Elizabeth of York (1466 – 1503). Queen consort of England from 1486
until her death. As the wife of Henry VII, she was the first Tudor
queen. She was the daughter of Edward IV and niece of Richard III, and
she married the king following Henry's victory at the Battle of Bosworth
which started the last phase of the Wars of the Roses. She was the
mother of King
Henry VIII,
Margaret,
Mary and
Arthur.
Therefore, she was the daughter, sister,
niece, wife, mother and grandmother of successive Kings and Queens of
England.
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Elizabeth of York was a renowned beauty, inheriting
her parents' fair hair and complexion. All other Tudor monarchs
inherited her reddish gold hair and the trait became synonymous with the
dynasty."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_of_York
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