Richard PLANTAGENET

Male 1411 - 1460  (49 years)


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  • Name Richard PLANTAGENET  [1, 2, 3
    • 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. [1]
    Birth 21 Sep 1411  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Fact 19 May 1426  3rd Duke of York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Death 30 Dec 1460  Battle of Wakefield Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Burial 30 Jul 1476  Fotheringhay Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Fact Lord Mortimer of Wigmore Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Fact Earl of March Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Fact Earl of Ulster Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Name Richard of York  [2
    Burial Pontefract Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I44546  Main Tree
    Last Modified 17 May 2018 

    Father Richard 'of Conisburgh' Of YORK,   b. Abt Sep 1376, Conisborough Castle, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Aug 1415, Executed Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Anne DE MORTIMER,   b. 27 Dec 1390   d. Sep 1411 (Age 20 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 23 May 1408  with Papal dispensation Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Family ID F06804  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 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) 
    Married Bef 18 Oct 1424  [1, 3
    Marriage Between 1437 and 1438  [2
    Children 
    +1. Anne PLANTAGENET,   b. 10 Aug 1439, Fotheringay Castle Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 or 14 Jan 1476 (Age 36 years)  [Birth]
     2. Henry PLANTAGENET,   b. 10 Feb 1441, Hatfield, Hertfordshire Find all individuals with events at this locationd. young Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
    +3. Edward IV 'Plantagenet' King Of ENGLAND,   b. 28 Apr 1442   d. 09 Apr 1483, Palace of Westminster Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years)  [Birth]
     4. Edmund PLANTAGENET,   b. 17 May 1443, Rouen Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Dec 1460, Ex. with his father, Battle of Wakefield Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 17 years)  [Birth]
     5. Elizabeth PLANTAGENET,   b. 22 Apr 1444, Rouen Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 07 Jan 1502 and May 1504 (Age 57 years)  [Birth]
     6. Margaret 'Of York' PLANTAGENET,   b. 03 May 1446, Fotheinghay Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Nov 1503, Malines Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)  [Birth]
     7. William PLANTAGENET,   b. 07 Jul 1447   d. young Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
     8. John PLANTAGENET,   b. 07 Nov 1448, Neyte, near Worcester Find all individuals with events at this locationd. young Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
    +9. Sir George PLANTAGENET, K.G.,   b. 21 Oct 1449, Dublin Castle Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Feb 1478, Put to death in the Tower Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 28 years)  [Birth]
     10. Thomas PLANTAGENET,   b. Abt 1451, Fotheringhay Find all individuals with events at this locationd. young Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
    +11. Richard III 'Plantagenet' King Of ENGLAND,   b. 02 Oct 1452, Fotheinghay Castle Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Aug 1485, Killed - Battle of Bosworth Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years)  [Birth]
     12. Ursula PLANTAGENET,   b. 20 Jul 1455   d. young Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
    Family ID F06840  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 May 2018 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 30 Dec 1460 - Battle of Wakefield Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 30 Jul 1476 - Fotheringhay Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsFact - - Earl of March Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsFact - - Earl of Ulster Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S5008] David Faris, "Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists", (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.).

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

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