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Richard "Duke of York" Plantagenet 1430–1498 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1430

Birth Location: Goldthwaite, Yorkshire, ENGLAND

Death Date: 25 April 1498

Death Location: Fotheringhay, East Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England

Father: Richard Plantagenet

Mother: Anne Mortimer

Spouse(s): Cecily Plantagenet

Children(s): King IV

The story of Richard "Duke of York" Plantagenet began in 1430 in Goldthwaite, Yorkshire, ENGLAND. Richard "Duke of York" Plantagenet married Cecily Neville Plantagenet, and had children including King Edward Iv. Richard "Duke of York" Plantagenet passed away in 1498 in Fotheringhay, East Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Richard "Duke of York" Plantagenet began in 1430 in Goldthwaite, Yorkshire, ENGLAND.
  • Richard "Duke of York" Plantagenet married Cecily Neville Plantagenet, and had children including King Edward Iv.
  • Richard "Duke of York" Plantagenet passed away in 1498 in Fotheringhay, East Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Richard Plantagenet
1410–1460
Birth Location: England
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Anne Mortimer
1388–1411
Birth Location: New Forest, Meath, Ireland
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Spouses(s)

Cecily Plantagenet
1415–1495
Birth Location: Raby, Durham, England
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Children(s)

King IV
1442–1483
Birth Location: Rouen, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
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Richard Plantagenet's Ancestors

Self
Richard Plantagenet
1430–1498
Birth Place: Goldthwaite, Yorkshire, ENGLAND
Parents
Richard Plantagenet
1410–1460
England
Anne Mortimer
1388–1411
New Forest, Meath, Ireland
Grandparents
Roger (Mortimer Earl of) March
1304–1334
Lady (Eleanora Eleanor Alianore de) Holland
1370–1405
Upholland Manor, Upholland, Lancashire, England
Great-Grandparents
Edmund March
1328–1359
Philippa
1334–1359
Sir Holand
1354–1397
Alice Fitzalan
1352–1416
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas DeHoland
1314–1360
Joan Plantagenet
1328–1385

Richard Plantagenet's Descendants

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Richard ("Duke of York") Plantagenet (1430–25 April 1498) m. Cecily (Neville) Plantagenet (3 May 1415–31 May 1495)
  1. 1. King (Edward) IV 1442–1483 m. Elizabeth (Queen Consort) Woodville 1437–1492 m. Jacquetta (Wydeville) Woodville 1444–1479
    1. 1. Elizabeth (of) York 1465–1503 m. Henry (VII) Tudor 1457–1509 m. Thomas ((Lord)) Lumley 1460–1487
      1. 1. Mary (Rose Tudor Queen consort of) France 1496–1533 m. Charles (Brandon 1st Duke of) Suffolk 1484–1545
        1. 1. Frances (Brandon Duchess of) Suffolk 1517–1559 m. Henry Grey 1517–1554 m. Sir (Lord Knight John Grey, I, Lord of Pirgo, 4th Marquis of) Dorset, 1517–1564 m. Charles Brandon 1537–1551
      2. 2. Henry (VIII King of England Ireland Scotland) Tudor 1491–1547 m. Catharina (Van) Aragon 1485–1536 m. Agnes (Beaupenny) Blewitt 1509–1575
        1. 1. Mary (Tuder Bloody Queen of) England 1516–1558 m. King (Philip HAPSBURG, King of Spain &) Portugal, 1527–1598
        2. 2. Henry Fitzroy 1519–1536
        3. 3. Elizabeth (I Queen of) England 1533–1603
        4. 4. Henry, (Duke of Cornwall) Tudor 1511–1511
        5. 5. HRH (Henry "2") Tudor 1513–1514
        6. 6. Girl Tudor 1510–1510
        7. 7. Stillborn (Male) Tudor 1515–1515
        8. 8. Stillborn (Baby Girl) Tudor 1510–1510
        9. 9. Rev. (Richard Edwards ( the murdered, illegitimate, son of King Henry VIII) from) mistress 1523–1566 m. Helen (Elizabeth Bailey) Griffiths 1545–1616
      3. 3. Margaret Tudor 1489–1541 m. Archibald Douglas 1490–1550
        1. 1. Lady (Margaret*Countess of Lennox) Douglas 1515–1578 m. Matthew (Earl of Lennox) Stuart 1516–1571
      4. 4. Edmund (Tudor Duke of) Somerset 1499–1500
      5. 5. Elizabeth Tudor 1492–1495
      6. 6. Katherine (Princess) Tudor 1503–1503
      7. 7. Roland (Velville of) Beaumaris 1474–1535
      8. 8. Arthur (Arthur Tudor Rosebush of England Prince of) Wales 1486–1502

Richard Plantagenet's Timeline

4 Records

1411
21 September 1411
Birth of Richard "Duke of York" Plantagenet in Conisborough, Yorks, England
Conisborough, Yorks, England
1430
1430
Birth of Richard "Duke of York" Plantagenet in Goldthwaite, Yorkshire, ENGLAND
Goldthwaite, Yorkshire, ENGLAND
1460
31 Dec 1460
Age 30
Death of Richard "Duke of York" Plantagenet in Wakefield, Yorks, England
Wakefield, Yorks, England
1498
25 April 1498
Age 68
Death of Richard "Duke of York" Plantagenet in Northamptonshire, England
Northamptonshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 21 September 1411
    Event Place: Conisborough, Yorks, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 22; Page: 1103
    [2] Millennium File
    [3] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [4] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1430
    Event Place: Goldthwaite, Yorkshire, ENGLAND

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 Dec 1460
    Event Place: Wakefield, Yorks, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 22; Page: 1103
    [2] Millennium File
    [3] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [4] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 April 1498
    Event Place: Northamptonshire, England

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Fotheringhay, East Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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