Called Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Called Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby NPG D23082

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by William Derby, possibly after Jan Gossaert (Mabuse)

A nobleman and stepfather to King Henry VII. In 1459, he inherited the titles of King of Mann and Baron Stanley. Stanley managed to remain in favour with successive kings throughout the Wars of the Roses. His first wife was Eleanor, sister of the Yorkist Earl of Warwick, and his second was Margaret Beaufort, whose son, Henry Tudor (later King Henry VII), was the leading Lancastrian claimant to the throne. Richard III continued to trust Thomas Stanley and his brother, William,... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.

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