  anne de mowbray, 8th countess of norfolk, later duchess of york and duchess of norfolk (10 december 1472 â 19 november (?) 1481) was the child bride of richard of shrewsbury, 1st duke of york, one of the princes in the tower. she died at the age of eight. ==heiress== she was born at framlingham castle in suffolk, the only (surviving) child of john de mowbray, 4th duke of norfolk and elizabeth de mowbray, duchess of norfolk. her maternal grandparents were john talbot, 1st earl of shrewsbury and his second wife lady margaret beauchamp. the death of her father in 1476 left anne a wealthy heiress. ==marriage== on 15 january 1478, she was married in st. stephen's chapel, westminster, to richard of shrewsbury, 1st duke of york, the 4-year-old younger son of edward iv and his queen elizabeth woodville. ==death and heirs== anne died at greenwich in london, nearly two years before her husband disappeared into the tower of london with his older brother edward v. upon her death, her heirs normally would have been her cousins william, viscount berkeley and john, lord howard, but by an act of parliament in january 1483 the rights were given to her husband richard, with reversion to his descendants, and, failing that, to the descendants of his father edward iv.ross 248 this action may be a motivation for lord howard's support of the accession of richard iii. he was created duke of norfolk and given his half of the mowbray estates after richard's coronation. ==burial== anne was entombed in a lead coffin in the chapel of st. erasmus of formiae in westminster abbey. when that chapel was demolished in about 1502 to make way for the henry vii lady chapel, anne's coffin was moved to a vault under the abbey of the minoresses, run by nuns of the order of poor ladies. 
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