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Richard "Duke, of, York" Plantagenet 1411 – 1460 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 Sep 1411

Birth Location: Conisborough, Yorks, England

Death Date: 31 Dec 1460

Death Location: Wakefield, Yorks, England

Father: Richard Conisburgh

Mother: Anne Mortimer

Spouse(s): Cecily Neville

Children(s): Anne Leger, Henry Plantagenet, Edward Plantagenet, Edmund Plantagenet, Elizabeth Pole, William Plantagenet, John Plantagenet, Mary Plantagenet, George Clarence, George, Plantagenet, Thomas Plantagenet, Richard England, Ursula Plantagenet

Richard "Duke of York" Plantagenet was born in Conisborough, Yorks, England in 1411, to Richard (3rd Earl of Cambridge) of Conisburgh and Anne de Mortimer. Later in life, Richard "Duke of York" Plantagenet married Cecily Neville; among their children were Anne Saint Leger, Henry Plantagenet, Edward King of England (5th cousin 12xR) Plantagenet, Edmund Plantagenet, Elizabeth De la Pole, William Plantagenet, John Plantagenet, Mary Duchess Plantagenet, George Duke of Clarence, George, 1st Duke of Clarence, Plantagenet, Thomas Plantagenet, Richard King of England and Ursula Plantagenet. Richard "Duke of York" Plantagenet died in Wakefield, Yorks, England, 1460.

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Parents

Richard Conisburgh
1375 – 1415
Birth Location: Conisbrough, South Yorkshire, England
RC
Anne Mortimer
1390 – 1411
Birth Location: New Forest, West, Meath, Ireland
AM

Spouses(s)

Cecily Neville
1415 – 1495
Birth Location: Staindrop, County Durham, England
CN

Children(s)

Anne Leger
1439 – 1475
Birth Location: Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, England
AL
Henry Plantagenet
1441 – 1441
Birth Location: Hatfield, Herefordshire, England
HP
Edward Plantagenet
1442 – 1483
Birth Location: Rouen, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
EP
Edmund Plantagenet
1443 – 1460
Birth Location: Rouen, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
EP
Elizabeth Pole
1444 – 1503
Birth Location: Rouen (Normandy) F, Notre Dame
EP
William Plantagenet
1447 – 1458
Birth Location: Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, England
WP
John Plantagenet
1448 –
Birth Location: England
JP
Mary Plantagenet
1449 – 1491
Birth Location: London, London, England
MP
George Clarence
1449 – 1478
Birth Location: –
GC
George, Plantagenet
1449 – 1478
Birth Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
GP
Thomas Plantagenet
1450 – 1485
Birth Location: Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, England
TP
Richard England
1452 – 1485
Birth Location: Fotheringhay, East Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England
RE
Ursula Plantagenet
1455 – 1455
Birth Location: Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, England
UP

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 20 Sep 1411
    Event Place: Conisborough, Yorks, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 31 Dec 1460
    Event Place: Wakefield, Yorks, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Fotheringhay, East Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
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