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Cecily of York
Cecily of York, Viscountess Welles (20 March 1469 – 24 August 1507) was an English princess and the third, but eventual second surviving, daughter of Edward IV, King of England and his queen consort Elizabeth Woodville, daughter of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers and Jacquetta of Luxembourg. She was First Lady of the Bedchamber to the queen in 1485–1487.
Birth and family.
Cecily was born in Westminster Palace, Ossulstone Hundred, Middlesex. (For centuries Westminster and the City of London
Cecily
Cecily is a given name, one of the English forms of Latin Cecilia. Notable people with the name include:
- Cecily Adams (1958–2004), American actress, casting director, and lyricist
- Cecily Bonville, 7th Baroness Harington (1460–1529), English peeress
- Cecily Brown (born 1969), British painter
- Cecily Lefort (1900–1945), British World War II agent
- Cecily Neville, Duchess of York (1415–1495), mother of two English kings
- Cecily Norden (