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The chapter concerning Richard Neville will not only analyse his career but also attempt to undercut the noble account he generally receives as the brave and successful ‘kingmaker’ and reveal him more as a selfish magnate fortunate in periods of his life but ultimately proving fruitless in his endeavours. From this, I hope to determine if during this period of time the earls of Warwick were mainly a nuisance to the king or overall a beneficial ally to have and thus what effect this had on both aspects of the careers of the earls. It is also clear that, far from living in subjection to Henry VII and his mother, Margaret Beaufort, she enjoyed a good relationship with both.The primary objective of this dissertation is to explore and analyse both the military and political careers of the earls of Warwick in the era 1369 with the beginning of the earldom of Thomas de Beauchamp to the end of the earldom of Richard Neville in 1471. Certainly the sources show that she deserves a lot more credit for her political accomplishments than most historians have been prepared to give her – and that she was highly active within the late medieval queen’s traditional spheres of influence. Her goodness shines forth in the records she was greatly loved, and deservedly so. Henry VII did engage in diplomacy to find a second wife, but did not in the end remarryĮlizabeth’s legacy to the Tudor dynasty was her Plantagenet blood, which compensated for any deficiency in Henry VII’s descent.

Elizabeth’s bloodline was, in many eyes, superior to that of Henry Tudor himself, and her death robbed him of one prop to his dynastic claim, as well as ending hopes that he and Elizabeth could have more children: the dynasty’s future hung on the sole surviving prince, Henry – the future Henry VIII – aged just 11.

It was also, however, a major political blow. It was a shattering personal blow to the king, says Dr James Ross – her grand funeral was the public expression of this. Elizabeth died on 11 February 1503, a few days after giving birth to a daughter, Katherine, who died soon after.

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