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Edward IV 'Plantagenet' King Of ENGLAND

Male 1442 - 1483  (40 years)


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  • Name Edward IV 'Plantagenet' King Of ENGLAND  [1, 3] 
    • Edward IV Plantagenet, eldest surviving son and heir, born at Rouen 28 Apr 1442, known as Earl of March till he succeeded his father on 30 Dec 1460 as 4th Duke of York, proclaimed King of England by his supporters on 4 mar 1461, and crowned at Westminster on 29 June 1461, deposed by Richard Neville 'the Kingmaker', 1st Earl of Warwick and 2nd Earl of Salisbury, and fled to Flanders, returned to England 14 Mar 1471, and defeated Warwick and the Lancastrians at Barnet on 14 Apr 1471, and at Tewkesbury, 4 May 1471, died at Westminster 9 Apr 1483, buried St. George's Chapel, Windsor; married, privately, at the manor house of the bride's father at Grafton Regis, co. Northhampton, 1 May 1464, Elizabeth Wydeville (Woodville), born about 1437, crowned at Westminster 26 May 1465, died testate at Bermondsey Abbey, where for some time she had resided, or had been compelled by King Henry VII to reside, on 8 June 1492, buried with the King, her second husband. [1]
    • Edward IV came to the throne with two aims: to restore the system of justice and to improve royal finances, both of which had suffered during the reign of Henry VI. Edward proved himself an able ruler, and during his reign, which was briefly interrupted, the country enjoyed a well-deserved period of peace.

      When Edward became King at the age of 18, he was described by many as a beautiful young man, about 2 metres (6 feet) tall, with polished manners and a genial disposition. [2]
    Birth 28 Apr 1442  [1, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Fact bet. 1461-1470  King of England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Fact 1 Between 1471-1483  King of England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Death 09 Apr 1483  Palace of Westminster Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Burial St. George's Chapel, Windsor Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I21296  Main Tree
    Last Modified 18 May 2018 

    Father Richard PLANTAGENET,   b. 21 Sep 1411   d. 30 Dec 1460, Battle of Wakefield Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Cecily DE NEVILLE,   b. 03 May 1415, Raby Castle Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 May 1495, Berkhamsted Castle Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Married Bef 18 Oct 1424  [1, 4] 
    Marriage Between 1437 and 1438  [3] 
    Family ID F06840  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth WOODVILLE,   b. Abt 1437   d. 7 or 8 June 1492 (Age 55 years) 
    Marriage 01 May 1464  Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth PLANTAGENET,   b. 11 Feb 1465, Westminster Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Feb 1503, Tower of London Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years)  [Birth]
     2. Mary PLANTAGENET,   b. Aug 1467, Windsor Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 May 1482, Greenwich Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 14 years)  [Birth]
     3. Cecily PLANTAGENET,   b. 20 May 1469   d. 24 Aug 1507, Quarr Abbey, Isle of Wight Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years)  [Birth]
     4. Edward V 'Plantagenet' King of ENGLAND,   b. 4 Nov 1470, In Sanctuary at Westminster Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
     5. Margaret PLANTAGENET,   b. 1 Apr 1472, Windsor Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Dec 1472 (Age 0 years)  [Birth]
     6. Richard PLANTAGENET,   b. 17 Aug 1473, Shrewsbury Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1483 (Age 9 years)  [Birth]
     7. Anne 'of York' PLANTAGENET,   b. 2 Nov 1475, Westminster Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Nov 1511 (Age 36 years)  [Birth]
     8. George PLANTAGENET,   b. Mar 1477, Windsor Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1479, Windsor Castle Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 2 years)  [Birth]
    +9. Katherine PLANTAGENET,   b. Abt 14 Aug 1479, Eltham Palace, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Nov 1527, Tiverton Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years)  [Birth]
     10. Bridget PLANTAGENET,   b. 10 Nov 1480, Eltham Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1517, Dartford Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F06831  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 May 2018 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 01 May 1464 - Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsFact - bet. 1461-1470 - King of England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsFact 1 - Between 1471-1483 - King of England Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S5008] David Faris, "Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists", (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.).

    2. [S9498] Plantagenet Somerset Fry, Kings & Queens of England and Scotland.

    3. [S01910] Blood Royal, Issue of the Kings and Queens of Medieval England 1066-1399 by. T. Anna Leese.

    4. [S5840] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonist Who Came to America before 1700.


  

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