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Edward Plantagenet IV 1442–1485 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 28 April 1442

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

Death Date: 22 August 1485

Death Location: Market Bosworth, Hinckley and Bosworth Borough, Leicestershire, England

Father: Henry VI

Mother: Marguerite England

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Wydeville

Children(s): Elizabeth Plantagenet, Edward V, Katherine Plantagenet, Mary Plantagenet, Princess Plantagenet, RICHARD PLANTAGENET, Ann York, George vonBedford, Margaret Plantagenet, Arthur Lisle, Grace Plantagenet

The story of Edward Plantagenet IV began in 1442 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France. Edward Plantagenet IV married Elizabeth Wydeville, and had children including Ann Plantagenet Of York, Arthur Plantagenet Kg Viscount Lisle, Edward Plantagenet V, Elizabeth Of York Plantagenet, George Vonbedford, Grace Plantagenet, Katherine Plantagenet, Margaret Plantagenet, Mary Plantagenet, Princess Cecilia Of York Lady Of The Garter Plantagenet, Richard Of Shrewsbury 1St Duke Of York Plantagenet. Edward Plantagenet IV passed away in 1485 in Market Bosworth, Hinckley and Bosworth Borough, Leicestershire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Edward Plantagenet IV began in 1442 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.
  • Edward Plantagenet IV married Elizabeth Wydeville, and had children including Ann Plantagenet Of York, Arthur Plantagenet Kg Viscount Lisle, Edward Plantagenet V, Elizabeth Of York Plantagenet, George Vonbedford, Grace Plantagenet, Katherine Plantagenet, Margaret Plantagenet, Mary Plantagenet, Princess Cecilia Of York Lady Of The Garter Plantagenet, Richard Of Shrewsbury 1St Duke Of York Plantagenet.
  • Edward Plantagenet IV passed away in 1485 in Market Bosworth, Hinckley and Bosworth Borough, Leicestershire, England.

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Edward IV's Ancestors

Self
Edward IV
1442–1485
Birth Place: Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Parents
Henry Of Lancaster, King of England and France, Lord of Ireland VI
1421–1471
Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough, Berkshire, England
Marguerite (Of Anjou, Queen Consort of) England
1429–1482
Pont-a-Mousson, Departement de Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, France
Grandparents
Henry (V of) Monmouth
1387–1422
Monmouth Castle, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, England
Princess (Catherine DeValois of France, Queen Consert of England, Wife of King Henry V, Mother of King Henry VI, Grandmother of King Henry) VII
1401–1437
Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Edward IV's Descendants

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Edward (Plantagenet) IV (28 April 1442–22 August 1485) m. Elizabeth Wydeville (03 Feb 1437–8 June 1492)
  1. 1. Elizabeth (of York) Plantagenet 1466–1503 m. Henry (Tudor) VII 1457–1509 m. Thomas Lumley 1460–1487
    1. 1. Margaret Tudor 1489–1541 m. James ("Iron Belt" Stuart) IV 1473–1513 m. Archibald Douglas 1489–1557
      1. 1. James (Stuart) V 1512–1542 m. Mary (of) Guise 1515–1560
        1. 1. Mary (”Queen of Scots”) Stuart 1542–1587 m. Henry (”Lord Danley”) Stuart 1545–1567 m. Francis (de Valois-Angouleme) II 1544–1560 m. James Hepburn –1578
        2. 2. James (Stuart) I 1531–1570
      2. 2. Lady (Margaret) Douglas 1515–1578 m. Matthew Stuart 1516–1571
        1. 1. Henry (”Lord Danley”) Stuart 1545–1567 m. Mary (”Queen of Scots”) Stuart 1542–1587
      3. 3. Stuart 1508–
      4. 4. Stuart 1512–
    2. 2. King (Henry Tudor) VIII 1491–1547 m. Katherine (van) Aragon 1485–1536 m. Anna Boleyne 1501–1536 m. Jane Seymour 1509–1537 m. Anne (of) Cleves 1515–1557 m. Katherine Howard 1521–1542 m. Katherine Parr 1512–1548
      1. 1. Edward (Tudor) VI 1537–1553
      2. 2. Mary (”Bloody Mary”) Tudor 1516–1558 m. Phillip (II of) Spain 1527–1598
      3. 3. Queen (Elizabeth Tudor) I 1533–1603
      4. 4. Henry Tudor 1511–1511
      5. 5. Baby Tudor 1536–1536
      6. 6. Baby Tudor 1535–1535
      7. 7. Baby Tudor 1534–1534
    3. 3. Mary ("Rose") Tudor 1495–1533 m. Charles (Brandon - Duke of Suffolk) Sir 1484–1545 m. Louis (de Valois) XII 1462–1515
      1. 1. Frances Brandon 1517–1559 m. Henry (Grey Duke of Suffolk, Third Marquis of) Dorset 1517–1554 m. Adrian Stokes –1581
        1. 1. Lady (Jane) Grey 1537–1554 m. Guildford Dudley 1536–1554
        2. 2. Mary (Marie) Grey 1545–1578
        3. 3. Catherine Grey 1540–1568
      2. 2. Eleanor Brandon 1519–1547
      3. 3. Henry Brandon 1516–1522
    4. 4. Arthur Tudor 1486–1502 m. Katherine (van) Aragon 1485–1536
    5. 5. Elizabeth Tudor 1492–1495
    6. 6. Edward Tudor 1497–1498
    7. 7. Edmund Tudor 1499–1500
    8. 8. Katherine Tudor 1503–1503
    9. 9. Sibill Lumley 1485–
  2. 2. Edward (Plantagenet) V 1470–1483
  3. 3. Katherine Plantagenet 1457–1527
  4. 4. Mary Plantagenet 1467–1482
  5. 5. Princess (Cecilia, of York, Lady of the Garter,) Plantagenet 1469–1507
  6. 6. RICHARD (OF SHREWSBURY, 1ST DUKE OF YORK,) PLANTAGENET 1473–1483
  7. 7. Ann (Plantagenet of) York 1459–1511
  8. 8. George vonBedford 1457–1479
  9. 9. Margaret Plantagenet 1472–1472
  10. 10. Arthur (Plantagenet KG, Viscount) Lisle 1461–1540
  11. 11. Grace Plantagenet 1460–1492

Edward IV's Timeline

2 Records

1442
28 April 1442
Birth of Edward Plantagenet IV in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
1485
22 August 1485
Age 43
Death of Edward Plantagenet IV in Market Bosworth, Hinckley and Bosworth Borough, Leicestershire, England
Market Bosworth, Hinckley and Bosworth Borough, Leicestershire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 April 1442
    Event Place: Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] 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: Title

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 August 1485
    Event Place: Market Bosworth, Hinckley and Bosworth Borough, Leicestershire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] 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

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