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King Edward IV Plantagenet 1442–1483 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 28 April 1442

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

Death Date: 9 April 1483

Death Location: Westminster, London, England

Father: Richard Plantagenet

Mother: Cecily Neville

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Woodville

Children(s): Margaret Plantagenet

King Edward IV Plantagenet was born in 1442 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France, the child of Richard Plantagenet And Cecily Neville. King Edward IV Plantagenet married Elizabeth Woodville, and had children including Margaret Woodville Wydeville Watson Plantagenet. King Edward IV Plantagenet passed away in 1483 in Westminster, London, England.

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Biography

  • King Edward IV Plantagenet was born in 1442 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France, the child of Richard Plantagenet And Cecily Neville.
  • King Edward IV Plantagenet married Elizabeth Woodville, and had children including Margaret Woodville Wydeville Watson Plantagenet.
  • King Edward IV Plantagenet passed away in 1483 in Westminster, London, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Richard Plantagenet
1411–1460
Birth Location: Conisbrough, Yorkshire, England
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Cecily Neville
1415–1495
Birth Location: Raby, Durham, England
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Woodville
1437–1492
Birth Location: Grafton Regis, South Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England
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Children(s)

Margaret Plantagenet
1479–1527
Birth Location: Holme On Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England
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King Plantagenet's Ancestors

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King Plantagenet
1442–1483
Birth Place: Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Parents
Richard Plantagenet
1411–1460
Conisbrough, Yorkshire, England
Cecily Neville
1415–1495
Raby, Durham, England
Grandparents
Richard (of) Cambridge
1375–1415
Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England
Anne (de) Mortimer
1390–1411
Ralph (de) Neville
1464–1425
Raby Castle, Durham, England
Great-Grandparents
Edmund Langley
1341–1402
Isabella Castile
1355–1392
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Edward England
1312–1377
Phillipa Hainault
1314–1369
Peter Leon
1334–1369

King Plantagenet's Descendants

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King (Edward IV) Plantagenet (28 April 1442–9 April 1483) m. Elizabeth Woodville (3 Feb 1437–8 Jun 1492)
  1. 1. Margaret (Woodville "Wydeville" Watson) Plantagenet 1479–1527 m. John Watson 1472–1521 m. Thomas Stoughton 1467–1528
    1. 1. Richard Watson 1502–1553 m. Lady (Janet Stanhope) M13905 1505–1587
      1. 1. Sir (Johne) Watson 1531–1591 m. Nans Dewer 1540–1592
        1. 1. Margrat Watson 1563– m. James Thomson 1564–1585

King Plantagenet's Timeline

2 Records

1442
28 April 1442
Birth of King Edward IV Plantagenet in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
1483
9 April 1483
Age 41
Death of King Edward IV Plantagenet in Westminster, London, England
Westminster, London, England

Sources

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

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 April 1483
    Event Place: Westminster, London, England
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
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