Anne St Leger, Baroness de Ros

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Born: 1476, 14th January.

Place of Birth: Ulcombe, Kent.

Died: 1526 in Winsor. Buried St Georges Chapel, Windsor.

Parents: Sir Thomas St Leger and Anne of York, Duchess of Exeter.

Marriages: George Manners 11th Baron Ros on 20 June 1490.

Children: Thomas 1st Earl of Rutland c1463, Elizabeth c1466, William c1481, George c1482, Anne c1490, Margaret c1491, Oliver c1492, Anthony c1494, Cecily c1496, Anne c1498, Eleanor 1503 and Sir Richard 1506.

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Notes: Anne St Leger (later Baroness de Ros) was a niece of two kings of England, Edward IV and Richard III. Before she was 8, she had inherited a vast fortune and been disinherited of it. Married at 14, she had 11 children.

Anne's line of decent was used, in the identification of the remains, found under a Leicester car park, as being those of Richard III, her uncle. The site had formaly been that of Gray Friars Priory, where Richard III was know to have been buried.