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King Edward Plantagenet 1442 – 1483 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 28 Apr 1442

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

Death Date: 9 Apr 1483

Death Location: Westminster Palace, London, Greater London, England

Father: Lord Plantagenet

Mother: Lady Neville

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Wayte, Queen Woodville

Children(s): Elizabeth Plantagenet, Queen Plantagenet, Dame Woodville)

King Edward Plantagenet IV, King of England was born in 1442 in Haute-Normandie, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France, the child of Lord Richard Plantagenet and Lady Cecily "The Rose of Raby" Neville. King Edward Plantagenet IV, King of England married Elizabeth Wayte, Queen Elizabeth Woodville, and had children including Elizabeth Plantagenet, Queen Elizabeth of York Plantagenet, Dame Catherine Plantagenet (born Woodville). King Edward Plantagenet IV, King of England passed away in 1483 in Westminster Palace, London, Greater London, England.

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Biography

  • King Edward Plantagenet IV, King of England was born in 1442 in Haute-Normandie, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France, the child of Lord Richard Plantagenet and Lady Cecily "The Rose of Raby" Neville.
  • King Edward Plantagenet IV, King of England married Elizabeth Wayte, Queen Elizabeth Woodville, and had children including Elizabeth Plantagenet, Queen Elizabeth of York Plantagenet, Dame Catherine Plantagenet (born Woodville).
  • King Edward Plantagenet IV, King of England passed away in 1483 in Westminster Palace, London, Greater London, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Lord Plantagenet
1411 – 1460
Birth Location: Conisbrough Castle, Yorkshire, England
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Lady Neville
1415 – 1495
Birth Location: Raby Castle, Staindrop, County Durham, England
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Wayte
1444 –
Birth Location: –
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Queen Woodville
1437 – 1492
Birth Location: Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England
QW

Children(s)

Elizabeth Plantagenet
1464 –
Birth Location: –
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Queen Plantagenet
1466 – 1503
Birth Location: Westminster Palace, Middlesex, England
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Dame Woodville)
1479 – 1527
Birth Location: Eltham, Royal Borough of Greenwich, Greater London, England
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King Plantagenet's Ancestors

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King Plantagenet
1442 – 1483
Birth Place: Haute-Normandie, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Parents
Lord Richard Plantagenet
1411 – 1460
Conisbrough Castle, Yorkshire, England
Lady (Cecily "The Rose of Raby") Neville
1415 – 1495
Raby Castle, Staindrop, County Durham, England
Grandparents
Richard Plantagenet
1385 – 1415
Coningsburgh Castle, Yorkshire, England
Lady (Anne de) Mortimer
1388 – 1411
New Forest, West, Meath, Ireland
Ralph Neville
1364 – 1425
Raby Castle, Durham, England
Joan Beaufort
1379 – 1440
Château de Beaufort, Haute-Loire, Auvergne, France
Great-Grandparents
Edmund Plantagenet
1341 – 1402
Isabella Castile
1355 – 1392
Lord Mortimer
1374 – 1398
Lady Holland
1373 – 1405
John Neville
1337 – 1388
Maud Percy
– 1379
Lord Gaunt
1340 – 1399
Lady Roet
1350 – 1403
2nd-Great-Grandparents
King III
1312 – 1377
Queen d'Avesnes
1314 – 1369
King Spain
1334 – 1369
María Padilla
1334 – 1361
Ralph Neville
1291 – 1367
Alice Audley
1300 – 1374
King III
1312 – 1377
Queen d'Avesnes
1314 – 1369
Sir Roelt
1310 – 1380

King Plantagenet's Descendants

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King (Edward) Plantagenet (28 Apr 1442 – 9 Apr 1483) m. Elizabeth Wayte (Abt. 1444 – ) m. Queen (Elizabeth) Woodville (Abt. 1437 – 8 Jun 1492)
  1. 1. Elizabeth Plantagenet (Abt. 1464 – ) m. Sir (Thomas) Lumley (1460 – )
    1. 1. Sybil Lumley (1485 – 1518) m. Sir (William) Hilton (1488 – Abt. 9 Sep 1536)
      1. 1. Mary Hilton (11 May 1519 – 28 Oct 1599) m. Abel Huse (29 Mar 1502 – 29 Mar 1590)
        1. 1. Abel Huse (19 FEB 1565 – 11 MAR 1658)
  2. 2. Queen (Elizabeth of York) Plantagenet (11 Feb 1466 – 11 Feb 1503) m. King (Henry) Tudor (28 Jan 1457 – 21 Apr 1509)
    1. 1. Queen (Margaret) Tudor (28 November 1489 – 18 October 1541) m. King (James IV 'Iron Belt') Stewart (17 Mar 1472 – 09 Sep 1513)
      1. 1. Sir (John James) Watson (1500 – 31 Aug 1568) m. Lady (Joane Margaret Sothern,) (Sotheran) (1502 – Abt. 1565)
        1. 1. Maria (Isabel) Watson (ABT 1525 – 1643) m. Richard Barrett (1541 – Apr 1590)
      2. 2. King (James V) Stewart (10 April 1512 – 14 March 1544) m. Lady (Elizabeth Isabel Marion) Campbell (1502 – 1550) m. Lady (Margaret) Erskine (8 Oct 1515 – 5 May 1572) m. Marie\Mary (of) Guise (22 Nov 1515 – 10 Jun 1560) m. Madeleine (van Valois-Angoulême Prinses van) Frankrijk (18 Aug 1520 – 2 Jul 1537) m. Euphemia (Elphinstone) Bruce (11 May 1509 – 1547) m. Lady (Margaret Margaretha) Tudor (13 August 1513 – 5 May 1572)
        1. 1. Lord (Sir John) Stewart (1526 – 5 Aug 1574) m. Margaret Wallace (20 May 1839 – 1586)
        2. 2. King (Regent James) Stewart (22 May 1531 – April 1541) m. Lady (Agnes Anna) Keith (14 Jul 1530 – 16 Jul 1588)
        3. 3. Lady (Jean) Stewart (1547 – 7 Jan 1586) m. Francis (de) Laugharne (1539 – 18 May 1583)
    2. 2. King (Henry VIII) Tudor (28 Jun 1491 – 28 Jan 1547) m. Lady (Mary De) Berkeley (1500 – 1586) m. Lady (Mary Catherine) Boleyn (Abt. 1499 – 19 Jul 1543)
      1. 1. Henry Carey (4 March 1526 – 23 July 1596) m. Lady (Anne) Morgan (14 Mar 1529 – 19 Jan 1606)
        1. 1. Lady (Catherine) Carey (15 Jul 1541 – 25 Feb 1602) m. Lord (Sir Charles ''Howard of Effingham'') Howard (14 Dec 1536 – 14 Dec 1624)
      2. 2. Sir (Knight Edward John) Seymour (22 May 1528 – 10 April 1613) m. Margaret Walsh (1530 – 1580)
        1. 1. Anne Seymour (1560 – 1628) m. Lord (Thomas) Newce (ABT 1565 – 8 Nov 1617)
  3. 3. Dame (Catherine Plantagenet (born) Woodville) (14 Aug 1479 – 15 Nov 1527)

King Plantagenet's Timeline

2 Records

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

Sources

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

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 Apr 1483
    Event Place: Westminster Palace, London, Greater London, England
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