During the summer of 1466, Warwick invite the Edward IV's brothers to discuss marriage in his castle : George would marry Isabel and Richard with the second daughter of Louis IX or the second daughter of Warwick, Anne. According to Kendall (Warwick and Richard III), learning Warwick's plans, Edward arrest his brothers to punish them.
His brothers were old enough to marry, according to the customs of the fifteenth century. Edward IV, on the advice of Woodville, decides to marry and snatch to the influence of Warwick. Edward forbid them from marrying within England, George will marry the daughter of King James II of Scotland, to finally break the alliance between Scotland and Lancaster. And Richard of Gloucester will marry an Irish heiress to strengthen the power of Edward IV in Ireland, particularly reapply the Statutes of Kilkenny.
His brothers were old enough to marry, according to the customs of the fifteenth century. Edward IV, on the advice of Woodville, decides to marry and snatch to the influence of Warwick. Edward forbid them from marrying within England, George will marry the daughter of King James II of Scotland, to finally break the alliance between Scotland and Lancaster. And Richard of Gloucester will marry an Irish heiress to strengthen the power of Edward IV in Ireland, particularly reapply the Statutes of Kilkenny.
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