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Edward Iv Plantagenet 1442 – 1483 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 28 APR 1442

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

Death Date: 9 APR 1483

Death Location: Palace of Westminster, Westminster, City of London, England, United Kingdom

Father: Richard Plantagenet

Mother: Cecily Neville

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Wydeville, Elizabeth Woodville, Elizabeth Woodville, Elizabeth Woodville, Elizabeth Woodville, Elizabeth Woodville, Elizabeth Woodville, Elizabeth Woodville, Elizabeth Wydeville, Elizabeth Woodville, Elizabeth Woodville, Elizabeth Woodville, Elizabeth Woodville, Elizabeth Woodville, Elizabeth Woodville, Elizabeth Woodville, Elizabeth Woodville, Elizabeth Woodville, Margaret Wood, Elizabeth Woodville

Children(s): Elizabeth Plantagenet, Cecily Plantagenet

The story of Edward Iv Plantagenet began in 1442 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France. Edward Iv Plantagenet married Elizabeth Wydeville, Elizabeth Woodville, Elizabeth Jaquetta Woodville, Elizabeth Woodville, Elizabeth Woodville, Elizabeth Woodville, Elizabeth Woodville, Elizabeth Woodville, Elizabeth Wydeville, Elizabeth Woodville, Elizabeth Woodville, Elizabeth Woodville, Elizabeth Woodville, Elizabeth Woodville, Elizabeth Woodville, Elizabeth Woodville, Elizabeth Woodville, Elizabeth Woodville, Margaret Wood, Elizabeth Woodville, and had children including Elizabeth Plantagenet, Cecily Plantagenet. Edward Iv Plantagenet passed away in 1483 in Palace of Westminster, Westminster, City of London, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • The story of Edward Iv Plantagenet began in 1442 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.
  • Edward Iv Plantagenet married Elizabeth Wydeville, Elizabeth Woodville, Elizabeth Jaquetta Woodville, Elizabeth Woodville, Elizabeth Woodville, Elizabeth Woodville, Elizabeth Woodville, Elizabeth Woodville, Elizabeth Wydeville, Elizabeth Woodville, Elizabeth Woodville, Elizabeth Woodville, Elizabeth Woodville, Elizabeth Woodville, Elizabeth Woodville, Elizabeth Woodville, Elizabeth Woodville, Elizabeth Woodville, Margaret Wood, Elizabeth Woodville, and had children including Elizabeth Plantagenet, Cecily Plantagenet.
  • Edward Iv Plantagenet passed away in 1483 in Palace of Westminster, Westminster, City of London, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Richard Plantagenet
1411 – 1460
Birth Location: Conisbrough Castle, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
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Cecily Neville
1415 – 1495
Birth Location: Raby Castle, Durham, England, United Kingdom
CN

Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Wydeville
1437 – 1492
Birth Location: Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
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Elizabeth Woodville
1437 – 1492
Birth Location: Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
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Elizabeth Woodville
1437 – 1492
Birth Location: Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
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Elizabeth Woodville
1437 – 1492
Birth Location: Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
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Elizabeth Woodville
1437 – 1492
Birth Location: Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
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Elizabeth Woodville
1435 – 1492
Birth Location: Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
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Elizabeth Woodville
1437 – 1492
Birth Location: Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
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Elizabeth Woodville
1437 – 1492
Birth Location: Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
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Elizabeth Wydeville
1438 –
Birth Location: Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
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Elizabeth Woodville
1437 – 1492
Birth Location: Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
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Elizabeth Woodville
1437 – 1492
Birth Location: Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
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Elizabeth Woodville
1437 – 1492
Birth Location: Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
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Elizabeth Woodville
1437 – 1492
Birth Location: Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
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Elizabeth Woodville
1437 – 1492
Birth Location: Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
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Elizabeth Woodville
1437 – 1492
Birth Location: Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
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Elizabeth Woodville
1437 – 1492
Birth Location: Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
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Elizabeth Woodville
1437 – 1492
Birth Location: Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
EW
Elizabeth Woodville
1437 – 1492
Birth Location: Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England
EW
Margaret Wood
1461 –
Birth Location: England, United Kingdom
MW
Elizabeth Woodville
1437 – 1492
Birth Location: Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
EW

Children(s)

Elizabeth Plantagenet
1466 – 1503
Birth Location: Westminster, Westminster, Greater London, England
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Cecily Plantagenet
1469 – 1507
Birth Location: Palace of Westminster, Westminster, London, Middlesex, England
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Edward Plantagenet's Ancestors

Self
Edward Plantagenet
1442 – 1483
Birth Place: Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Parents
Richard Plantagenet
1411 – 1460
Conisbrough Castle, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Cecily Neville
1415 – 1495
Raby Castle, Durham, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Edward Plantagenet's Descendants

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Edward (Iv) Plantagenet (28 APR 1442 – 9 APR 1483) m. Elizabeth Wydeville (1 MAY 1437 – 7 JUN 1492) m. Elizabeth Woodville (ABT 1437 – 8 JUL 1492) m. Elizabeth (Jaquetta) Woodville (ABT 1437 – 7 JUN 1492) m. Elizabeth Woodville (ABT 1437 – 7 JUN 1492) m. Elizabeth Woodville (1437 – 8 JUN 1492) m. Elizabeth Woodville (ABT 1435 – 7 JUN 1492) m. Elizabeth Woodville (1437 – 7 JUN 1492) m. Elizabeth Woodville (1437 – 7 JUN 1492) m. Elizabeth Wydeville (1438 – ) m. Elizabeth Woodville (1437 – 7 JUN 1492) m. Elizabeth Woodville (ABT 1437 – 7 JUN 1492) m. Elizabeth Woodville (ABT 1437 – 8 JUN 1492) m. Elizabeth Woodville (3 FEB 1437 – 7 JUN 1492) m. Elizabeth Woodville (1437 – 7 JUN 1492) m. Elizabeth Woodville (1437 – 8 JUN 1492) m. Elizabeth Woodville (1437 – 1492) m. Elizabeth Woodville (1437 – 7 JUN 1492) m. Elizabeth Woodville (1437 – 7 JUN 1492) m. Margaret Wood (1461 – ) m. Elizabeth Woodville (3 FEB 1437 – 8 JUN 1492)
  1. 1. Elizabeth Plantagenet (11 FEB 1466 – 11 FEB 1503) m. Henry (Vii) Tudor (28 JAN 1457 – 21 APR 1509)
  2. 2. Cecily Plantagenet (20 MAR 1469 – 24 AUG 1507) m. John Welles (ABT 1450 – 9 FEB 1499)
    1. 1. Joyce Wells (ABT 1472 – ABT 1514) m. Humphrey Grosvenor (1487 – 1501) m. Charles Mainwaring (ABT 1487 – 1558) m. Charles Mainwaring (ABT 1492 – 20 DEC 1577)
    2. 2. Robert (de) Welles (1484 – 30 AUG 1559) m. Elizabeth Bourchier (1498 – 1570) m. Elizabeth (Alice) Goodrich (1488 – 1598)
      1. 1. Thomas Wells (1511 – 1560) m. Johan Newell (1512 – 1558)
      2. 2. Thomas Welles (1598 – 14 JAN 1660) m. Elizabeth Bryan (1501 – 11 JAN 1553)
        1. 1. Robert Welles (6 NOV 1540 – 24 SEP 1617) m. Alice Hunt (1543 – 1617) m. Alice Hunt (1543 – 15 JUL 1615)
      3. 3. Walter Welles (1510 – 1 DEC 1577)
      4. 4. Thomas Welles (21 JUN 1512 – 30 AUG 1558) m. Elizabeth Bryan (1501 – 11 JAN 1553)
        1. 1. William Welles (1538 – 1624) m. Joan Sargant (1540 – 1583)
        2. 2. John Welles (1539 – MAR 1572) m. Wells
        3. 3. Ann Welles (1542 – 1628) m. Thomas Fitton (BEF 9 APR 1564 – APR 1599)
        4. 4. Walter Welles (1543 – )
        5. 5. Rev. (William) Wells (1543 – )
      5. 5. William (De) Welles (ABT 1527 – )
      6. 6. John Wells (ABT 1582 – )
      7. 7. Welles (1592 – )
      8. 8. Robert Wells (ABT 1592 – ) m. <Living>
      9. 9. Francis Wells (ABT 1622 – )

Edward Plantagenet's Timeline

3 Records

1442
28 APR 1442
Birth of Edward Iv Plantagenet in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
1483
9 APR 1483
Age 41
Death of Edward Iv Plantagenet in Palace of Westminster, Westminster, City of London, England, United Kingdom
Palace of Westminster, Westminster, City of London, England, United Kingdom
1483
18 APR 1483
Age 41
Burial of Edward Iv Plantagenet in Windsor, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
Windsor, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 APR 1442
    Event Place: Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Place: Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 APR 1483
    Event Place: Palace of Westminster, Westminster, City of London, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 18 APR 1483
    Event Place: Windsor, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
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