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3 unusual facts about Lady Eleanor Talbot


Lady Eleanor Butler

Lady Eleanor Talbot (died 1468), whose married name was Butler, alleged wife of King Edward IV of England

Lady Eleanor Talbot

Michael Hicks suggests that King Edward was liable to give "benefits" in exchange for sex: "Three young widows, Eleanor Butler, Elizabeth Lucy and Elizabeth Wydeville Woodville, may have bought concrete benefits from Edward IV with their sexual favours.

She suggests that the story may have originated with discussions between Edward's father Richard, Duke of York and Elizabeth's father John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury of a possible marriage, while both men were serving in France.



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