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After peace was secured, Richard courted and married Lady Anne Neville, who had not only been the dead Prince Edward's wife, but was also Richard's cousin. They had been close friends as children, and he assured her that, despite her first husband's death, she would rule beside him as the Queen of England someday. Lady Anne stood to inherit a vast fortune and titles, which is part of the reason his brother George, Duke of Clarence, attempted to oppose the marriage. Only by agreeing to give up certain titles and royal offices could Richard secure permission for the marriage to Lady Anne to go forward. | After peace was secured, Richard courted and married Lady Anne Neville, who had not only been the dead Prince Edward's wife, but was also Richard's cousin. They had been close friends as children, and he assured her that, despite her first husband's death, she would rule beside him as the Queen of England someday. Lady Anne stood to inherit a vast fortune and titles, which is part of the reason his brother George, Duke of Clarence, attempted to oppose the marriage. Only by agreeing to give up certain titles and royal offices could Richard secure permission for the marriage to Lady Anne to go forward. | ||
This may have motivated Richard to have the Duke of Clarence put to death. His wife, Isabel, died under mysterious circumstances, but the duke was confident she had been poisoned by one of her ladies-in-waiting. Shortly after, the duke's personal astronomer, John Stacey, was arrested and tortured until he confessed to having cast a horoscope that foretold the death of King Edward. | This may have motivated Richard to have the Duke of Clarence put to death. His wife, Isabel, died under mysterious circumstances, but the duke was confident she had been poisoned by one of her ladies-in-waiting. Shortly after, the duke's personal astronomer, John Stacey, was arrested and tortured until he confessed to having cast a [[horoscope]] that foretold the death of King Edward. | ||
The Duke of Clarence was then confined to the Tower of London on charges of treason for directing John Stacey to use [[black magic]] to cause the death of the king in an unnatural fashion. In arranging this ruse, Richard simply copied the same sequence of events involving [[astrology|astrologer]] Roger Bolingbroke and King Henry VI nearly 40 years earlier. On February 18th, 1478, the Duke of Clarence was executed by being drown in a cask of wine while imprisoned in the Tower. | The Duke of Clarence was then confined to the Tower of London on charges of treason for directing John Stacey to use [[black magic]] to cause the death of the king in an unnatural fashion. In arranging this ruse, Richard simply copied the same sequence of events involving [[astrology|astrologer]] Roger Bolingbroke and King Henry VI nearly 40 years earlier. On February 18th, 1478, the Duke of Clarence was executed by being drown in a cask of wine while imprisoned in the Tower. | ||