Background
She was born at Framlingham Castle in Suffolk, the only (surviving) child of John de Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk and Elizabeth de Mowbray, Duchess of Norfolk. The death of her father in 1476 left Anne a wealthy heiress.
Duchess of Norfolk Duchess of York
She was born at Framlingham Castle in Suffolk, the only (surviving) child of John de Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk and Elizabeth de Mowbray, Duchess of Norfolk. The death of her father in 1476 left Anne a wealthy heiress.
She died at the age of eight. This action may be a motivation for Lord Howard"s support of the accession of Richard III. He was created Duke of Norfolk and given his half of the Mowbray estates after Richard"s coronation. When that chapel was demolished in about 1502 to make way for the Henry VII Lady Chapel, Anne"s coffin was moved to a vault under the Abbey of the Minoresses, run by nuns of the Order of Poor Ladies.
Her coffin eventually disappeared.
In December 1964, construction workers in Stepney accidentally dug into the vault and found Anne"s coffin. lieutenant was opened, and her remains were analyzed by scientists and then entombed in Westminster Abbey in May 1965.
Her red hair was still on her skull and her shroud still wrapped around her.