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King Edward " House of York " Plantagenet IV 1442–1483 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 28 Apr 1442

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

Death Date: 09 Apr 1483

Death Location: St. George's Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire, England

Father: Richard York

Mother: Cecily Neville

Spouse(s): Eleanor Talbot, Elizabeth Lambert, Elizabeth Woodville

Children(s): Princess York, Anne York, Catherine York, Bridget York, Princess York, King V, Richard York, Edward York, Princess Plantagenet, George York, Elizabeth Plantagenet, Sir Plantagenet, Elizabeth York

King Edward " House of York " Plantagenet IV was born in 1442 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France, the child of Richard Duke Of York Of York And Cecily Neville. King Edward " House of York " Plantagenet IV married Eleanor Talbot, Elizabeth Jane Lambert, Elizabeth Wayte, Elizabeth Woodville, and had children including Anne Countess Of Surrey York, Bridget York, Catherine York, Edward De Wigmore York, Elizabeth Of York, Elizabeth Plantagenet, George Duke Of Bedford York, Grace Plantagenet, King Edward York V, Princess Cecily York, Princess Margaret Of York Plantagenet, Princess Mary York, Richard York, Sir Arthur 1St Viscount Lisle Plantagenet. King Edward " House of York " Plantagenet IV passed away in 1483 in St. George's Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire, England.

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Biography

  • King Edward " House of York " Plantagenet IV was born in 1442 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France, the child of Richard Duke Of York Of York And Cecily Neville.
  • King Edward " House of York " Plantagenet IV married Eleanor Talbot, Elizabeth Jane Lambert, Elizabeth Wayte, Elizabeth Woodville, and had children including Anne Countess Of Surrey York, Bridget York, Catherine York, Edward De Wigmore York, Elizabeth Of York, Elizabeth Plantagenet, George Duke Of Bedford York, Grace Plantagenet, King Edward York V, Princess Cecily York, Princess Margaret Of York Plantagenet, Princess Mary York, Richard York, Sir Arthur 1St Viscount Lisle Plantagenet.
  • King Edward " House of York " Plantagenet IV passed away in 1483 in St. George's Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Richard York
1411–1460
Birth Location: Castle, Yorkshire, , England
RY
Cecily Neville
1415–1495
Birth Location: Staindrop, Durham Unitary Authority, County Durham, England
CN

Spouses(s)

Eleanor Talbot
1445–1468
Birth Location: Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
ET
Elizabeth Lambert
1445–1527
Birth Location: London, England
EL
Elizabeth Woodville
1466–1492
Birth Location: Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, , England
EW

Children(s)

Princess York
1467–1482
Birth Location: –
PY
Anne York
1475–1511
Birth Location: Westminster Place, London, Middlesex, England
AY
Catherine York
1479–1527
Birth Location: Eltham Palace, Greenwich, Kent, England
CY
Bridget York
1480–1517
Birth Location: Eltham Palace, London, London, England
BY
Princess York
1469–1507
Birth Location: Westminster Place, London, Middlesex, England
PY
King V
1470–1485
Birth Location: Westminster, Middlesex, England
KV
Richard York
1473–1483
Birth Location: Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
RY
Edward York
1468–1468
Birth Location: England
EY
Princess Plantagenet
1472–1472
Birth Location: Westminster Palace, Westminster, Middlesex, England
PP
George York
1477–1479
Birth Location: Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England
GY
Elizabeth Plantagenet
1464–
Birth Location: –
EP
Sir Plantagenet
1464–1542
Birth Location: Calais, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France
SP
Elizabeth York
1466–1503
Birth Location: Westminster Palace, London, England
EY

King IV's Ancestors

Self
King IV
1442–1483
Birth Place: Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Parents
Richard "Duke of York" of York
1411–1460
Castle, Yorkshire, , England
Cecily Neville
1415–1495
Staindrop, Durham Unitary Authority, County Durham, England
Grandparents
Richard Plantagenet
1375–1415
Coningsburgh Castle, Yorkshire, England
Anne Mortimer
1409–1411
England
Ralph ("1st Earl of Westmorland") Neville
1364–1425
Raby Castle, Staindrop, Durham, England
Joan ("Countess of Westmorland") Beaufort
1377–1440
Champagne-Ardenne, France
Great-Grandparents
Prince Plantagenet
1341–1402
Princess Castile
1355–1392
Roger Mortimer
1374–1398
Alianore Holland
1370–1405
John Neville
1337–1388
Maud Percy
1335–1379
Prince Plantagenet
1340–1399
Katherine Roet
1350–1403
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Edward ENGLAND
1312–1377
Queen Hainault
1313–1369
King Castile
1334–1369
María Padilla
1334–1361
Thomas Holland
1350–1397
Alice FitzAlan
1350–1415
Sir Neville
1291–1367
Alice Audley
1300–1374
Sir Percy
1301–1352
Idonea Clifford
1303–1365
Edward ENGLAND
1312–1377
Queen Hainault
1313–1369
Paon Roet
–1403

King IV's Descendants

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King (Edward " House of York " Plantagenet) IV (28 Apr 1442–09 Apr 1483) m. Eleanor Talbot (1445–30 Jun 1468) m. Elizabeth (Jane) Lambert (1445–1527) m. Elizabeth Woodville (11 Feb 1466–12 Jun 1492)
  1. 1. Princess (Mary) York 1467–1482
  2. 2. Anne (Countess of Surrey") York 1475–1511
  3. 3. Catherine York 1479–1527
  4. 4. Bridget York 1480–1517
  5. 5. Princess (Cecily) York 1469–1507
  6. 6. King (Edward York) V 1470–1485
  7. 7. Richard York 1473–1483
  8. 8. Edward (de Wigmore \) York 1468–1468
  9. 9. Princess (Margaret "of York") Plantagenet 1472–1472
  10. 10. George (" Duke of Bedford") York 1477–1479
  11. 11. Elizabeth Plantagenet 1464–
  12. 12. Sir (Arthur "1st Viscount Lisle") Plantagenet 1464–1542 m. Lady (Honor) Grenville 1476–1563 m. Elizabeth ("6th Baroness Lisle") Grey 1466–1525 m. Lady (Honor Grenville of) Stowe 1476–1563
    1. 1. Frances Plantagenet 1519–1558 m. Sir (John "Lord High Sheriff of Cornwall" Bassett) IV 1519–1541 m. Thomas ((Sire Lord of Potheridge) Monck) (Monke) 1515–1564
      1. 1. Honor (Eleanor) Bassett 1539–
      2. 2. Eleanor Bassett 1539–1585
      3. 3. Sir (Arthur) Bassett 1541–1586
      4. 4. Edward Bassett 1540–1586
      5. 5. John Monke 1535–1590
      6. 6. Katharine Monke 1541–1603
      7. 7. Antony (Monke) Esq. 1542–1620
      8. 8. Mary Monke 1544–1631
      9. 9. Capt. (Francis) Monke 1545–
    2. 2. Elizabeth Plantagenet 1516–1573 m. Sir (Francis) Jobson 1514–1573
      1. 1. John –1608
    3. 3. Lady (Bridget) Plantagenet 1513–1558 m. Sir (William Carden) (Cawarden) 1510–1559
      1. 1. Sir (Thomas Carden) (Cawarden) 1529–1559 m. Elizabeth Robinson 1535–1560
        1. 1. John Carden 1555–1620 m. Mary (Anne Le Byrd) (Bird) 1551–1620 m. Judeth Empson 1560–
        2. 2. Mary Carden 1541–1635
        3. 3. Lucy Cawarden 1541–1600
        4. 4. David Cawarden 1521–1556
  13. 13. Elizabeth (of) York 1466–1503 m. Henry (VII King of England) Tudor 1457–1509 m. Thomas Lumley 1460–1487
    1. 1. Sibill Lumley 1485–1518
    2. 2. Anne Lumley 1482–1527
    3. 3. Edward Tudor 1497–1498
    4. 4. Roger Lumley 1487–1530
    5. 5. Elizabeth Lumley 1488–
    6. 6. John Lumley 1483–1483
    7. 7. Princess (Elizabeth) Tudor 1492–1495
    8. 8. Lord (Richard) Lumley 1478–1510
    9. 9. Princess (Katherine) Tudor 1503–1503
    10. 10. Prince (Edmund "Duke of Somerset") Tudor 1499–1500
    11. 11. Henry (King of England and Ireland) VIII 1491–1547 m. Mary DeBerkeley 1500–1586 m. Katherine (of) Aragon 1485–1536 m. Catherine Parr 1512–1548 m. Queen (Anne "Queen Consort of England") Boleyn 1501–1536 m. Jane Seymour 1505–1537 m. Anne (of) Cleves 1515–1557
      1. 1. Henry (Duke of Cornwall) Tudor 1534–1534
      2. 2. Prince (Henry Duke of Cornwell) Tudor 1511–1511
      3. 3. Queen (Elizabeth "Queen of England" Tudor) I 1533–1603
      4. 4. Child TUDOR 1534–1534
      5. 5. Stillborn Tudor 1518–1518
      6. 6. Son Tudor 1536–1536
      7. 7. Stillborn Tudor 1534–1534
      8. 8. Stillborn (Girl) Tudor 1510–1510
      9. 9. Baby Boy 1535–1535
      10. 10. Unnamed (Male (#1)) Tudor 1513–1513
      11. 11. Henry (Tudor Of) Cornwall 1514–1516
      12. 12. Anne (Elizabeth) Perrot 1525–1592 m. John (Dyer) Phillips 1502–1551
        1. 1. Sir (Richard Phillips 1st Baronet OF PICTON) CASTLE 1560–1624 m. Margaret Raphes 1573–1595
      13. 13. Queen (Mary "Bloody Mary" Tudor) I 1516–1558 m. King (Philip Felipe (King of Spain) Habsburg) II 1527–1598
      14. 14. Edward (VI) England 1537–1553
    12. 12. Arthur (Prince of Wales) TUDOR 1486–1502 m. Katherine (of) Aragon 1485–1536
    13. 13. Margaret Tudor 1489–1541 m. Sir (Henry) Stewart 1495–1551 m. James Stewart 1473–1513 m. Archibald ((6th Earl of Angus)) Douglas 1489–1557
      1. 1. Arthur Stewart 1509–1510
      2. 2. Alexander (Stewart duke of) Ross 1514–1516
      3. 3. James ((Duke of Rothesay)) Stewart 1507–1508
      4. 4. Stillborn (Daughter) Stewart 1508–1508
      5. 5. Dorothea Stewart 1528–
      6. 6. Lady (Dorothea Stewart Baroness Ruthven Countess) Gowrie 1551–1627
      7. 7. Jean Stewart 1545–1593
      8. 8. Johanna (Joan) Stewart 1544–1571
      9. 9. Henry (Stewart, 2nd Lord) Methven 1525–1572
      10. 10. Joan Stewart 1526–1588
      11. 11. Lady (Isabel) Stewart 1525–
      12. 12. Lady (Margaret (Countess of Lennox)) Douglas 1515–1578 m. Matthew ((4th Earl of Lennox)) Stuart 1516–1571 m. Thomas Howard 1473–1554
        1. 1. Charles ((1st Earl of Lennox)) Stewart 1555–1576
        2. 2. Lord (Henry " Lord Darnley") Stuart 1545–1567 m. Mary (" Queen of Scots") Stewart 1542–1587
      13. 13. King (James V( King of Scotland)) Stewart 1512–1543 m. Queen (Madeleine of Valois "Queen of Scotland") Valois-Angoulême 1520–1537 m. Queen (Mary of Guise "Queen of Scotland") Guise 1515–1560 m. Elisabeth Carmichael 1515–1564 m. Elizabeth Bethune –1581 m. Euphemia Elphinstone 1509–1547 m. Margaret Erskine 1515–1572
        1. 1. Mary (" Queen of Scots") Stewart 1542–1587 m. Earl (James) Hepburn 1536–1578 m. Lord (Henry " Lord Darnley") Stuart 1545–1567 m. King (Francis " King of France" Valois-Angoulême) II 1544–1560
        2. 2. John ("Commendator of Coldingham") Stewart 1531–1563 m. Jane (Jean) Hepburn 1540–1599
        3. 3. James (" Duke of Rothesay") Stewart 1540–1541
        4. 4. Arthur\ (Robert " Duke of Abany") Stewart 1541–1541
        5. 5. Jean Stewart 1533–1588
        6. 6. Robert ("1st Earl of Orkney") Stewart 1533–1593
        7. 7. James ("1st Earl of Moray") Stewart 1531–1570
        8. 8. Robert ("Prior of Whithorn,") Stewart 1535–1581
    14. 14. Queen (Mary Rose "Queen of France") Tudor 1496–1533 m. King (Louis "King of France" Valois-Orléans) XII 1462–1515 m. Charles (Duke of Suffolk) BRANDON 1484–1545
      1. 1. Henry Brandon 1515–1534
      2. 2. Frances Brandon 1517–1559
      3. 3. Eleanor ((Countess of Cumberland)) Brandon 1519–1547

King IV's Timeline

4 Records

1442
28 Apr 1442
Birth of King Edward " House of York " Plantagenet IV in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
1442
28 Apr 1442
Birth of King Edward " House of York " Plantagenet IV in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
1483
09 Apr 1483
Age 41
Death of King Edward " House of York " Plantagenet IV in Westminster, Middlesex, England
Westminster, Middlesex, England
1483
09 Apr 1483
Age 41
Death of King Edward " House of York " Plantagenet IV in Westminster, London, England
Westminster, London, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 Apr 1442
    Event Place: Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 06; Page: 488
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [4] International, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 Apr 1442
    Event Place: Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
    Record Source: Millennium File

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Eng .
    Record Source: U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current, Publication Place: Global; lds=1&region=2&regionfriendly=British+Isles&frompage=99

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 09 Apr 1483
    Event Place: Westminster, Middlesex, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 06; Page: 488
    [2] U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current, Publication Place: Global; lds=1&region=2&regionfriendly=British+Isles&frompage=99
    [3] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [4] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [5] England, Extracted Parish and Court Records, Obituaries prior to 1800; Author: Musgrave, William, Sir, 1735-1800; Armytage, George J., Sir, 1842-1918
    [6] International, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 09 Apr 1483
    Event Place: Westminster, London, England
    Record Source: Millennium File

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: St. George's Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [3] International, Find a Grave Index
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