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Bridget of York (10 November 1480 – 1517) was an English princess, the tenth child and seventh daughter of Edward IV of England and Queen Elizabeth Woodville. She was a younger sister of Elizabeth of York, Mary of York, Cecily of York, Edward V, Margaret of York, Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York, Anne of York, George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Bedford, and Catherine of York. She was also an aunt of Henry VIII of England. She was born in Eltham, London on 10 November 1480, and was baptized by Edward Story, Bishop of Chichester on 11 November 1480. Her godmothers at the baptismal fount were her paternal grandmother, Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, and her oldest sister, Elizabeth of York. Her godfather was William Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester. Bridget's aunt Margaret, Lady Maltravers, served as her godmother at her confirmation.〔Routh, "Princess Bridget," in ''The Ricardian'', June 1975, p. 13〕 Bridget was likely named after St. Bridget of Sweden.〔Anne F. Sutton and Livia Visser-Fuchs, ''The Royal Funerals of the House of York at Windsor'', Richard III Society, 2005, p. 110.〕 Her parents may have decided at the time of her birth that this daughter would be dedicated to a religious life, and Princess Bridget was entrusted to Dartford Priory, Dartford, Kent sometime between 1486 and 1492. She became a nun.〔Mary Anne Everett Green, ''Lives of the Princesses of England''. London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longman and Robers, 1857. Vol. 4, p. 46.〕 It has been suggested that the orphan and ward of the Dartford Priory, Agnes ''of Eltham'', may have been an illegitimate daughter to Bridget. Bridget maintained correspondence throughout her life with her sister the queen, who also paid for her various minor expenses, as well as minor expenses of the orphaned Agnes.〔( *'Elizabeth of York' by Alison Weir )〕 After Bridget's sister, Elizabeth of York, married Henry VII, Elizabeth paid some of Bridget's expenses and kept in touch with her via messengers.〔Green, p. 47.〕 Bridget is known to have left Dartford on at least one occasion, when she attended the funeral of her mother, Elizabeth Woodville, in 1492.〔Sutton and Visser-Fuchs, p. 73.〕 She died about 1517.〔Routh, p. 14.〕 ==Ancestry== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bridget of York」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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