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Richard , 3rd Duke of York, K.G. was born on September 21st, 1411 in Conisbrough Castle,Conisbrough,Yorkshire,England.1   Richard , 3rd Duke of York, K.G.'s father was Richard Plantagenet Prince of England and his mother was Anne de Mortimer.  His paternal grandparents were Edmund "of Langley" Plantagenet Prince of England and Isabel Perez Princesa de Castilla y Leon; his maternal grandparents were Roger IV Earl De Mortimer and Eleanor d'Holland.  He was an only child.  He died at the age of 49 on December 31st, 1460 in Battle of Wakefield,Yorkshire,England.  He was buried on July 30th, 1476 in Collegiate Church of Fotheringhay,Northamptonshire,England.1 2 


Richard , 3rd Duke of York, K.G.'s family with Cicely Neville

‌Richard , 3rd Duke of York, K.G. and Cicely were married in a religious ceremony before October 18th, 1424 in ,Yorkshire,England.3   They had eight sons and five daughters, named Edward IV , King of England, Edmund , Earl of Rutland, William, John, George , Duke of Clarence, Thomas, Richard III , King of England, Henry, Joan, Anne, Elizabeth, Margaret and Ursula.

1 Directory of Royal Genealogical Data
2 Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages @ p. 434, Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence
3 Broderbund Software, WFT Vol. 1, pedigree #3226.
4 Encyclopædia Britannica CD '97 @ EDWARD IV
5 The Lives of the Kings and Queens of England, Edited by Antonia Fraser, Shooting Star Press, New York, 1995.
6 Encyclopædia Britannica, 1961 ed. @ Vol. 3, p. 942, BOSWORTH FIELD, BATTLE OF

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