Editing Elizabeth of York (section)

== Death and aftermath ==
[[File:Elizabeth of york - funeral effigy.jpg|thumb|Elizabeth's painted wood funeral [[effigy]] (without clothes), 1503, [[Westminster Abbey]]]]
In 1502, Elizabeth of York became pregnant once more and spent her [[Estimated date of delivery|confinement period]] in the Tower of London. Her embroiderer Robynet made her a new rich [[bed hangings|bed with curtains]] decorated with clouds and roses.<ref>{{Cite book |first=Nicholas Harris |last=Nicolas |title=Privy Purse Expenses of Elizabeth of York |location=London |publisher=William Pickering |date=1830 |pages=55, 82–83 |author-link=Nicholas Harris Nicolas}}</ref> On 2 February 1503, she gave birth to a daughter, Katherine, who died a few days later.<ref name="Dalton"/>{{Sfn|Okerlund|2009|p=3}} Succumbing to a [[Postpartum infections|postpartum infection]], Elizabeth of York died on 11 February, her 37th birthday. Her family seems to have been devastated by her death and mourned her deeply. According to one biographer, the death of Elizabeth "broke the heart" of her husband and "shattered him". Another account says that Henry Tudor "privily departed to a solitary place and would no man should resort unto him".<ref>{{Harvnb|Penn|2012|pages=[https://archive.org/details/winterkinghenryv00penn/page/95 95–97], 114}}; {{Harvnb|Chrimes|1972|pages=[https://archive.org/details/henryvii00chri/page/304 304]}}</ref> Within a little over two years, King Henry VII had lost his eldest son, his wife, his baby daughter, and found himself having to honour the [[Treaty of Perpetual Peace]] by sending his eldest daughter, Margaret, to Scotland.

[[File:Henry VII in Mourning.jpg|thumb|[[Presentation miniature]] from the ''Vaux Passional'']]
In 2012, the ''[[Vaux Passional]]'', an illuminated manuscript that was once the property of Henry VII, was rediscovered in the [[National Library of Wales]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 December 2015 |title=Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – National Library of Wales: The Vaux Passional |url=https://www.llgc.org.uk/discover/digital-gallery/digitalmirror-manuscripts/the-middle-ages/the-vaux-passional |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208023658/https://www.llgc.org.uk/discover/digital-gallery/digitalmirror-manuscripts/the-middle-ages/the-vaux-passional |archive-date=8 December 2015 |access-date=5 December 2019}}</ref> It depicts the aftermath of Elizabeth's death vividly. Henry VII is shown receiving the book containing the manuscript in mourning robes with a doleful expression on his face. In the background, behind their father, are the late queen's daughters, Mary and Margaret, in black veils. The red head of 11-year-old Prince Henry is shown weeping into the sheets of his mother's empty bed.{{Sfn|Weir|2014|p=453}}

Henry VII entertained thoughts of remarriage to renew the alliance with Spain—[[Joanna of Naples (1478–1518)|Joanna, Dowager Queen of Naples]] (daughter of Ferdinand I of Naples), [[Joanna of Castile|Joanna, Queen of Castile]] (daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella), and [[Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy|Margaret, Dowager Duchess of Savoy]] (sister-in-law of Joanna of Castile), were all considered <ref>{{Cite web |last=Bergenroth |first=G A |title=Calendar of State Papers, Spain: Supplement To Volumes 1 and 2, Queen Katherine; Intended Marriage of King Henry VII To Queen Juana |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/spain/supp/vols1-2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922105404/https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/spain/supp/vols1-2 |archive-date=22 September 2020 |access-date=7 August 2020 |website=British History Online}}</ref>—but he died a widower in 1509.<ref>{{Harvnb|Chrimes|1972|pages=[https://archive.org/details/henryvii00chri/page/287 287–292]}}; {{Harvnb|Licence|2014|p=226}}</ref> On each anniversary of her death, he decreed that a requiem mass be sung, the bells be tolled, and 100 candles be lit in her honour.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Westminster Abbey: the Lady Chapel of Henry VII |date=2003 |publisher=Boydell Press |isbn=978-1-84383-037-5 |editor-last=Tatton-Brown |editor-first=T. W. T. |location=Rochester, NY |pages=175 |editor-last2=Mortimer |editor-first2=Richard}}</ref> Henry also continued to employ her minstrels each New Year.{{Sfn|Okerlund|2009|p=210}}

[[File:HenryVIITomb.jpg|thumb|Tomb effigies of Elizabeth of York and Henry VII by [[Pietro Torrigiano]], Westminster Abbey.]]
Henry VII's reputation for [[miser]]liness became worse after Elizabeth's death.{{Sfn|Okerlund|2009|p=220}} He was buried with Elizabeth of York under their [[Tomb effigy|effigies]] in his Westminster Abbey chapel.{{Sfn|Chrimes|1972|pages=[https://archive.org/details/henryvii00chri/page/305 305]}} Her tomb was opened in the 19th century and the wood casing of her lead coffin was found to have been removed to create space for the interment of her great-great-grandson [[James VI and I]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Stanley |first=Arthur |title=Westminster Abbey |publisher=John Murray |date=1886 |location=London |page=499}}</ref>