Editing Anne Neville (section)

==Queen of England==
[[File:Anne Neville Regina.jpg|thumb|right|Drawing of Richard and Anne as King and Queen from the Salisbury Roll, c. 1483–1485.]]

On 9 April 1483, Edward IV died and Anne's husband Richard was named [[Lord Protector]] for his 12-year-old nephew [[Edward V]]. But on 25 June 1483, Edward V and his siblings were [[Titulus Regius|declared illegitimate]] and Richard ascended the throne as King Richard III. Anne Neville was crowned alongside her husband on 6 July 1483 by [[Thomas Bourchier (bishop)|Thomas Bourchier]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]], the first joint coronation in England in 175 years. The queen's train was borne by [[Margaret, Countess of Richmond]], whose son would become [[King Henry VII of England|Henry VII]] after defeating Richard at the [[Battle of Bosworth]]. Almost the entire [[peerage]] of England was present at what was a magnificent spectacle.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://westminster-abbey.org/our-history/royals/richard-iii |title=Westminster Abbey » Richard III |website=Westminster-abbey.org |access-date=8 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Sutton|first1=Anne F.|last2=Hammond|first2=P. W.|title=The Coronation of Richard III: The Extant Documents|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UgAXAQAAIAAJ|year=1983|publisher=Alan Sutton|isbn=978-0904387858|page=500}}</ref> Richard and Anne's son, Edward of Middleham, was created Prince of Wales in York Minster on 8 September 1483 following their Royal Progress across England.<ref>York City Records</ref>

Anne was on good terms with her mother-in-law [[Cecily Neville, Duchess of York]], with whom she discussed religious works, such as the writings of [[Mechtilde of Hackeborn]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hilton|first1=Lisa|title=Queens Consort: England's Medieval Queens|date=2008|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|isbn=978-0297852612|page=[https://archive.org/details/queensconsorteng00hilt/page/456 456]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/queensconsorteng00hilt/page/456}}</ref>

Edward of Middleham died suddenly in April 1484 at [[Middleham Castle]], while his parents were in Nottingham on their way to visit him. Both Richard and Anne were overwhelmed with grief at this news.<ref>{{cite book|last=Lewis|first=Matthew|title=The Wars of the Roses: The Key Players in the Struggle for Supremacy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MOWGCgAAQBAJ&pg=PR64|year= 2015|publisher=Amberley Publishing Ltd.|location=[[Stroud]], [[Gloucestershire, England]]|isbn=978-1445646367|pages=64–}} "On hearing the news of this, at Nottingham, where they were then residing, you might have seen his father and mother in a state almost bordering on madness, by reason of their sudden grief"</ref> Anne was particularly heartbroken, and she fell gravely ill only a few months later.

After the death of her son, Anne Neville effectively adopted her nephew [[Edward, Earl of Warwick]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Edward PLANTAGENET (1º E. Warwick)|url=http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/EdwardPlantagenet(1EWarwick).htm|website=www.tudorplace.com.ar|access-date=2020-05-22}}</ref> After Anne Neville died, Richard may have named another nephew, [[John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln]], as his heir presumptive.<ref name="Hicks2014">{{cite book|author=Michael Hicks|title=The Wars of the Roses: 1455–1485|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k2-ICwAAQBAJ&pg=PT62|year=2014|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=978-1472810182|pages=62–}}</ref>