Richard Plantagenet 
Richard was born on September 21st, 1411 in Coinsbrough Castle, York, England. Richard's father was Richard Plantagenet and his mother was Anne de Mortimer. His paternal grandparents were Edmund Plantagenet and Isabel of Leon and Castile; his maternal grandparents were Roger de Mortimer and Eleanor Holand. He had a sister named Isabel. He was the older of the two children. He died at the age of 49 on December 30th, 1460 in Battle of Wakefield, York, England. He was buried on July 30th, 1476 in Collegiate Church of Fotheringhay, Nthnt.General Notes
York, House of, English royal line that in the 15th century disputed the throne of England with the house of Lancaster. Both York and Lancaster were branches of the royal house of Plantagenet. Their dynastic rivalry developed into the Wars of the Roses (1455-1485).
When Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York, laid claim to the throne occupied by King Henry VI, who was head of the house of Lancaster, it was agreed that the house of York should inherit the throne on Henry's death. Henry's wife, Margaret of Anjou, however, wanted her son Edward to succeed his father. In 1455 she raised an army to defend her claim. Richard was killed in battle in 1460, but in 1461 his eldest son was proclaimed King Edward IV, the first Yorkist king. On the death of Edward IV in 1483, his 12-year-old son, King Edward V, was promptly imprisoned by his paternal uncle, who had himself crowned King Richard III. Edward V and his brother later disappeared, and tradition holds Richard responsible for their deaths. In 1485 Richard III was killed in the Battle of Bosworth Field. With his death, the York dynasty came to an end as the Tudor family took the throne.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.17 Jun 1239 in Westminster Palace, London, England d.07 Jul 1307 in Burgh-on-the Sands, Cumberland, England
- b.25 Apr 1284 in Caernarvon Castle, Caernarvon, Caernarvonshire, Wales d.21 Sep 1327 in murdered at Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England
- b.1244 in Castile, Spain d.28 Nov 1290 in Herdeby, Lincolnshire, England
- b.13 Nov 1312 in Windsor, England d.21 Jun 1377 in Richmond, co. Surry, England
- b.1268 in Fontainebleau, France d.29 Nov 1314 in Fontainebleau, Isle De France, France
- b.1292 in Paris, France d.22 Aug 1358 in Hertford Castle, Hertfordshire, England
- b.~ 1270 in Navarre, Spain d.1305 in Château De Vincennes, Vincennes, France
- b.05 Jun 1341 in Langley, Hertsfordshire, England d.01 Aug 1402 in King's Langley, Hertsfordshire, England
- b.~ 1247 in Brabant, Brabant, Belgium d.22 Aug 1304 in Valenciennes, Nord, France
- b.~ 1281 in Hainault, Holland d.07 Jun 1337 in Valenciennes, Nord, France
- b.~ 1252 in Luxembourg, Belgium d.06 Apr 1311 in Valenciennes, Nord, France
- b.24 Jun 1311 in Hainault, Holland d.15 Aug 1369 in Windsor, England
- b.12 MAR 1269/70 in Valois, France d.16 Dec 1325 in Nogent-le-Roi, , France
- b.~ 1291 in Valois, France d.7 MAR 1341/42 in Fontenelle, Yonne, France
- b.1273 in Napoli, Italy d.1299
- b.1375 in Coinsbrough Castle, York, England d.05 Aug 1415 in Beheaded, South Hampton Green, South Hampton, England
- b.06 Dec 1285 in Seville, Spain d.07 Dec 1312 in Jaen, Spain
- b.13 Aug 1311 in Seville, Spain d.26 Mar 1350 in Gibraltar, Spain
- b.3 JAN 1289/90 in Lisbon, Portugal
- b.30 Aug 1334 in Morales, Toedesollas, Spain d.22 MAR 1368/69 in Monteil, Spain
- b.8 FEB 1290/91 in Lisbon, Portugal d.28 May 1357 in Lisbon, Portugal
- b.1313 in Lisbon, Portugal d.18 JAN 1356/57 in Evora, Spain
- b.1293 in Toro, Castile, Spain d.25 Oct 1359 in Lisbon, Portugal
- 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.~ 1240
- b.~ 1280
- b.~ 1240
- b.21 Sep 1411 in Coinsbrough Castle, York, England d.30 Dec 1460 in Battle of Wakefield, York, England
- b.~ 1306 in Thornbury, Herefordshire, England d.~ 1331
- b.11 Nov 1328 in Thornbury, Herefordshire, England d.1360
- b.1313 in Chilham Castle, Kent, England d.08 Jun 1355 in Richmond Palace, Surrey
- b.1 FEB 1350/51 in Llangoed, Brecon, Wales d.27 Dec 1381 in Dominican Friary, Cork, Ireland
- b.1301 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England d.30 JAN 1342/43 in Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England
- b.~ 1342 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England d.5 JAN 1379/80 in Bisham, Berkshire, England
- b.~ 1286 in Cassington, Oxfordshire, England d.23 Nov 1349 in Bisham, Berkshire, England
- b.11 Apr 1374 in Usk, Monmouth, England d.20 Jul 1398 in Kells, Meath, Ireland
- b.13 Nov 1312 in Windsor, England d.21 Jun 1377 in Richmond, co. Surry, England
- b.29 Nov 1338 in Antwerp, Flanders d.07 Oct 1368 in Alba, Italy
- b.24 Jun 1311 in Hainault, Holland d.15 Aug 1369 in Windsor, England
- b.16 Aug 1355 in Castle Carrickfergus, Antrim, Ireland d.1382
- b.~ 1302 d.1332
- b.1332 in Castle Carrickfergus, Antrim, Ireland d.Dec 1363 in Dublin, Ireland
- b.~ 1307
- b.27 Dec 1388 in Usk, Monmouth, England
- b.~ 1285 in Upholland, Lancashire, England d.07 Oct 1328 in Beheaded at Boreham Wood, Essex, England
- b.1314 in Broughton, Buckinghamshire, England d.28 Dec 1360
- b.1290 in Ashby Magna, Leicestershire, England d.31 May 1349 in Brackley, Northamptonshire, England
- b.~ 1348 in Upholland, Lancastershire, England d.23 Apr 1397 in Abby Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
- b.05 Aug 1301 in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England d.19 MAR 1329/30 in Winchester, Hampshire, England
- b.29 Sep 1328 in Woodstock, Kent, England d.08 Aug 1385 in Wallingford Castle, Berkshire, England
- b.~ 1295 in Liddel, Cambridgeshire, England d.29 Sep 1349
- b.1386 in Upholland, Lancashire, England d.23 Oct 1405
- b.01 May 1290 in Arundel, Sussex, England d.17 Nov 1326 in Beheaded without trial in Hereford, England
- b.1313 in Arundel, Sussex, England d.24 JAN 1375/76 in Arundel, Sussex, England
- b.~ 1287 in Warren, Sussex, England d.23 May 1338
- b.~ 1352 in Arundel, Sussex, England d.17 MAR 1414/15
- b.1281 in London, England d.22 Sep 1345
- b.~ 1311 in Grismond Castle, England d.11 JAN 1370/71
- b.1282 in Kidwelly, Carmarthen, Wales d.1322
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Richard and Cecily were married in a religious ceremony on October 18th, 1424. They had eight sons and five daughters, named Edward IV, Edmund, William, John, George, Thomas, Richard III, Henry, Joan, Anne, Elizabeth, Margaret and Ursula.
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Children
Anne Plantagenet
Anne was born on August 10th, 1439 in Fotheringay Castle, England. She was buried in St George's Chapel, Windsor, England.
Edward IV Plantagenet
Edward IV was born on April 28th, 1442 in Rouen, France. 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.
Margaret Plantagenet
Margaret was born on May 3rd, 1446 in Castle Fotheringhay, Northhamptonshire, England. She died at the age of 57 on November 23rd, 1503 in Mechelen, Antwerp, Flandres.
George Plantagenet
George was born on October 21st, 1449 in Coinsbrough Castle, York, England. He died in Tower of London.
Richard III Plantagenet
Richard III was born on October 2nd, 1452 in Fotheringhay Castle, England. He died at the age of 32 on August 22nd, 1485 in Battle of Bosworth Field.
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