Elizabeth of York throughout history gets very limited credit for her time as both Queen consort and Henry Tudor’s wife and for this reason Elizabeth own influence is highly underestimated within history. Her own marriage to Henry Tudor was much more powerful than realised as it brought stability and restored her own good name because of the issues of the war of the roses but most importantly it united two feuding families in a way in which has not been done for thirty years and the marriage brought both peace and harmony to the land. Throughout Elizabeth’s own life evidence to suggest her own influence during politics of the time, her own marriage to Henry VII and especially that of her own children seem limited from the outset. However, evidence suggests she is much more than a mere Queen consort and wife to Henry VII and in fact had much more influence than first appears. The influence which she had been a pivotal role within her own life but also was the repercussions of the earlier years. Elizabeth of York’s influence is actively seen throughout her own children’s alliances with both her son and daughter and the upbringing which she
Elizabeth of York throughout history gets very limited credit for her time as both Queen consort and Henry Tudor’s wife and for this reason Elizabeth own influence is highly underestimated within history. Her own marriage to Henry Tudor was much more powerful than realised as it brought stability and restored her own good name because of the issues of the war of the roses but most importantly it united two feuding families in a way in which has not been done for thirty years and the marriage brought both peace and harmony to the land. Throughout Elizabeth’s own life evidence to suggest her own influence during politics of the time, her own marriage to Henry VII and especially that of her own children seem limited from the outset. However, evidence suggests she is much more than a mere Queen consort and wife to Henry VII and in fact had much more influence than first appears. The influence which she had been a pivotal role within her own life but also was the repercussions of the earlier years. Elizabeth of York’s influence is actively seen throughout her own children’s alliances with both her son and daughter and the upbringing which she