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Edward IV, Yorkist of Plantagenet dynasty, 7th Earl of March, Lord of Ireland, King of England and France 1442–1483 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 28 Apr 1442

Birth Location: Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France

Death Date: 9 Apr 1483

Death Location: Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough, Berkshire, England

Father: Sir York

Mother: Cecily Cornwall,

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Woodville

Children(s): Elizabeth Ireland, Edward crowned), Richard York, Mary York, Cecily Welles, Catherine Devon, Anne York, Bridget York

In 1442, Edward IV, Yorkist of Plantagenet dynasty, 7th Earl of March, Lord of Ireland, King of England and France entered the world in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France, born to Sir Richard Ii Plantagenet K G 3Rd Duke Of York Prince Of Wales Lord Protector During The Madness Of King Henry Vi War Of The Roses House Of York And Cecily Proud Cis De Neville Duchess Of York Cornwall. Edward IV, Yorkist of Plantagenet dynasty, 7th Earl of March, Lord of Ireland, King of England and France married Elizabeth Woodville, and had children including Anne Plantagenet Of York, Bridget Plantagenet Of York, Catherine Plantagenet House Of York Countess Of Devon, Cecily Plantagenet House Of York Viscountess Welles, Edward V Plantagenet House Of York King Of England Never Crowned, Elizabeth Plantagenet Of York Queen Consort Of England Lady Of The Garter Countess Of Richmond Baroness Of Ireland, Mary Plantagenet House Of York, Richard Of Shrewsbury House Of York Duke Of York. Edward IV, Yorkist of Plantagenet dynasty, 7th Earl of March, Lord of Ireland, King of England and France passed away in 1483 in Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough, Berkshire, England.

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  • In 1442, Edward IV, Yorkist of Plantagenet dynasty, 7th Earl of March, Lord of Ireland, King of England and France entered the world in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France, born to Sir Richard Ii Plantagenet K G 3Rd Duke Of York Prince Of Wales Lord Protector During The Madness Of King Henry Vi War Of The Roses House Of York And Cecily Proud Cis De Neville Duchess Of York Cornwall.
  • Edward IV, Yorkist of Plantagenet dynasty, 7th Earl of March, Lord of Ireland, King of England and France married Elizabeth Woodville, and had children including Anne Plantagenet Of York, Bridget Plantagenet Of York, Catherine Plantagenet House Of York Countess Of Devon, Cecily Plantagenet House Of York Viscountess Welles, Edward V Plantagenet House Of York King Of England Never Crowned, Elizabeth Plantagenet Of York Queen Consort Of England Lady Of The Garter Countess Of Richmond Baroness Of Ireland, Mary Plantagenet House Of York, Richard Of Shrewsbury House Of York Duke Of York.
  • Edward IV, Yorkist of Plantagenet dynasty, 7th Earl of March, Lord of Ireland, King of England and France passed away in 1483 in Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough, Berkshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir York
1411–1460
Birth Location: Conisborough Castle, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England
SY
Cecily Cornwall,
1415–1495
Birth Location: Raby Castle, Raby-With-Keverstone, Durham, England
CC

Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Woodville
1437–1492
Birth Location: Grafton Regis, South Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England
EW

Children(s)

Elizabeth Ireland
1466–1503
Birth Location: Westminster Palace, Westminster, London, Middlesex, England
EI
Edward crowned)
1470–1483
Birth Location: Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England
Ec
Richard York
1473–1483
Birth Location: Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
RY
Mary York
1467–1482
Birth Location: Windsor Castle, Windsor & Maidenhead Royal Borough, Berkshire, England
MY
Cecily Welles
1469–1507
Birth Location: Westminster Palace, London
CW
Catherine Devon
1479–1527
Birth Location: Eltham Palace, Kent, England
CD
Anne York
1475–1511
Birth Location: Westminster, Middlesex, , England
AY
Bridget York
1480–1517
Birth Location: Eltham Palace, Kent
BY

Edward France's Ancestors

Self
Edward France
1442–1483
Birth Place: Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Parents
Sir Richard II Plantagenet, K.G., 3rd Duke of York, Prince of Wales, Lord Protector during the madness of King Henry VI, War of the Roses-House of York
1411–1460
Conisborough Castle, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England
Cecily ("Proud Cis" de Neville, Duchess of York &) Cornwall,
1415–1495
Raby Castle, Raby-With-Keverstone, Durham, England
Grandparents
Richard (Plantagenet of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of) Cambridge
1375–1415
Conisburgh Castle, Yorkshire, England
Anne (De Mortimer, Countess of) Cambridge
1390–1411
New Forest, County Westmeath, Ireland
Sir (Ralph de NEVILLE, K.G., 4th Lord Neville of Raby, 1st Earl of) Westmoreland
1363–1425
Raby Castle, Raby with Keverstone, Durham, England
Joan (Plantagenet de Beaufort, Countess of Westmoreland, Lancaster House, Order of the) Garter
1375–1440
Beaufort, Dordogne, Aquitaine, Maine-et-Loire, France
Great-Grandparents
Edmund York
1341–1402
Joan Masham
1380–1434
Roger March
1374–1398
Alianor March
1373–1405
John Fleet
1328–1388
Maud Neville
1335–1379
Sir Lancaster
1340–1398
Catherine Lancaster
1350–1403
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Edward artillery
1312–1377
Philippa Hainault
1310–1369
Thomas Kent
1348–1408
Mary Bohun
1368–1394
Edmund Mortimer
1352–1381
Philippa Clarence
1355–1382
Thomas Kent
1348–1408
Alice Kent
1352–1415
Ralph Raby
1291–1367
Alice Audley
1300–1374
Henry Percy
1301–1352
Idoine Clifford
1300–1365
Edward artillery
1312–1377
Philippa Hainault
1310–1369
Sir Roet
1310–1380
Lady Hainault
1311–1369

Edward France's Descendants

1.
EF
Edward (IV, Yorkist of Plantagenet dynasty, 7th Earl of March, Lord of Ireland, King of England and) France (28 Apr 1442–9 Apr 1483) m. Elizabeth Woodville (Oct 1437–8 JUN 1492)
  1. 1. Elizabeth (Plantagenet of York, Queen consort of England, Lady of the Garter, Countess of Richmond, Baroness of) Ireland 1466–1503 m. Henry (VII Tudor (Lancastrian), King of England, ended War of the) Roses 1457–1509
    1. 1. Arthur (Tudor, frail Prince of) Wales 1486–1502 m. Catherine (of Aragon, 1st wife; Queen consort of England--forced to renounce to become Dowager Princess of) Wales 1485–1536
    2. 2. Henry (VIII Tudor, King of England, Ireland & Scotland, created & headed Church of England, started English Protestantism) 1534 1491–1547 m. Mary Carey 1501–1536 m. Anne (Boleyn, Queen consort of England, Marchioness of Pembroke, 2nd wife of Henry) VIII 1501–1536 m. Catherine (Howard, 5th) Wife 1523–1542 m. Catherine (of Aragon, 1st wife; Queen consort of England--forced to renounce to become Dowager Princess of) Wales 1485–1536 m. Jane (Seymour, 3rd wife, Queen of) England 1509–1537 m. Catherine (Parr, 6th wife, Queen of) England 1512–1548 m. Ann (of Cleves La Marck family, 4th wife, Queen consort of England; after 6 months, marriage declared unconsummated, no) issue 1515–1557
      1. 1. Miscarried (son) Tudor 1535–1535
      2. 2. Miscarried (son) Tudor 1536–1536
      3. 3. Elizabeth (I 'The Virgin Queen' Tudor, Queen of England, Ireland &) Scotland 1533–1603 m. Robert (Dudley, Earl Leicester, Master of the Horse, Queen Elizabeth's 1st) Favorite 1532–1588 m. Thomas (Seymour 1st Baron of Sudeley, Elizabeth's) suitor 1508–1548
      4. 4. Mary (I "Bloody Mary" Tudor, Queen of England, no issue,) Catholic 1516–1558 m. Phillip (II Habsburg, King of Spain, Portugal, the Algarves and) England 1527–1598
      5. 5. Edward (VI House of Tudor, King of England, English Reformation, (no) issue) 1537–1553
      6. 6. Henry (Tudor) d'Angleterre 1511–1511
      7. 7. Miscarriage (or false pregnancy) Tudor, 1534–
    3. 3. Katherine (Tudor, Princess of) England 1502–1503
    4. 4. Edmund (Tudor, Prince of) England 1499–1500
    5. 5. Margaret Tudor 1489–1541 m. James (IV Iron stewart) king 1473–1513 m. Archibald (Douglas, 6th Earl of) Angus 1489–1557 m. Sir (Lord Henry I) Stewart, 1499–1547
      1. 1. James (V Stuart, King of Scotland, devout Catholic, burned heretics, only daughter Mary was) heir 1512–1542 m. Mary (of Guise, Queen consort of Scots, Duchess of) Longueville 1515–1560 m. Madeleine (of Valois, Queen of Scotland, Princess of) France 1520–1537 m. Margaret (Erskine, mistress of James) V 1515–1572 m. Euphemia ((mistress)) Elphinstone 1509–1542
        1. 1. Mary (I Stuart, Queen of Scots, Queen Consort of France until Dec 1560,) Catholic 1542–1587 m. Henry ("Lord Darnley" Stuart, King Consort of Scotland, Duke of) Albany 1545–1567 m. Francois ('Francis' II de Valois (Capet), King consort of Scotland & France,) issueless 1544–1560 m. James (Patrick Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, Duke of Orkney &) Shetland 1536–1578
        2. 2. Sir (James Stewart, 1st Earl of) Moray 1529–1570 m. Lady (Agnes Anna Keith, Countess of Moray and) Aargyll 1530–1588 m. Marion Fairlie 1530–1580
        3. 3. Lord (Robert Stuart, of Zetland, Earl of) Orkney 1533–1592 m. Johanna Kennedy 1540–1598
      2. 2. Margaret (Douglas, Countess) Lennox 1515–1578 m. Lord (Thomas) Howard 1511–1537 m. Sir (Matthew Stuart, 4th Earl of) Lennox 1516–1571
        1. 1. Henry ("Lord Darnley" Stuart, King Consort of Scotland, Duke of) Albany 1545–1567 m. Mary (I Stuart, Queen of Scots, Queen Consort of France until Dec 1560,) Catholic 1542–1587
        2. 2. Sir (Robert Howard,) (illegitimate) 1537–1598 m. Phillipa Buxton 1539–1603
        3. 3. Charles (Lennox Stuart, 5th Earl Of) Lennox 1555–1576 m. Elisabeth Cavendish 1555–1582
        4. 4. Esmé (Esme Stewart of Darnley, 1st Duke of Lennox, 6th Lord of) Aubigny 1542–1583 m. Lady (Katherine De) Balsac 1547–1631
    6. 6. Elizabeth (Tudor, Princess de) England 1492–1495
    7. 7. Mary ('Rose' Tudor, Queen consort de France, then Duchess of) Suffolk 1496–1533 m. Sir (Charles Brandon, KG-Knight of the Garter, 1st Duke of) Suffolk 1484–1545 m. King (Louis XII Capet Valois, King of France & Naples, Duke of) Brittany 1462–1515
      1. 1. Frances (Brandon (Grey), Duchess of) Suffolk 1517–1559 m. Henry (Grey, Duke of) Suffolk 1517–1554
        1. 1. Mary (Grey) (Keys) 1540–1578
        2. 2. Jane Grey 1537–1554
        3. 3. Lady (Catherine Grey, Countess of) Hertford 1540–1568 m. Edward (John Seymour, KG, Lord Protector of England, 1st Earl of Hertford, brother of Queen Jane Seymour, had 3 secret marriages-imprisoned Tower of) L 1539–1613
      2. 2. Lady (Eleanor Brandon, Countess of) Cumberland 1519–1547 m. Henry Clifford 1517–1570
        1. 1. Lady (Margaret Clifford, Countess of) Derby 1540–1596
        2. 2. Lady (Joan) Clifford 1535–1596
        3. 3. Sir (Charles) Clifford 1539–1540
        4. 4. Lord (Henry de) Clifford 1538–1541
      3. 3. Henry (Brandon, 1st Earl of Lincoln, Duke of) Suffolk 1515–1534
      4. 4. Anne (Brandon) (Haworth) –1558
  2. 2. Edward (V Plantagenet House of York, King of England (never) crowned) 1470–1483
  3. 3. Richard (of Shrewsbury, House of York, Duke of) York 1473–1483
  4. 4. Mary (Plantagenet, House of) York 1467–1482
  5. 5. Cecily (Plantagenet House of York, Viscountess) Welles 1469–1507 m. John (Welles, K.G., 1st Viscount) Welles 1450–1498 m. Ralph (Le Scrope, Baron Scrope of) Masham 1461–1515
    1. 1. Anne (of) Welles 1494–1499
    2. 2. Lady (Elizabeth) Welles 1487–1498
  6. 6. Catherine (Plantagenet House of York, Countess of) Devon 1479–1527 m. William (Courtenay, 1st Earl of) Devon 1475–1511
    1. 1. Henry (Courtenay, Marquis of Exeter, Earl of) Devonshire 1498–1538 m. Elizabeth (Grey, suo jure Viscountess) Lisle 1505–1519 m. Gertrude (Blount, Marchioness of Exeter & Devon, Roman) Catholic 1499–1558
      1. 1. Edward (Courtenay, Imprisoned 15 years in the Tower of London, Earl of) Devon 1515–1556
    2. 2. Edward Courtenay –1502
  7. 7. Anne (Plantagenet of) York 1475–1511 m. Thomas (Howard, K.G., 3rd Duke of Norfolk, 2nd Earl of Surrey, 14th Baron Segrave, 13th Baron) Mowbray 1473–1554
    1. 1. Lord (Edmund) Howard 1498–1539
    2. 2. Thomas Howard 1496–1508
    3. 3. William Howard 1498–1571
  8. 8. Bridget ('Plantagenet' of) York 1480–1517

Edward France's Timeline

2 Records

1442
28 Apr 1442
Birth of Edward IV, Yorkist of Plantagenet dynasty, 7th Earl of March, Lord of Ireland, King of England and France in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
1483
9 Apr 1483
Age 41
Death of Edward IV, Yorkist of Plantagenet dynasty, 7th Earl of March, Lord of Ireland, King of England and France in sudden death, Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England.
sudden death, Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England.

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 Apr 1442
    Event Place: Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [3] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: The blood royal of Britain : being a roll of the living descendants of Edward IV and Henry VIII , k

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 Apr 1483
    Event Place: sudden death, Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England.
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [3] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: The blood royal of Britain : being a roll of the living descendants of Edward IV and Henry VIII , k

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough, Berkshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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