Anne of York, Duchess of Exeter Anne of York, Duchess of Exeter Anne of York, Duchess of Exeter aka Anne Plantagenet (10 August 1439 – 14 January 1476) was the first child of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, and Cecily Neville. She was thus the eldest sister of kings Edward IV (1461–1483) and Richard III (1483–1485); and of Edmund, Earl of Rutland, Elizabeth of York, Duchess of Suffolk, Margaret, Duchess of Burgundy and of George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence. Anne married twice and divorced her first husband: In 1447 aged eight years old, Anne was married to Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter (1430–1475).
Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough James forced Frances to give up the post because of her marriage to a Catholic, James did not forget the family. In 1673, Sarah entered court as maid of honour to James’s second wife, Mary of Modena. Sarah became close to the young Princess Anne in about 1675, and the friendship grew stronger as the two grew older. In late 1675, when she was still only fifteen, she met John Churchill, 10 years her senior, who fell in love with her. Churchill, who had previously been a lover of Charles II’s mistress, Barbara Palmer, Duchess of Cleveland, had little to