Richard PLANTAGENET

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Lord Mortimer of Wigmore
• Fact: Earl of March
• Fact: Earl of Ulster
• Name: Richard of York
• Fact: 19 May 1426, 3rd Duke of York
• Burial: 30 Jul 1476, Fotheringhay

Notes:

Name:
Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, son and heir, was born on 21 Sep 1411, and was nephew and heir of Edward 'of Norwich'. He was restored as 3rd Duke of York on 19 ay 1426, though his father's attainder was not reversed till 1461. In right of his mother, heiress of the line of Lionel, Duke of Clarence, 3rd son of Edward III, he claimed the throne in 1460 against the Lancastrian Dynasty represented by King Henry VI.

Richard assumed the name 'Plantagenet' apparently about 1448. Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York, was slain at Wakefield on 30 Dec 1460, fighting against the supporters of King Henry VI.

Richard married Cecily DE NEVILLE between 1437 and 1438. Cecily (daughter of Ralph DE NEVILLE, K.G. and Joan BEAUFORT) was born on 03 May 1415 in Raby Castle; died on 31 May 1495 in Berkhamsted Castle; was buried in Fotheinghay. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Anne PLANTAGENET was born on 10 Aug 1439 in Fotheringay Castle; died in 12 or 14 Jan 1476; was buried in St. George's Chapel, Windsor.
2. Henry PLANTAGENET was born on 10 Feb 1441 in Hatfield, Hertfordshire; died in young.
3. Edward IV 'Plantagenet' King Of ENGLAND was born on 28 Apr 1442; died on 09 Apr 1483 in Palace of Westminster; was buried in St. George's Chapel, Windsor.
4. Edmund PLANTAGENET was born on 17 May 1443 in Rouen; died on 30 Dec 1460 in Ex. with his father, Battle of Wakefield; was buried in Pontefract.
5. Elizabeth PLANTAGENET was born on 22 Apr 1444 in Rouen; died between 07 Jan 1502 and May 1504; was buried in Wingfield.
6. Margaret 'Of York' PLANTAGENET was born on 03 May 1446 in Fotheinghay; died on 28 Nov 1503 in Malines; was buried in Church of the Cordeliers, Malines.
7. William PLANTAGENET was born on 07 Jul 1447; died in young.
8. John PLANTAGENET was born on 07 Nov 1448 in Neyte, near Worcester; died in young.
9. Sir George PLANTAGENET, K.G. was born on 21 Oct 1449 in Dublin Castle; died on 18 Feb 1478 in Put to death in the Tower; was buried in Tewkesbury Abbey.
10. Thomas PLANTAGENET was born about 1451 in Fotheringhay; died in young.
11. Richard III 'Plantagenet' King Of ENGLAND was born on 02 Oct 1452 in Fotheinghay Castle; died on 22 Aug 1485 in Killed - Battle of Bosworth; was buried in Grey Friars Abbey, Leicester.
12. Ursula PLANTAGENET was born on 20 Jul 1455; died in young.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Richard Of Cambridge
• Fact: 1 May 1414, Earl of Cambridge

Notes:

Name:
Having conspired (with Scrope of Masham and Grey of Heton) to depose King Henry V and set up in his place the Earl of March (the heir general of King Edward III), Richard of Cambridge, Earl of Cambridge, was attained and beheaded at Southampton Green on 5 Aug. 1415, buried in the Chapel of 'God's House' at Southampton.

Richard married Anne DE MORTIMER on 23 May 1408 in with Papal dispensation. Anne (daughter of Roger VI DE MORTIMER and Alianor I DE HOLAND) was born on 27 Dec 1390; died in Sep 1411; was buried in King's Langley, Hertfordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Was heir general in her issue of the Crown of England transmitting the right to the Crown to her grandson Edward IV