“Further, her father used her as a pawn in his political games. Twice, she was betrothed: at age four to George Neville -Edward IV’s peace offering to Warwick- and at age nine to the Dauphin of France. Jilted at age 16 -when Louis XI cut a better deal with Maximilian- the princess was left bereft when Edward IV unexpectedly died.”
“A pawn in [Edward IV’s] political games” sounds…really sanctimoniously judgy, considering almost every king tried to make foreign alliances through marriages with their sisters/daughters…?
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