Edward IV , King of England Plantagenet 
Edward IV , King of England was born on April 28th, 1442 in Rouen,Seine-Martime,France and his baptism took place in Rouen Cathedral,Rouen,Seine-Martime,France.1 Edward IV , King of England's father was Richard , 3rd Duke of York, K.G. Plantagenet and his mother was Cicely Neville. His paternal grandparents were Richard Plantagenet and Anne de Mortimer; his maternal grandparents were Sir Ralph , K.G., 1st Earl of Westmor de Neville and Joan De Beaufort. He had seven brothers and five sisters, named Edmund , Earl of Rutland, William, John, George , Duke of Clarence, Thomas, Richard III , King of England, Henry, Joan, Anne, Elizabeth, Margaret and Ursula. He died at the age of 40 on April 9th, 1483 in Westminster Palace,Westminster,Middlesex,England. He was buried in St. George's Chapel,Windsor Castle,Windsor,, England.1 2 General Notes
Also Known As:<_AKA> /Edward IV, King of England/
Edward IV, also called (until 1459) EARL OF MARCH (b. April 28, 1442, Rouen, Fr.--d. April 9, 1483, Westminster, Eng.), king of England from 1461 until October 1470 and again from April 1471 until his death in 1483. He was a leading participant in the Yorkist-Lancastrian conflict known as the Wars of the Roses.
Edward was the eldest surviving son of Richard, duke of York, by Cicely, daughter of Ralph Neville, earl of Westmorland. His father was descended from two sons of the 14th-century king Edward III and, in the 1450s, led a revolt against Henry VI; in 1460, Richard's supporters declared him Henry's successor. When his father was killed in December of that year, Edward gathered an army in Wales and defeated Henry's supporters (called Lancastrians because of Henry's descent from John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster). Edward was crowned as King Edward IV in London on June 28, 1461.
Edward's struggle with Warwick.
Edward at this time showed little promise, apparently caring only for fighting, drinking, women, and pageantry. He owed his throne largely to his cousin Richard Neville, earl of Warwick, who was in the first years of Edward's reign the most powerful man in England. Warwick crushed Lancastrian resistance in the far north of England between 1462 and 1464 and conducted England's diplomacy. Edward, however, was winning many friends (especially in London) by his comeliness and charm and was determined to assert his independence. On May 1, 1464, he secretly married a young widow, Elizabeth Woodville, of no great rank, offending Warwick and other Yorkist nobles who were planning to marry him to a French princess. By showering favours on Elizabeth's two sons by her first husband and on her five brothers and her seven sisters, Edward began to build up a group of magnates who would be a counterpoise to the Nevilles. Gradually Warwick lost all influence at court, and when he was negotiating an alliance with France, Edward humiliated him by revealing that he had already concluded an alliance (1467) with France's enemy Burgundy. Edward's sister Margaret was married in July 1468 with great pomp to Duke Charles the Bold of Burgundy, and the brothers-in-law planned a joint invasion of France.
Warwick, in a countermove encouraged by Louis XI of France, seized Edward and made him a prisoner in July 1469. But Edward had by now too many supporters (especially in London) for him to be kept under tutelage for long. He regained his freedom in October; Warwick fled to France, allied himself with the Lancastrians and with Louis, and invaded England in September 1470.
Surprised, Edward fled with a few faithful supporters to the Netherlands in October. Aided by Charles of Burgundy, he and his brother, Richard, duke of Gloucester, returned to England in March 1471. Taking London, he defeated and killed Warwick at Barnet on April 14. On the same day, Queen Margaret (Henry VI's wife) belatedly landed in Dorset from France with her only son, Edward, prince of Wales. Her advisers hoped to gain Lancastrian support in Wales, and it became a race for time between Edward IV's forces and hers as to whether she could get there before he overtook her. At Tewkesbury, after some remarkable forced marches (one of more than 40 miles at a stretch), he caught up with her army on May 4. There he won another crushing victory. Nearly all the remaining Lancastrian leaders were killed on the field or executed afterward, and, after murdering Henry (May 21-22) and repelling an attack on London, Edward was secure for the remainder of his life.
The second half of Edward's reign.
He was now able to revive the project of an invasion of France in concert with the Duke of Burgundy. He made great preparations in 1474 and obtained a large grant from Parliament. In 1475 he invaded France with the largest army, it was said, that had ever left England, but he found the Duke of Burgundy very ill-prepared and
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- b.25 Apr 1284 in Carnarvon Castle,Carnarvon,Caernarvonshire,WALES d.21 Sep 1327 in Berkeley Castle,,Gloucestershire,England
- b.13 Nov 1312 in Windsor Castle,Windsor,Berkshire,England d.21 Jun 1377 in Shene Palace,,Surrey,England
- b.1292 in Of,Paris,Seine,France d.22 Aug 1358 in Hertford Castle,Hertfordshire,England
- b.05 Jun 1341 d.1 Ago 1402
- b.~ 1286 in Hainault,France d.07 Jun 1337 in Valenciennes,Nord,France
- b.~ 1314 in of Le Quesnoy,Nord,France d.15 Aug 1369 in Mons,France
- b.Abt 1294/1295 in Mons,France d.7 Mar 1342/1352 in Mons,France
- b.Sep 1375 d.5 Ago 1415
- b.13 Ago 1311 in Salamanca,España d.26 Mar 1350
- b.30 Ago 1334 in Burgos d.22 Mar 1368/1369 in Monteil
- b.1355 in Morales,Tordesillas,Villadolid,Spain d.23 Div 1392 in Langley,Hertford,England
- b.1335 d.1365 in Seville,Spain
- b.21 Sep 1411 in Conisbrough Castle,Conisbrough,Yorkshire,England d.31 Dec 1460 in Battle of Wakefield,Yorkshire,England
- b.11 Nov 1326 d.26 Feb 1359
- b.01 Feb 1351 d.27 Dic 1381
- b.11 Abr 1374 d.20 Jul 1398
- b.29 Nov 1338 d.17 Oct 1368
- b.16 Ago 1355 d.7 Ene 1377
- b.06 Jul 1332 d.25 Abr 1363
- b.27 Dic 1390 d.Sep 1411
- b.1314 in of Holland,Lancashire,England d.26 Dec 1360 in ,Normandie,France
- b.1346 in Upholland,Lancashire,England d.25 Apr 1397 in Arundel,Sussex,England
- b.29 Sep 1328 in of,Woodstock,Oxfordshire,England d.08 Aug 1385 in Wallingford Cast,Wallingford,Berkshire,England
- b.~ 1373 in of Upholland,Lancashire,England d.23 Oct 1405
- b.1306 in Of,ARUNDEL,Sussex,England d.24 Jan 1375 in ,ARUNDEL,Sussex,England
- b.~ 1350 in Arundel Castle,Sussex,England d.17 Mar 1416 in Brockenhurst,Hampshire,England
- b.Abt 1311/1322 in Grismond Castle,Monmouth,,England d.11 Jan 1372 in ,ARUNDEL,Sussex,England
- b.28 Apr 1442 in Rouen,Seine-Martime,France d.09 Apr 1483 in Westminster Palace,Westminster,Middlesex,England
- b.18 Oct 1262 in Raby,Durham,England d.>18 Apr 1331 in Warkworth,Northumberland
- b.1291 in Raby,Durham,England d.05 Aug 1367 in Durham,England
- b.~ 1267 in of Warkworth,Northumberland,England
- b.1328 in Raby With Keverstone,Durham,England d.17 Oct 1388 in Newcastle Upon Tyne,Northumberland,England
- b.1267 in Of,Audley,Staffordshire,England d.Bef Mar 1325/1326 in Of,Audley,Staffordshire,England
- b.~ 1304 in Hadley,Staffordshire,England d.11 Jan 1373/1374 in Greystoke,Northumberland,England
- b.~ 1270 in Of,Wigmore,Herefordshire,England d.1328
- b.1364 in Castle Raby,Raby With Keverstone,Durham,England d.21 Oct 1425 in Raby Castle,Durham,England
- b.25 Mar 1273 in Alnwich,Northumberland,England d.02 Oct 1314 in Fountains Abbey,Yorkshire,England
- b.6 Feb 1300/1301 in Alnwich,Northumberland,England d.26 Feb 1351/1352 in Warkworth,Northumberland,England
- b.~ 1285 in England - Dtr Of Sir Richard Fitz Alan d.1328
- b.~ 1345 in Warkworth Castle,Alnwick,Northumberland,England d.Bef 18 Feb 1378/1379 in Newcastle Upon Tyne,Northumberland,England
- b.01 Apr 1274 in Clifford Castle,Herefordshire,England d.24 Jun 1314 in Bannockburn,Stirling,Central,Scotland
- b.~ 1300 in Of,Appleby,Westmoreland,England d.24 Aug 1365
- b.~ 1276 in Glocestershire,England d.1 Feb 1326/1327
- b.03 May 1415 in Raby Castle,Raby,Durham,England d.31 May 1495 in Berkhamstead Castle,Berkhamstead,Hertfordshire,England
- b.25 Apr 1284 in Carnarvon Castle,Carnarvon,Caernarvonshire,WALES d.21 Sep 1327 in Berkeley Castle,,Gloucestershire,England
- b.13 Nov 1312 in Windsor Castle,Windsor,Berkshire,England d.21 Jun 1377 in Shene Palace,,Surrey,England
- b.1292 in Of,Paris,Seine,France d.22 Aug 1358 in Hertford Castle,Hertfordshire,England
- b.Mar 1340 in Abbaye de St. Bavon,Ghent,Flandre-Orientale,Belgium d.03 Feb 1399 in Leichester Castle,Leichestershire,England
- b.~ 1286 in Hainault,France d.07 Jun 1337 in Valenciennes,Nord,France
- b.~ 1314 in of Le Quesnoy,Nord,France d.15 Aug 1369 in Mons,France
- b.Abt 1294/1295 in Mons,France d.7 Mar 1342/1352 in Mons,France
- b.~ 1375 in Chateau De Beaufort,Meuse-et-Loire,France d.13 Nov 1440 in Howden,York,England
- b.~ 1310
- b.1350 in Picardy,Somme,France d.10 May 1403 in Lincoln,Lincolnshire,England
- b.~ 1286 in Hainault,France d.07 Jun 1337 in Valenciennes,Nord,France
- b.~ 1315
- b.Abt 1294/1295 in Mons,France d.7 Mar 1342/1352 in Mons,France
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Edward IV , King of England and Elizabeth were married in a religious ceremony on May 1st, 1464.2 They had four sons and eight daughters, named Arthur , Viscount Lisle, Edward V , King of England, Richard , Duke of York, George , Duke of Bedford, Mary, Margaret, Anne, Catherine, Bridget, Elizabeth, Cicely and Grace.
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Edward V , King of England Plantagenet
Edward V , King of England was born on November 2nd, 1470 in Abbots House,Westminster,Middlesex,England.3 He died at the age of 13 in 1483 in Tower of London,London,Middlesex,England.4
Richard , Duke of York Plantagenet
Richard , Duke of York was born on August 17th, 1473.1 He died at the age of 10 in 1483 in Tower of London,London,Middlesex,England.
1 Directory of Royal Genealogical Data
2 Encyclopædia Britannica CD '97 @ EDWARD IV
3 Automated Family Pedigrees - #1
4 The Lives of the Kings & Queens of England
5 The Lives of the Kings and Queens of England, Edited by Antonia Fraser, Shooting Star Press, New York, 1995.
2 Encyclopædia Britannica CD '97 @ EDWARD IV
3 Automated Family Pedigrees - #1
4 The Lives of the Kings & Queens of England
5 The Lives of the Kings and Queens of England, Edited by Antonia Fraser, Shooting Star Press, New York, 1995.
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