Editing Elizabeth of York (section)

== Appearance and legacy ==
The symbol of the [[Tudor dynasty]] is the [[Tudor rose]], which became a royal symbol for England upon Elizabeth's marriage to Henry VII in 1486. Her [[White Rose of York]] is most commonly proper to her husband's [[Red Rose of Lancaster]] and today, uncrowned, is still the [[floral emblem]] of England.

Henry VIII owned a version of her portrait, displayed with a silk curtain, described in [[inventory of Henry VIII|his inventory]] as a "table with the Picture of Quene Elizabeth with a Curten of yellowe & white sarceonet paned togethers". Her portrait may have been painted by [[Meynnart Wewyck]].<ref>[[Maria Hayward]], ''The 1542 Inventory of Whitehall Palace'', 2 (Illuminata Publishers, 2004), p. 91 no. 706.</ref> [[Pietro Torrigiano]] made bronze effigies of Elizabeth and Henry VII for their monument at [[Westminster Abbey]].<ref>Michael Wyatt, ''The Italian Encounter with Tudor England: A Cultural Politics of Translation'' (Cambridge University Press, 2005), p. 47.</ref> 

Elizabeth of York was renowned as a great beauty for her time, with regular features, tall in stature, and a fair complexion, inheriting many traits from her [[Edward IV of England|father]] and her mother Elizabeth Woodville, who was considered at one point the most beautiful woman in the British Isles.<ref name=":2" /> She inherited her father's height, most women of her generation being considerably smaller than {{Convert|5|ft|6|in|cm|spell=in}}.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Medievalists.net |date=12 December 2015 |title=Elizabeth of York, Queen of England |url=https://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/elizabeth-of-york-queen-of-england |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923093225/https://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/elizabeth-of-york-queen-of-england |archive-date=23 September 2020 |access-date=15 May 2020 |website=Medievalists.net |language=en-US}}</ref>