Edward Plantagenet 
Edward was born on August 28th, 1442 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France and his baptism took place in Cathedrale, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France.1 Edward's father was Richard Plantangenet and his mother was Cecily Neville. His paternal grandparents were Richard Plantangenet and Anne De Mortimer; his maternal grandparents were Ralph De NEVILLE and Joan De Beaufort. He had seven brothers and four sisters, named Edmund, William, John, George, Thomas, Richard III, Henry, Anne, Elizabeth, Margaret and Ursula. He died at the age of 40 on April 9th, 1483 in Palace, Westminister, Middlesex, England. He was buried on April 18th, 1483 in St. George's Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire, England.1 General Notes
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King Edward Plantagenet IV of England
Edward IV, 1442–83, king of England (1461–70, 1471–83), son of Richard, duke of York . He succeeded to the leadership of the Yorkist party (see Roses, Wars of the ) after the death of his father in Wakefield in 1460. Edward defeated the Lancastrians at Mortimer's Cross in 1461, entered London shortly thereafter, and was proclaimed king. Later in the year he won another victory over the Lancastrians at Towton Field, after which the deposed Henry VI fled the country. Edward's secret marriage (1464) to Elizabeth Woodville and subsequent favoritism to his wife's family angered his cousin, the able and ambitious Richard Neville, earl of Warwick. At the same time severe reprisals taken by Edward's constable, John Tiptoft, earl of Worcester, against the Lancastrian party alienated many nobles. Warwick made a marriage alliance between his daughter and Edward's rebellious brother, George, duke of Clarence, and openly revolted in 1469. Although Warwick defeated Edward's forces at Edgecote, the king soon regained his strength, and Warwick fled (1470) to France. There he formed an alliance with Margaret of Anjou, wife of Henry VI. He returned to England with an army, and Edward, who lacked the forces to fight, fled to Holland. Warwick then restored Henry VI to the throne. Edward, however, gathered an army and returned in 1471 to defeat and kill Warwick at Barnet and rout the Lancastrians at Tewkesbury. In the latter battle Margaret was captured and her son, Edward, prince of Wales, killed. After the death of Henry VI in the Tower of London later in the year, Edward's position was secure. The remainder of his reign was a peaceful one. Edward invaded France in 1475 but allowed himself to be bought off without actual fighting. He reorganized the revenues of the crown lands (now greatly expanded by the addition of the Yorkist estates) and promoted trade, benefiting from the increased customs revenues. His resulting wealth allowed him to be largely independent of Parliament, and he developed many of the absolutist precedents inherited and utilized by the Tudor monarchs.
See C. L. Scofield, The Life and Reign of Edward IV (2 vol., 1923; repr. 1967); E. F. Jacob, The Fifteenth Century (1961); C. Ross, Edward IV (1974).
The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2003, Columbia University Press.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.25 Apr 1284 in Carnarvon Castle, Caernarvon, Wales d.21 Sep 1327 in Berkeley Castle, Gloucester, England
- b.13 Nov 1312 in Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire England d.21 Jun 1377 in Sheen Palace, Surrey, England
- b.1292 in Of, Paris, , France d.21 Nov 1358 in Hertford Castle, , Hertfordshire, England
- b.05 Jun 1341 in , King's Langley, Hertfordshire, England d.01 Aug 1402 in , Langley, Hertfordshire, England
- b.~ 1286 in Of, Avesnes, Pas-De-Calais, France d.07 Jun 1337 in , Valenciennes, Nord, France
- b.24 Jan 1310/1311 in Hainautl, Belgium d.15 Aug 1369 in Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England
- b.Abt 1294/1295 in Of, Longpont, Aisne, France d.07 Mar 1342 in , Fontenelle, Yonne, France
- b.~Sep 1376 in Coinsborough Castle, Yorkshire, England d.05 Aug 1415 in Southampton Green, Southampton, Hampshire, England
- b.13 Aug 1311 in , Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain d.26 Mar 1350 in , Gibraltar, Gibraltar, Gibraltar
- b.30 Aug 1334 in , Burgos, Burgos, Spain d.22 Mar 1369 in , Montiel, Ciudad Real, Spain
- b.1313 in Of, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal d.18 Jan 1357 in , Evora, Evora, Portugal
- b.1355 in Morales, Tordesillas, Villadolid, Spain d.23 Dec 1392
- b.~ 1282 in , , , Spain d.1355
- b.~ 1334 in Of, Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain d.Jul 1361 in , Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
- b.~ 1284 in , , , Spain
- b.20 Sep 1411 in in Castle Conisborough, Yorkshire, England d.31 Dec 1460 in in Battle of Wakefield, Yorkshire, England
- b.11 Nov 1328 in Ludlow, Shropshire, England d.26 Feb 1358/1359 in Rouvray, Cote-d'Orleans, France
- b.2 Feb 1350/1351 in Breconshire, Wales d.26 Dec 1381 in Dominican Friary, Cork, Ireland
- b.~ 1332 d.5 Jan 1380/1381 in Bisham, Berkshire, England
- b.11 Apr 1374 in Usk, Monmouthshire, England d.20 Jul 1398 in Kenlis, Ireland
- b.29 Nov 1338 in , Antwerp, Antwerp Belgium d.17 Oct 1368 in , Alba, Cuneo, Italy
- b.16 Aug 1355 in Eltham, Kent, England d.7 Jan 1378/1379 in Sussex, England
- b.06 Jul 1332 in Castle, Carrickfergus, Antrim, Ireland d.Dec 1363 in Dublin, Ireland
- b.27 Dec 1390 in New Forest, West Maeth, Ireland d.Sep 1411
- b.1314 in Of, Broughton, Buckinghamshire, England d.26 Dec 1360 in , , Normandy, France
- b.1350 in Upholand, Lancaster, England d.25 Apr 1397 in Arundel Castle, Sussex, England
- b.29 Sep 1328 in Of, Woodstock, Kent, England d.08 Aug 1385 in Wallingford Castle, Wallingford, Berkshire, England
- b.~ 1373 in Upholland, Lancastershire England d.18 Oct 1405 in Bisham, Berkshire England
- b.~ 1313 in Arundel England d.24 Jan 1375/1376 in , Arundel, Sussex, England
- b.1352 in Arundel Castle, Sussex England d.17 Mar 1415
- b.1311 in , Grismond Castle, Monmouthshire, England d.11 Jan 1372 in , Arundel, Sussex, England
- b.28 Aug 1442 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France d.09 Apr 1483 in Palace, Westminister, Middlesex, England
- b.18 Oct 1262 in Raby, Durham, Enlgand d.18 Apr 1331
- b.1291 in Raby, Durham, Enlgand d.1397 in Durham, England
- b.~ 1267 in Of, Warkworth, Northumberland, England d.1329 in Of, Warkworth, Northumberland, England
- b.1328 in in Of Castle Raby, Raby With Keverstone, Durham, England d.17 Oct 1388 in Newcastle, Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England
- b.1267 in Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire d.1325
- b.1304 in Hadley ,Staffordshire ,England d.11 Jan 1373/1374 in , Greystoke, Northumberland, England
- b.1265 in Of, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England d.1328
- b.1364 in in Of Castle Raby, Raby With Keverstone, Durham England d.21 Oct 1425 in in Of Castle Raby, Raby With Keverstone, Durham England
- b.25 Mar 1273 in , Petworth, Sussex, England d.02 Oct 1314 in , Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire, England
- b.6 Feb 1300/1301 in , Leconfield, Yorkshire, England d.26 Feb 1351/1352 in , Warkworth, Northumberland, England
- b.~ 1277 in Of, Arundel, Sussex, England d.Jul 1328
- b.1335 in Warkworth Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland, England d.18 Feb 1377/1378 in Durham Cathedral, Durham, England
- b.01 Apr 1274 in Clifford Castle, Herefordshire, England d.24 Jun 1314 in Bannockburn, Stirling, Central, Scotland
- b.~ 1303 in Clifford,Hertfordshire,Eng d.24 Aug 1365 in prb Eng
- b.1276 in Of, , Gloucestershire, England d.01 Feb 1327 in Eng
- b.31 May 1415 in , Raby, Durham, England d.03 May 1495 in Berhamsted, Hertfordshire, England
- b.25 Apr 1284 in Carnarvon Castle, Caernarvon, Wales d.21 Sep 1327 in Berkeley Castle, Gloucester, England
- b.13 Nov 1312 in Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire England d.21 Jun 1377 in Sheen Palace, Surrey, England
- b.1292 in Of, Paris, , France d.21 Nov 1358 in Hertford Castle, , Hertfordshire, England
- b.Mar 1340 in Abbaye De St Bavon, Ghent, Flandre-Orientale, Belgium d.3 Feb 1398/1399 in Leicester Castle, Leicester, Leicestershire, England
- b.~ 1286 in Of, Avesnes, Pas-De-Calais, France d.07 Jun 1337 in , Valenciennes, Nord, France
- b.24 Jan 1310/1311 in Hainautl, Belgium d.15 Aug 1369 in Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England
- b.Abt 1294/1295 in Of, Longpont, Aisne, France d.07 Mar 1342 in , Fontenelle, Yonne, France
- b.1375 in France d.13 Nov 1440 in Howden, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1310 in Of, Hainault, Hainault, Belgium
- b.1350 in Of, Picardy, Somme, France d.10 May 1403 in , Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
- b.~ 1315 in Of, Picardy, Somme, France
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Edward and Elizabeth were married in a religious ceremony on May 4th, 1464 in Grafton, Regis, Northamptonshire England.1 They had three sons and seven daughters, named Edward V, Richard, George, Elizabeth, Mary, Cecily, Margaret, Anne York, Catherine and Bridget.
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Children
Elizabeth Plantagenet
Elizabeth was born on February 11th, 1466 in Westminster Palace, Westminster, Middlesex, England and her baptism took place there.1 She died at the age of 37 on February 11th, 1503 in Tower Of London, Middlesex, England. She was buried on February 24th, 1503 in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England.1
Mary Plantagenet
Mary was born in August 1467 in Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England. She died at the age of 14 on May 23rd, 1482.
Cecily Plantagenet
Cecily was born on March 20th, 1469 in Of, Westminster, Middlesex, England. She died at the age of 38 on August 24th, 1507 in Abbey, Quarr, Isle Of Wight, England. She was buried in Abbey, Quarr, Isle Of Wight, England.
Edward V Plantagenet
Edward V was born on November 4th, 1470 in Sanctuary, Westminster, Middlesex, England and his baptism took place in , Westminster, Middlesex, England. He died at the age of 12 in July 1483 in , Tower Of London, Middlesex, England. He was buried in , Tower Of London, Middlesex, England.
Margaret Plantagenet
Margaret was born on April 10th, 1472 in Of, Westminster, Middlesex, England. She died at 8 months old on December 11th, 1472.
Richard Plantagenet
Richard was born on August 17th, 1473 in , Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. He died about July 1483 in Tower Of London, Middlesex, England. He was buried in Tower Of London, Middlesex, England.
Anne York Plantagenet
Anne York was born on November 2nd, 1475 in Westminister Palace, London, Middlesex, England.1 She died at the age of 36 on November 23rd, 1511.1
Catherine Plantagenet
Catherine was born about August 14th, 1479 in , Eltham, Kent, England. She died on November 15th, 1527 in Castle, Tiverton, Devonshire, England. She was buried on December 3rd, 1527 in , Tiverton, Devonshire, England.
Bridget Plantagenet
Bridget was born on November 10th, 1480 in , Eltham, Kent, England and her baptism took place there. She died at the age of 37 in 1517.
George Plantagenet
George was born in Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England. He died about 1481.
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