![]() ![]() Melusine's legend becomes a refrain to Elizabeth's story as Gregory weaves into the historical fact that Elizabeth and her mother were accused of witchcraft the fiction that they were gifted with second sight and practiced folk magic. She was the mother of his sons, the Princes in the Tower whose fate remains a mystery to this day.Įlizabeth's mother descended from the ruling house of Luxembourg, whose founder was said to have married Melusine, a water creature half-woman, half-fish. As Edward distributed lands, titles and marriage alliances to the numerous relatives of the wife he loved, but to whom he could not stay faithful, she became one of the most hated women in the land. Their secret marriage offered none of the diplomatic advantages of the French princess for whose hand Edward's advisers were negotiating, and it infuriated them. A widow in her late twenties when she and the young King Edward IV of England met, she was considered one of the most beautiful women of her time. Elizabeth's story, even in the bare outline history gives us, is extraordinary. ![]() First in a planned series, The White Queen takes a fresh, intriguing look at the Wars of the Roses from the perspective of Elizabeth Woodville. ![]()
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