COMPANION

Elizabeth of York

1466 - 1503

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Elizabeth of York (11 February 1466 – 11 February 1503) was Queen of England from her marriage to King Henry VII on 18 January 1486 until her death in 1503. She was the daughter of King Edward IV and his wife, Elizabeth Woodville, and her marriage to Henry VII followed his victory at the Battle of Bosworth Field, which marked the end of the civil war known as the Wars of the Roses. Elizabeth's younger brothers, the "Princes in the Tower", mysteriously disappeared from the Tower of London shortly after their uncle Richard III seized the throne in 1483. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elizabeth of York has received more than 10,883,168 page views. Her biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Elizabeth of York is the 48th most popular companion (down from 21st in 2019), the 182nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 110th in 2019) and the 8th most popular British Companion.

Elizabeth of York is most famous for being the daughter of King Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville, and the mother of King Henry VIII.

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  • 11M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 71.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 52

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Elizabeth of York ranks 48 out of 784. Before her are Zita of Bourbon-Parma, Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, Anne of Cleves, Désirée Clary, Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, and Zainab bint Muhammad. After her are Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib, Priscilla Presley, Dinah, Hafsa bint Umar, Queen Anne-Marie of Greece, and Fawzia Fuad of Egypt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1466, Elizabeth of York ranks 3. Before her are Erasmus, and Moctezuma II. After her are Andrea Doria, Quentin Matsys, Alonso de Ojeda, Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua, Şehzade Ahmet, Giovanni Sforza, Ottaviano Petrucci, Ashikaga Yoshitane, and Marino Sanuto the Younger. Among people deceased in 1503, Elizabeth of York ranks 3. Before her are Pope Alexander VI, and Pope Pius III. After her are Piero the Unfortunate, Sophia Palaiologina, Margaret of York, Sten Sture the Elder, Peter II, Duke of Bourbon, Bona of Savoy, George, Duke of Bavaria, Pierre d'Aubusson, and Peter Schöffer.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Elizabeth of York ranks 182 out of 8,785. Before her are Edward Smith (1850), Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank (1935), Boudica (33), Aleister Crowley (1875), Humphry Davy (1778), and Charlotte Rampling (1946). After her are Henry III of England (1207), Geoffrey Chaucer (1343), Peter O'Toole (1932), Robert the Bruce (1274), Tony Blair (1953), and Thomas Henry Huxley (1825).

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Among COMPANIONS In United Kingdom

Among companions born in United Kingdom, Elizabeth of York ranks 8. Before her are Jane Seymour (1508), Victoria, Princess Royal (1840), Mary Boleyn (1499), Catherine Parr (1512), Catherine Howard (1523), and Princess Helena of the United Kingdom (1846). After her are Mary Tudor, Queen of France (1496), Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (1901), Mary of Teck (1867), Elizabeth Woodville (1437), Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (1887), and Margaret Tudor (1489).

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