Elizabeth of York | Biography, Children, Facts & Death
Elizabeth of York (born February 11, 1466, in Westminster Palace, and died on February 11, 1503, in the Tower of London) was an English princess from the House of York and the eldest daughter of King Edward IV and his wife Elizabeth Woodville.After the fall of her uncle Richard III, she married the new King Henry VII and became the mother of the future English King Henry VIII, the future Queen of Scotland Margaret Tudor and the future Queen of France Mary Tudor.She survived her children Edmund, Elizabeth, and the fifteen-year-old heir to the throne, Arthur, and died in 1503 when her youngest daughter Katherine was born. Quick Facts: Elizabeth of YorkKnown for: Queen of England, mother of Henry VIII Born: February 11, 1466, in London, England Parents: Edward IV and Eliz...