Richard III of England unwisely continued to trust Thomas Stanley and his brother, William, even after he had briefly imprisoned Thomas in 1483 on suspicion of conspiracy. His marriage to Eleanor, sister of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, did him no harm, even after Warwick was toppled from power, and he proceeded to take as his second wife, Margaret Beaufort, whose son, Henry Tudor, was the leading Lancastrian claimant to the throne. Stanley was a shrewd man, who managed to remain in favour with successive kings throughout the Wars of the Roses, right up until his death in 1504. "Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby (1435 - 1504), an English nobleman, inherited his father's titles, including that of king of the Isle of Man, in 1459. Linked to: Timothy Michael Dowling, 17th Great Grandfather Marriage (with Eleanor Neville) - Derbyshire, England Sources: Dowling Family Tree - Tim Dowling - rootsweb, 2001-2015 - electronic - I19104 Elizabeth Catherine de Mowbray 1399-1423/.Elizabeth D'Arundelle FitzAlan 1366-1425.
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