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Margaret of York

Duchess of Burgundy
Years: 1446 - 1503

Margaret of York (May 3, 1446 – November 23, 1503) – also by marriage known as Margaret of Burgundy – is Duchess of Burgundy as the third wife of Charles the Bold and acts as a protector of the Duchy after his death.

She is a daughter of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, and Cecily Neville, and the sister of two Kings of England, Edward IV and Richard III.

She was born at Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire, England, and she dies at Mechelen in the Low Countries.