Bridget of York
Also known as: Briget · Family: House of York · Role: daughter · First appears: Edward IV 40
Bridget of York, also known as Briget, was a daughter of Edward IV. She was one of his children by the queen, alongside her siblings Edward V, Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, Elizabeth of York, Cecily of York, Anne of York, and Katherine of York, as well as Arthur Plantagenet, Viscount Lisle, who was described as Edward IV’s base son.
In 1483, at Sion or Dertford, Bridget became a professed nun. The account describes her as “Briget a nunne professed in Sion or Dertford, as sir Thomas More saith;”
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Life events
- 1483 · Bridget of York became a professed nun.(Edward IV 40 · 📍 Sion or Dertford)
- “Briget a nunne professed in Sion or Dertford, as sir Thomas More saith;”
Edward IV 40
- parent: Edward IV “He left behind him issue by the quéene his wife two sonnes, Edward and Richard, with fiue daughters; Elizabeth that was after quéene married to Henrie the seauenth;”
- siblings with Edward V “He left behind him issue by the quéene his wife two sonnes, Edward and Richard, with fiue daughters; Elizabeth that was after quéene married to Henrie the seauenth; Cicilie married to the vicount Welles; Briget a nunne professed in Sion or Dertford, as sir Thomas More saith;”
- siblings with Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York “He left behind him issue by the quéene his wife two sonnes, Edward and Richard, with fiue daughters; Elizabeth that was after quéene married to Henrie the seauenth; Cicilie married to the vicount Welles; Briget a nunne professed in Sion or Dertford, as sir Thomas More saith;”
- siblings with Elizabeth of York “He left behind him issue by the quéene his wife two sonnes, Edward and Richard, with fiue daughters; Elizabeth that was after quéene married to Henrie the seauenth; Cicilie married to the vicount Welles; Briget a nunne professed in Sion or Dertford, as sir Thomas More saith;”
- siblings with Cecily of York “He left behind him issue by the quéene his wife two sonnes, Edward and Richard, with fiue daughters; Elizabeth that was after quéene married to Henrie the seauenth; Cicilie married to the vicount Welles; Briget a nunne professed in Sion or Dertford, as sir Thomas More saith;”
- siblings with Anne of York “He left behind him issue by the quéene his wife two sonnes, Edward and Richard, with fiue daughters; Elizabeth that was after quéene married to Henrie the seauenth; Cicilie married to the vicount Welles; Briget a nunne professed in Sion or Dertford, as sir Thomas More saith; Anne married to the lord Thomas Howard, after earle of Surrie, and duke of Norffolke;”
- siblings with Katherine of York “He left behind him issue by the quéene his wife two sonnes, Edward and Richard, with fiue daughters; Elizabeth that was after quéene married to Henrie the seauenth; Cicilie married to the vicount Welles; Briget a nunne professed in Sion or Dertford, as sir Thomas More saith; Anne married to the lord Thomas Howard, after earle of Surrie, and duke of Norffolke; Katherine wedded to the lord William Courtenie sonne to the earle of Deuonshire.”
- siblings with Arthur Plantagenet, Viscount Lisle “Beside these he left behind him likewise a base sonne named Arthur, that was after vicount Lisle.”
Edward V 1
- parent: Edward IV “leauing much faire issue, that is to wit, Edward the prince, a thirtéene yeares of age, Richard duke of Yorke two yeares yoonger; Elizabeth, whose fortune and grace was after to be quéene, wife vnto king Henrie the seuenth, and mother vnto the eight; Cicilie, not so fortunate as faire; Briget”
- siblings with Edward V “Edward the prince, a thirtéene yeares of age, Richard duke of Yorke two yeares yoonger; Elizabeth, whose fortune and grace was after to be quéene, wife vnto king Henrie the seuenth, and mother vnto the eight; Cicilie, not so fortunate as faire; Briget”
- siblings with Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York “Richard duke of Yorke two yeares yoonger; Elizabeth, whose fortune and grace was after to be quéene, wife vnto king Henrie the seuenth, and mother vnto the eight; Cicilie, not so fortunate as faire; Briget”
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Extracted from the original text of Holinshed's Chronicles — the reigns Shakespeare dramatized. Made with Rho MD.