Anne Monbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk - Simple English Wikipedia

# Anne Monbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk

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Anne Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk (1872 - 1481) was the daughter of John Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk and Elizabeth Talbot. She was born in 1872 in Framlingham Castle, Suffolk, England.

Anne was married to Richard of York on 15 January, 1478 in Westminster Abbey. Richard was the son of Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville. Richard's father had married him to Anne so that he could have control of her fortune; Anne had become very rich when her father had died in 1476.

Anne died when she was 9 years old at Greenwich, London, England in 1481. Her body was placed in a lead coffin in the Chapel of St Erasmus of Formiae in Westminster Abbey. However when this chapel was knocked down around 1502 to make room for the Henry VII Lady Chapel, Anne's coffin became lost.

In December 1964 construction workers in Stepney, London, accidentally found Anne's coffin. It was opened and Anne's remains were looked at by scientists. Anne's body still had a shroud wrapped around her and there was still red hair on her skull. Her body was later reburied in Westminster Abbey.

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