Edmund "of Langley" Plantagenet Prince of England 
Edmund "of Langley" was born on June 5th, 1341 in Kings Langley,Herts.,England. Edmund "of Langley"'s father was Edward III, King England and his mother was Countess, Queen of England Philippa Hainault. His paternal grandparents were Edward II, King England and Isabelle, Princess Of France; his maternal grandparents were Guillaume III de Avesnes and Jeanne de Valois. He had eight brothers and five sisters, named Edward , the Black Prince, Edward "The Black", Lionel, John "Of Gaunt" of, Thomas , 1st Duke of Gloucester, William of Windsor, William of Hatfield, JOHN of , 1st Duke of Lancaster, Isabella, Mary, Margaret, Joanna of Woodstock and Blanche. He died in Kings Langley,Herts.,England.General Notes
House of York, English royal line that in the latter half of 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, so named because
the Yorkist emblem was the white rose and the Lancastrian emblem the red
rose.
The title duke of York was created in 1385 for Edmund of Langley, fifth
son of King Edward III. Edmund's grandson, Richard Plantagenet, 3rd duke
of York, laid claim to the throne then occupied by King Henry VI, who was
descended from John of Gaunt, the fourth son of Edward III and was head
of the house of Lancaster. Richard Plantagenet claimed a prior right to
it through his maternal grandfather, Roger VI de Mortimer, 4th earl of
March and Ulster, whose son had been recognized as heir presumptive by
King Richard II. Richard Plantagenet's claim was considered just by
Parliament, and it was agreed that the house of York should inherit the
throne on Henry's death. Henry consented to this proposed arrangement.
Henry's wife, Margaret of Anjou, however, wanted her son, Edward, prince
of Wales, to succeed his father, and in 1455 she raised an army to defend
his claim, thus beginning the Wars of the Roses. Richard Plantagenet was
killed in the battle at Wakefield in 1460, but in 1461 his eldest son was
proclaimed Edward IV, king of England, the first of the Yorkist line of
English kings.
On the death of Edward IV in 1483, his eldest son, a boy aged 12, became
king as Edward V. The young king was promptly imprisoned with his younger
brother in the Tower of London by his paternal uncle, Richard
Plantagenet, duke of Gloucester, who was crowned King Richard III on June
26, 1483. Edward V and his brother disappeared soon after Richard's
coronation and tradition holds Richard responsible for having them
killed. Modern scholarship, however, has cast doubt on the question of
his guilt. In 1485 Richard III was killed in the Battle of Bosworth
Field, the last action of the Wars of the Roses. With his death, the York
dynasty came to an end.
The victor at Bosworth Field was Henry Tudor, earl of Richmond, who was
descended through his mother from the house of Lancaster. He ascended the
throne as King Henry VII and was the first English king of the house of
Tudor. He strengthened his right to the throne by marrying Elizabeth, the
daughter of the Yorkist king Edward IV.
After 1485 descendants of Edward IV's sister, Elizabeth, and brother,
George, duke of Clarence, and impostors like Perkin Warbeck, pressed
claims to the throne. The last serious pretender to the throne from the
house of York was Elizabeth's son, Richard de la Pole.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.24 Dec 1166 in Kings Manorhouse,Oxford,Oxfordshire,England d.19 Oct 1216 in Newark-On-Trent,Newark,Nottinghamshire,England
- b.01 Oct 1206 in ,Winchester,Hampshire,England d.16 Nov 1272 in ,Westminster,Middlesex,England
- b.~ 1188 in Of,Angouleme,Charente,France d.31 MAY 1245/1246 in ,Fontevrault L'Ab,Maine-Et-Loire,France
- b.17 Jun 1239 in Westminster,Middlesex,England d.07 Jul 1307 in Burgh-by-Sands,Cumberland,England
- b.1198 d.19 Ago 1245
- b.~ 1217 in Aix-en-Provence,France d.24 Jun 1291 in Amesbury,Wiltshire England
- b.1198 d.1266
- b.25 Apr 1284 in Carnarvon Castle,Carnarvon,Caernarvonshire,WALES d.21 Sep 1327 in Berkeley Castle,,Gloucestershire,England
- b.15 Ago 1171 in Leon,España d.24 Sep 1230 in Lugo,España
- b.5 Ago 1201 in of Leon,,Castile,Spain d.30 May 1252 in Sevilla,España
- b.1180 in Burgos,España d.08 Nov 1246 in Burgos,España
- b.1244 in Burgos,Castilla,España d.29 Nov 1290 in Lincolnshire,England
- b.~ 1180 in of,Spain d.21 Sep 1239 in Abbeville,France
- b.1208 in Castilla,España d.1279
- b.~ 1186 in of,AUMALE,Seine-Maritime,France d.1251 in Spain
- b.13 Nov 1312 in Windsor Castle,Windsor,Berkshire,England d.21 Jun 1377 in Shene Palace,,Surrey,England
- b.25 Abr 1214 d.25 Ago 1270
- b.01 May 1245 in Chateau de Poissy,Ile-de-France,France d.05 Oct 1285 in Perpignan,Pyrenees-Orientales,France
- b.1221 d.1295
- b.~ 1228 in Brabant,France d.1291
- b.1260 in Louvain,Brabant,Belgium d.13 Ene 1321 in Paris,Ile-de-France,France
- b.~ 1231 d.23 Oct 1273
- b.1292 in Of,Paris,Seine,France d.22 Aug 1358 in Hertford Castle,Hertfordshire,England
- b.03 May 1201 in Navarre,Spain d.08 Jul 1253
- b.1234 in Troyes,Aube,Champagne,France d.22 Jul 1274
- b.1205 in Navarre,Spain d.12 Apr 1256 in Provins,Brie,France
- b.1271 in Bar-sur-Seine,Aube,France d.1304 in Chateau de Vince,Vincennes,France
- b.Sep 1216 in Paris,France d.8 FEB 1249/1250 in Egypt
- b.1248 in Arras,France d.02 May 1302 in Paris,France
- b.<1226> in <Of,Brabant,France> d.29 Sep 1288
- b.05 Jun 1341 in Kings Langley,Herts.,England d.1 Ago 1402 in Kings Langley,Herts.,England
- b.1182 in Of,Oizy,Namur,Belgium d.1244 in Clairefontaine,Autelbas,Luxembourg,Belgium
- b.1228 in Luxembourg,Germany d.24 Dic 1257 in Valenciennes,Nord,France
- b.02 Jun 1202 in Of,Valenciennes,Nord,France d.10 Feb 1280
- b.1247 in Brabant,Belgium d.22 Ago 1304 in Valenciennes,Nord,France
- b.24 Jun 1210 in ,S Gravenhage,Zuid-Holland,Netherlands d.19 Jun 1234 in ,,,France
- b.1226 in 's-Hertogenbo,Noord Brabant,Neth. d. in Valenciennes,Nord,,France
- b.~ 1200 in 's-Hertogenbo,Noord Brabant,Neth. d.21 Dec 1267
- b.~ 1286 in Hainault,France d.07 Jun 1337 in Valenciennes,Nord,France
- b.1180 in Of,,,Limbourg d.May Or 1226 Jul in Rolduc
- b.BET 1217 AND 1220 in Of,,,Luxembourg d.24 Dec 1281
- b.Jul 1186 in Of,,Namur,Belgium d.17 Feb 1247
- b.1252 in Luxemburg d.06 Apr 1311 in Valenciennes,Nord,France
- b.~ 1170 in Of Bar Le Duc,Meuse,France d.13 Nov 1239 in Geza,Palestine
- b.1220 in Of,,,Luxembourg d.23 Nov 1275
- b.~ 1185 in <Brittany,France> d.17 MAR 1239/1240
- b.~ 1314 in of Le Quesnoy,Nord,France d.15 Aug 1369 in Mons,France
- b.25 Abr 1214 d.25 Ago 1270
- b.01 May 1245 in Chateau de Poissy,Ile-de-France,France d.05 Oct 1285 in Perpignan,Pyrenees-Orientales,France
- b.1221 d.1295
- b.12 MAR 1270/1271 in ,Vincennes,Val-de-Marne,France d.16 Dec 1325 in ,Nogent-le-Roi,Eure-et-Loire,France
- b.01 Feb 1208 in Montpellier,Francia d.25 Jul 1276 in Valencia,España
- b.1243 in Mons,France d.1271 in Aragon,España
- b.1219 in Of,Esztergom,Hungary d.09 Oct 1251 in ,Huesca,Huesca,Spain
- b.Abt 1294/1295 in Mons,France d.7 MAR 1342/1352 in Mons,France
- b.21 MAR 1226/1227 in ,Paris,Seine,France d.07 Jan 1285 in Foggia Castle,Foggia,Foggia,Italy
- b.1254 in Napoli,Napoli,Italy d.05 May 1309 in Casanuova,Italy
- b.1234 in Of,Aix-en-Provence,Bouches-du-Rhone,France d.23 Sep 1267 in Nocera,Calabria,Italy
- b.~ 1274 in Of,Napoli,Napoli,Italy d.31 Dec 1299
- b.~ 1240 in Of,Buda,Pest,Hungary d.01 Aug 1272 in Buda,Pest,Hungary
- b.~ 1258 in Of,Buda,Pest,Hungary d.25 Mar 1323
- b.1240 in Of,,Cumania d.> 1290
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Edmund "of Langley" and Joan were married in a religious ceremony before November 4th, 1393.
They had a son and a daughter, named Richard and Constance , Countess of York.
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Children
Constance , Countess of York Plantagenet
Constance , Countess of York was born about 1374 in Conisbuorough Castle,Yorkshire,England. She died on November 28th, 1416 in Reading Abbey,Berkshire,England.
Richard Plantagenet Prince of England
Richard was born about September 1376 in ,Coinsbrough,Yorkshire,England. He died on August 5th, 1415 in ,Southampton,Hampshire,England. He was buried in 1415 in Chapel of Gods,Southampton,Hampshire,England.
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