George Plantagenet , KG, Duke of Clarence 
George was born on October 21st, 1449 in Dublin, Ireland. George's father was Richard Plantagenet , KG, 3rd Duke of York and his mother was Cecily de Neville. His paternal grandparents were Richard Plantagenet , Earl of Cambridge and Anne de Mortimer , Countess of March; his maternal grandparents were Ralph de Neville , KG, 1st Earl Westmorland and Joan Beaufort. He had two brothers and a sister, named Edward IV Plantagenet King of, Richard III Plantagenet King of and Elizabeth "of York". He was the second youngest of the four children. He died in Tower of London, Middlesex, England (drowned in butt of Malmsey wine).General Notes
George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, KG (b. 21 Oct 1449; initially joined his father-in-law Warwick ["The Kingmaker"] in the attempt to restore Henry VI and depose his brother Edward IV but deserted the former for the latter at the Battle of Barnet and helped defeat Warwick; created 25 March 1471/2 Earl of Warwick and Earl of Salisbury as a consequence of his marriage; found guilty of high treason and attainted 8 Feb 1477/8, whereupon all his titles were forfeited, and then executed by being drowned in a butt of malmsey wine in the Tower of London 18 Feb 1477/8), having had [Edward Plantagenet (the last legitimate male Plantagenet), 2nd/17th Earl of Warwick, executed (dsp) 28 Nov 1499 on orders of Henry VII; Margaret (the last Plantagenet to survive), beheaded 28 May 1541, m. Sir Richard Pole and had issue] with other issue (d. young). [Burke's Peerage]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.Sep 1375 in Conisbrough Castle, West Ride Yorkshire, England d.05 Aug 1415 in Southampton Green, Hampshire, England (beheaded)
- b.21 Sep 1411 in Conisbrough, West Ride Yorkshire, England d.30 Dec 1460 in Battle of Wakefield, Yorkshire, England (killed)
- b.11 Apr 1374 in Usk, Monmouthshire, England d.20 Jul 1398 in Battle of Kells, Meath, Ireland (killed)
- b.27 Dec 1390 in New Forest, West Meath, Ireland d.21 Sep 1411 in Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, England
- b.1314 in Upholland, Lancashire, England d.BET 26 AND 28 DEC 1360 in Normandy, France
- b.~ 1350 in Upholland, Lancashire, England d.25 Apr 1397 in Woodstock, Kent, England
- b.29 Sep 1328 in Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire, England d.08 Aug 1385 in Wallingford Castle, Berkshire, England
- b.~ 1374 in Upholland, Lancashire, England d.23 Oct 1405
- b.~ 1313 in Arundel Castle, Sussex, England d.24 JAN 1375/76 in Arundel, Sussex, England
- b.~ 1350 in Arundel, Essex, England d.17 MAR 1415/16
- b.21 Oct 1449 in Dublin, Ireland d.18 FEB 1477/78 in Tower of London, Middlesex, England (drowned in butt of Malmsey wine)
- b.~ 1331 in Raby Castle, Durham, England d.17 Oct 1388 in Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland, England
- b.< 1364 in Raby Castle, Durham, England d.21 Oct 1425 in Raby Castle, Durham, England
- b.~ 1344 in Warkworth Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland, England d.BEF. 18 FEB 1378/79
- b.03 May 1415 in Raby Castle, Durham, England d.31 May 1495 in Berkhamsted Castle, Hertfordshire, England
- b.MAR 1339/40 in Bavon Abbey, Ghent, Flanders d.3 FEB 1398/99 in Leicester Castle, London, Middlesex, England
- b.1375 in Beaufort Castle, Maine-et-Loire, Anjou, France d.13 Nov 1440 in Howden, Yorkshire, England
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