Anne de Mortimer

Anne De Mortimer

Anne de Mortimer, Countess of Cambridge (27 December 1390 – c. 21 September 1411) was the mother of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, and the grandmother of King Edward IV and King Richard III.

Read more about Anne De Mortimer:  Early Life, Marriage and Issue, The Southampton Plot, Shakespeare and Richard, Earl of Cambridge

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