Edward IV Plantagenêt King of England

1442 - 1483  (40 years)

• Name	Edward IV Plantagenêt King of England  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Born	28 Apr 1442	Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1460-1461
  	17th Lord of Clare
  Occupation	1460-1461
  	4th Duke of York
  Occupation	1460-1461
  	6th Earl of Cambridge
  Occupation	1460-1461
  	7th Earl of March
  Military	29 Mar 1461
  	Defeated Henry VI at the Battle of Towton (who fled to Scotland with his mother) and proclaimed himself King of England
  Occupation	28 Jun 1461
  	Crowned at Westminster
  Occupation	3 Oct 1470
  	Deposed by Richard de Neville, Earl of Warwick (who restored Henry VI to the throne) and fled to Burgundy in exile
  Military	14 Apr 1471
  	Defeated Richard de Neville, Earl of Warwick, at the Battle of Barnet
  Occupation	14 Apr 1471
  	Regained the throne
  Military	4 May 1471
  	Defeated Marguerite d'Anjou at the Battle of Tewkesbury (where her son was killed in action)
  Baptism	Cathédrale de Rouen (Seine-Maritime), Haute-Normandie, France
  Occupation	Earl of Ulster, Ireland
  Occupation	4 May 1471
  	King of England
  Died	9 Apr 1483	Westminster Palace, London, Middlesex, England
  Buried	18 Apr 1483	St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England
  Person ID	I4483	Godbout
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2017

  
  

  Father	Richard Plantagenêt of York,   b. 21 Sep 1411, Conisbrough Castle, Yorkshire, England ,   d. 31 Dec 1460, York, Yorkshire, England  (Age 49 years)
  Mother	Cecily de Neville,   b. 3 May 1415, Raby, Durham, England ,   d. 31 May 1495, Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire, England  (Age 80 years)
  Marriage Contract	Bef 18 Oct 1424
  Married	1438	Yorkshire, England
  Family ID	F2269	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth Wayte,   b. Abt 1445, Titchfield, Hampshire, England ,   d. Bef 1482, England  (Age ~ 36 years)
  Married	N
  Not married	Partners
  Children	1. Margaret Elizabeth Plantagenêt,   b. Abt 1463,   d. Abt 1550  (Age ~ 87 years)   2. Arthur Plantagenêt,   b. Abt 1465, Calais, Pas-de-Calais, France ,   d. 3 Mar 1542, Tower of London, Middlesex, England  (Age ~ 77 years)
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2017
  Family ID	F2534	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth Wydeville Queen of England,   b. Abt 1437, Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England ,   d. 7 Jun 1492, Bermondsey Abbey, London, Middlesex, England  (Age ~ 55 years)
  Married	1 May 1464	Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England
  Children	1. Elizabeth Plantagenêt Queen of England,   b. 11 Feb 1466, Westminster Palace, London, Middlesex, England ,   d. 11 Feb 1503, Tower of London, Middlesex, England  (Age 37 years)   2. Edward V Plantagenêt King of England,   b. 2 Nov 1470, Westminster Sanctuary, London, Middlesex, England ,   d. 6 Jul 1483, Tower of London, Middlesex, England  (Age 12 years)
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2017
  Family ID	F2270	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, George Edward Cokayne; Vicary Gibbs, H. A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand & Howard de Walden, editors, (Reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), V. II, p. 72; III, p. 246; VII, p. 30; VIII p. 274 & V. XII/2, pp. 909-910. [S728] A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages of England, Ireland and Scotland, John Burke, Esq., (Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, London, 1831), 326, 427-428, 430, 433 & 573. [S623] The Elusive Mistress: Elizabeth Lucy and her Family, John Ashdown-Hill, (The Ricardian, Richard III Society, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, June 1999), Volume XI, N° 145. [S721] The Visitation of Yorkshire in the years 1563 and 1564, William Flower, Esq., Norroy King of Arms, edited by Charles Best Norcliffe, M.A., of Langton, (The Harleian Society, Mitchell and Hughes, Printers, 140 Wardour Street, W., London, 1881), 190.