Edward IV Plantagenet 
Edward IV was born on April 28th, 1442 in Rouen, France. Edward IV's father was Richard Plantagenet and his mother was Cecily de Neville. His paternal grandparents were Richard Plantagenet and Anne de Mortimer; his maternal grandparents were Ralph De Neville and Joan de Beaufort. He had seven brothers and five sisters, named Edmund, William, John, George, Thomas, Richard III, Henry, Joan, Anne, Elizabeth, Margaret and Ursula. He died at the age of 40 on April 9th, 1483 in Westminster, England. He was buried in St.George's Chapel, Windor Castle, England.General Notes
Earl of March
Edward IV ascended to the throne in 1461 finally achieving the goal of seating a member of the York family pushed forth by his father, Richard, duke of York, for the entire decade of the 1450s. He fought alongside his father at the battle at Ludford after which Edward fled to Calais with the earl of Warwick and the earl of Salisbury. Edward defeated the Lancastrians at Mortimor's Cross and was proclaimed king in March 1461. In 1464 he married Elizabeth Woodville which became the root of many future troubles. Unable to muster enough forces to confront a set of Lancastrian armies (one of which was led by Richard Neville, earl of Warwick), Edward fled to Holland in September 1470. The next year he returned and defeated the Lancastrian forces at the battle of Tewkesbury. That same year he had Henry VI executed. Upon his death in 1483, his legacies include two young sons, Edward V and Richard, both of which would be murdered in the Tower of London that year.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.25 Apr 1284 in Caernarvon Castle, Caernarvon, Caernarvonshire, Wales d.21 Sep 1327 in murdered at Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England
- b.13 Nov 1312 in Windsor, England d.21 Jun 1377 in Richmond, co. Surry, England
- b.1292 in Paris, France d.22 Aug 1358 in Hertford Castle, Hertfordshire, England
- b.05 Jun 1341 in Langley, Hertsfordshire, England d.01 Aug 1402 in King's Langley, Hertsfordshire, England
- b.~ 1281 in Hainault, Holland d.07 Jun 1337 in Valenciennes, Nord, France
- b.24 Jun 1311 in Hainault, Holland d.15 Aug 1369 in Windsor, England
- b.~ 1291 in Valois, France d.7 MAR 1341/42 in Fontenelle, Yonne, France
- b.1375 in Coinsbrough Castle, York, England d.05 Aug 1415 in Beheaded, South Hampton Green, South Hampton, England
- b.13 Aug 1311 in Seville, Spain d.26 Mar 1350 in Gibraltar, Spain
- b.30 Aug 1334 in Morales, Toedesollas, Spain d.22 MAR 1368/69 in Monteil, Spain
- b.1313 in Lisbon, Portugal d.18 JAN 1356/57 in Evora, Spain
- b.1355 in Morales, Toedesollas, Spain d.23 Nov 1392 in Langley, Hertsford, England
- b.~ 1280 d.1355
- b.1335 in Padilla, Spain d.1365 in Seville, Spain
- b.~ 1280
- b.21 Sep 1411 in Coinsbrough Castle, York, England d.30 Dec 1460 in Battle of Wakefield, York, England
- b.11 Nov 1328 in Thornbury, Herefordshire, England d.1360
- b.1 FEB 1350/51 in Llangoed, Brecon, Wales d.27 Dec 1381 in Dominican Friary, Cork, Ireland
- b.~ 1342 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England d.5 JAN 1379/80 in Bisham, Berkshire, England
- b.11 Apr 1374 in Usk, Monmouth, England d.20 Jul 1398 in Kells, Meath, Ireland
- b.29 Nov 1338 in Antwerp, Flanders d.07 Oct 1368 in Alba, Italy
- b.16 Aug 1355 in Castle Carrickfergus, Antrim, Ireland d.1382
- b.1332 in Castle Carrickfergus, Antrim, Ireland d.Dec 1363 in Dublin, Ireland
- b.27 Dec 1388 in Usk, Monmouth, England
- b.1314 in Broughton, Buckinghamshire, England d.28 Dec 1360
- b.~ 1348 in Upholland, Lancastershire, England d.23 Apr 1397 in Abby Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
- b.29 Sep 1328 in Woodstock, Kent, England d.08 Aug 1385 in Wallingford Castle, Berkshire, England
- b.1386 in Upholland, Lancashire, England d.23 Oct 1405
- b.1313 in Arundel, Sussex, England d.24 JAN 1375/76 in Arundel, Sussex, England
- b.~ 1352 in Arundel, Sussex, England d.17 MAR 1414/15
- b.~ 1311 in Grismond Castle, England d.11 JAN 1370/71
- b.28 Apr 1442 in Rouen, France d.09 Apr 1483 in Westminster, England
- b.18 Oct 1262 in Raby, Durham, England d.18 Apr 1331 in Staindrop, Durham, England
- b.~ 1291 in Raby, Durham, England d.1367
- b.~ 1267 in Clavering, Essex, England d.~ 1320 in Staindrop, Durham, England
- b.~ 1331 in Raby, Durham, England d.17 Oct 1388 in Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland, England
- b.1267 in Audley, Staffordshire, England d.12 Apr 1326
- b.~ 1304 in Hadley, England d.11 JAN 1372/73 in Greystoke, England
- b.~ 1275 in Wigmore, England d.1338
- b.1364 in Raby, Durham, England d.21 Oct 1425 in Raby Castle, Durham, England
- b.25 Mar 1273 in Alnwick, Northamptonshire, England d.Oct 1314 in Fountains, Abbey, England
- b.6 FEB 1299/00 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England d.26 FEB 1350/51
- b.~ 1271 in Arundel, Sussex, England
- b.1335 in Warkworth Castle, Alnwich, Northumberland, England d.< 1379
- b.01 Apr 1274 in Clifford Castle, Clifford, Herefordshire, England d.24 Jun 1314 in Clifford Castle, Clifford, Herefordshire, England
- b.~ 1303 in Clifford Castle, Clifford, Herefordshire, England d.24 Aug 1365
- b.~ 1279 in Tonbridge, Kent, England d.~ 1326
- b.03 May 1415 in Raby, Durham, England d.31 May 1495 in Berkhamstead Castle, Hertsfordshire, England
- b.25 Apr 1284 in Caernarvon Castle, Caernarvon, Caernarvonshire, Wales d.21 Sep 1327 in murdered at Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England
- b.13 Nov 1312 in Windsor, England d.21 Jun 1377 in Richmond, co. Surry, England
- b.1292 in Paris, France d.22 Aug 1358 in Hertford Castle, Hertfordshire, England
- b.24 Jun 1340 in Abbaye de St. Bavon, Ghent, Flandre-Orientale, Belgium d.3 FEB 1397/98 in Leicester Castle, Leicestershire, England
- b.~ 1281 in Hainault, Holland d.07 Jun 1337 in Valenciennes, Nord, France
- b.24 Jun 1311 in Hainault, Holland d.15 Aug 1369 in Windsor, England
- b.~ 1291 in Valois, France d.7 MAR 1341/42 in Fontenelle, Yonne, France
- b.1379 in Beaufort Castle, Anjou, France d.13 Nov 1440 in Howden, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1320 in Hainault, Belgium
- b.1350 in Picardy, Somme, France d.10 May 1403
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Edward IV and Elizabeth were married in a religious ceremony on May 1st, 1464 in Grafton Regis, Northants. They had three sons and seven daughters, named Edward V, Richard, George, Mary, Margaret, Anne, Catherine, Bridget, Elizabeth and Cecily.
They had a daughter named Elizabeth.
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