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Lady Eleanor Talbot
Born
c. 1436
Died
June 1468 (aged 31–32) Norwich, England
Buried
Whitefriars, Norwich
Noble family
Talbot
Spouse(s)
Sir Thomas Butler
Father
John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury
Mother
Margaret Beauchamp
Lady Eleanor Talbot (c. 1436 – June 1468), also known by her married name Eleanor Butler (or Boteler),[1] was an English noblewoman. She was a daughter of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury. After the death of Edward IV of England in 1483 it was claimed by Robert Stillington, Bishop of Bath and Wells, that she had had a legal precontract of marriage to Edward, which invalidated the king's later marriage to Elizabeth Woodville. According to Richard, Duke of Gloucester, this meant he, rather than Edward's sons, was the true heir to the throne. Richard took the crown (as Richard III) and imprisoned Edward's sons, who subsequently disappeared.
After the overthrow and death of Richard at the hands of Henry Tudor, the precontract alleged by Richard was presented as a fiction to justify Richard's usurpation of power and to cover his murder of the princes. Some historians have agreed with this view.[2] Supporters of Richard, however, have argued that the precontract was real and that it legitimised his accession to the throne.[3]
^Pollard, A.J. (2004). "Talbot, John, first earl of Shrewsbury". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online) (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/26932. Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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^Muriel Smith, "Reflections on Lady Eleanor", The Ricardian, September 1998, no 142
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