earl of Warwick, cousin to the King and on his left is the Duke of Clarence, the King's younger brother. The King was betrothed to Elizabeth in the royal forest of Wychwood and they married secretly at Grafton Regis on 1 May 1464. Most sovereigns are descended from Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville through their daughter Elizabeth, wife of Henry VII. Ever since Edward's coronation the question of the royal succession had been discussed. As time went on more and more pressure was put on the King to find a suitable bride. Matters came to a head in September 1464, when the King attended a meeting of the Royal Council, in Reading. The question of his marriage was discussed and this forced the king to inform the Council that he had already secretly married Elizabeth Woodville. On St Michael's day, 29 September 1464, Elizabeth was introduced to the Royal Council and acknowledged by all present as Queen of England. She was eventually crowned at Westminster Abbey on 26 May 1465. It is unclear why Huntley & Palmers used this image at this time. Perhaps it simply reflects their Reading roots - and that this picture was well known within Reading, where the designer was based! | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Publisher: | Huntley & Palmers | Rights holder: | Reading Borough Council (Reading Museum Service) | Subjects: | Ernest Board queen royalty fine art king people heraldry religion Queen Elizabeth Woodville King Edward IV costume arms and armour sword | Temporal: | start=1952-01-01; end=1952-12-31; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | Huntley, Boorne & Stevens | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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