The Daughters of Edward IV

Okay, please excuse my (extremely fallible) knowledge of the subject, but I was wondering why none of the marriages Edward IV arranged for his daughters never materialized, I understand during Richard III's reign they were bastardized (much like the granddaughters of a certain half-Woodville princess:D), but after the Titulus Regius was revoked, they were once again legitimate, was it that it was too late for them to marry their bridegrooms? Or was it that Harry Tudor was afraid if he let a foreign monarch now marry his sisters-in-law that he would have a War of the Roses (or something like it) situation on his hands?
 
Okay, please excuse my (extremely fallible) knowledge of the subject, but I was wondering why none of the marriages Edward IV arranged for his daughters never materialized, I understand during Richard III's reign they were bastardized (much like the granddaughters of a certain half-Woodville princess:D), but after the Titulus Regius was revoked, they were once again legitimate, was it that it was too late for them to marry their bridegrooms? Or was it that Harry Tudor was afraid if he let a foreign monarch now marry his sisters-in-law that he would have a War of the Roses (or something like it) situation on his hands?

I believe during Henry's reign some Scottish marriages were considered for Elizabeth Woodville and a younger daughter(s), but I think that's generally it. With a new King on the throne, their worth was significantly diminished. Even as legitimate princesses with a father on the throne, England's lengthy history of internal disorder and constant changes of dynasty made marriage alliances with England seem "iffy"/"risky" to continental powers. It took several years, a lot of craftiness and the execution of more than one rival for Henry Tudor to finally convince the Catholic monarchs to part with their youngest infanta for his royal heir.

Henry generally preferred to marry them to safe, trustworthy men closely connected to him - the Princess Cecily married his uncle the Viscount Welles, the Princess Anne married Thomas Howard (who went to great lengths regaining royal favour after fighting for the losing side at Bosworth) and the Princess Catherine married William Courtenay, a supporter of Henry VII whose his father was a companion of Tudor's exile in France and fought for him at Bosworth. Margaret Plantagenet, daughter of the Duke of Clarence, was married to Sir Richard Pole, one of Henry VII's Welsh cousins (his mother was the half-sister of Margaret Beaufort). Seems to have been Tudor's general policy to reconcile Yorkist and Lancastrians by judicious marriages beyond his own.
 
Edward IV

I know that Princess Elizabeth was once betrothed to the Dauphin of France, but this was eventually called off (for reasons that I don't know).
 
The daughter's of Edward IV were promised in marriage during his reign
As follows:
Elizabeth - dauphin of France (future Charles VIII) - broken by his father in 1482 (he was keen for Charles to marry Margaret of Austria instead)
Cecily - betrothed by her father to the future James III in 1474 continuing war with Scots meant the marriage never happened - in 1482 she was instead betrothed to Alexander Duke of Albany younger brother of James III who Edward now supported against James III in their fight for control of Scotland.
Anne of York - was betrothed in 1479 to Phillip of Austria - repudiated on Edward's death and Phillip of course went on to marry Juana of Castille.
Catherine of York - negotiations begain in 1479 to marry her to Juan Prince of Asturias the marriage was still being negotiated when Edward IV died.

The death of Edward IV effectively ended their value in terms of alliances - even had their brother Edward V remained on the throne - their value would be less as a brother was invariably less trustworthy as an ally than a devoted father.
Edward IV appears to have been a pretty devoted father which may in part be why he delayed the older girls marriages delays were also due to politics in general and a lack of available of age grooms amongst England traditional alliances - Elizabeth of York was 16 in 1482 when her betrothal ended, Mary of York was 15 and not betrothed when she died in 1482, Cecily was 14 when her father died.
England's traditional marriage alliances were France, Burgundy, Scotland and the Iberian Kingdoms.
Had Edward V lived then it is quite likely that at least one or two of the planned marriages for Edward's daughter's would go ahead.

Richard III's usurpation ended their value completely and even Henry VII's accession and marriage to their eldest sister didn't improve matter.
Henry VII did open negotiations in 1486 to marry Elizabeth Woodville to James III and Cecily of York to the future James IV but it never went any further than talk.
Henry's problem was twofold 1) If his marriage to Elizabeth of York failed to provide children then any child of her now legitimate sisters would have a claim to the throne irrespective of his claim to rule by conquest. 2) He would have to dower them as Princesses which he was unlikely and unwilling to do.
Marrying them domestically to loyal subjects was really his only option and their only chance of any kind of marriage.
 
I read somewhere that Elizabeth was proposed as a match for D. Manuel I, King of Portugal, and another daughter was mentioned as a candidate to marry Hans I of Denmark
 
I read somewhere that Elizabeth was proposed as a match for D. Manuel I, King of Portugal, and another daughter was mentioned as a candidate to marry Hans I of Denmark

Richard III arranged a deal where Elizabeth of York would marry Manuel, who was Duke of Beja at the time. Also as part of the deal, Richard was to marry Joanna of Portugal.
 
Hans I was suggested for Edward's third daughter Mary of York she died in 1482 - Hans I had married elsewhere in 1478


I read somewhere that Elizabeth was proposed as a match for D. Manuel I, King of Portugal, and another daughter was mentioned as a candidate to marry Hans I of Denmark
 
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