Earl Edward (Earl of Warwick) Plantagenet
Edward, known as Earl of Warwick, was born on February 21st, 1475 in
Warwick Castle.
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Birth Notes
Source: George Plantagenet
Date of Birth: Feb 21 or 25, 1474/5 (age 3 in 1478)
Place of Birth: Warwick Castle
Earl of Warwick's father was
George (Duke of Clarence, Lord of Richmond) Plantagenet and his mother was
Isabel Neville. His paternal grandparents were
Duke Richard (Duke of York) and
Cecily Neville; his maternal grandparents were
Richard Neville (Earl of Warwick and Salisbury) and
Countess Anne Beauchamp of Warwick. He had a brother and two sisters, named
Richard,
Anne and
Countess of Salisbury. He was the second youngest of the four children. He died by execution, Beheaded, at the age of 24 on November 28th, 1499 in
Tower Hill. He was buried in
Bisham Priory, Berkshire.
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Death Notes
Source: George Plantagenet
Note: He was beheaded on Tower Hill 28 Nov. 1499, solely on the pretense that he had conspired with others to depose King Henry VII.