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Margaret of York

Margaret of York (3 May 1446 – 23 November 1503), also known by marriage as Margaret of Burgundy, was Duchess of Burgundy as the third wife of Charles the Bold and acted as a protector of the Burgundian State after his death. She was a daughter of Richard, 3rd Duke of York, and Cecily Neville, and the sister of two kings of England, Edward IV and Richard III. She was born at Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire, in the Kingdom of England, and she died at Mechelen in the Low Countries.[1]

For other people named Margaret of York, see Margaret of York (disambiguation).

Margaret of York

9 July 1468 – 5 January 1477

23 November 1503(1503-11-23) (aged 57)
Mechelen, Flanders

(m. 1468; d. 1477)

In fiction and media[edit]

Margaret is the major character in the 2008 novel A Daughter of York by Anne Easter Smith. The book begins with Margaret mourning her father and brother and continues through her marriage and the aftermath of her husband's death. She also features in Easter Smith's 2009 The King's Grace.


In the video game Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, there is a contract mission in London where Margaret is killed on behalf of Henry VII.


In the 1972 BBC drama The Shadow of the Tower she was played by Rachel Kempson.


In the 2017 Starz drama The White Princess (not to be confused with its predecessor The White Queen), she was portrayed by English actress Joanne Whalley.


In the 2017 German-Austrian TV series Maximilian about Maximilian I and Mary of Burgundy, she was portrayed by French actress Alix Poisson.

Taylor, Aline S, Isabel of Burgundy

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Notes on the 1468 wedding, especially its music

Burgundian Netherlands court life, reflected in collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

by Anne Easter Smith, an historical novel about Margaret, set in England and Burgundy (now Belgium)

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