Elizabeth Cheney (1422–1473)
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Elizabeth Cheney (April 1422 – 25 September 1473) was a member of the English gentry, who was the great-grandmother of Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, and Catherine Howard, three of the wives of King Henry VIII of England, thus making her great-great-grandmother to King Edward VI, the son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour, and Elizabeth I, the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. Her first husband was Sir Frederick Tilney, and her second husband was Sir John Say, Speaker of the House of Commons. She bore a total of eight children from both marriages.
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Born | April 1422 Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England |
Died | 25 September 1473 (aged 51) Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England |
Spouse(s) | Sir Frederick Tilney (one child; Elizabeth Tilney) Sir John Say (7 children; see below) |
Parent(s) | Sir Lawrence Cheney Elizabeth Cockayne |
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