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Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York 1411–1460 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 21 September 1411

Birth Location: Castle, Yorkshire, England

Death Date: 30 December 1460

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

Father: Richard Plantagenet

Mother: Cecily Plantagenet

Spouse(s): Cecily Plantagenet, Elizabeth Woodville

Children(s): King Edward, Henry VI, Edward Plantagenet, Mary Plantagenet, George Plantagenet, Henry Plantagenet, Arthur Plantagenet, Perkin Warbeck, Richard Plantagenet, Cicely Plantagenet, Margaret Plantagenet, Bridget Plantagenet, Elizabeth Lumley, Cecily Plantagenet, Arthur Lisle, Catherine Plantagenet, Margaret Plantagenet, Grace Plantagenet, Elizabeth York

The story of Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York began in 1411 in Castle, Yorkshire, England. Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York married Cecily Plantagenet, Elizabeth Woodville, and had children including Anne Plantagenet Saint Leger, Arthur Plantagenet, Arthur Wayte Plantagenet Illegitimate 1St Vicount Lisle, Bridget Plantagenet, Catherine Plantagenet, Cecily Plantagenet, Cicely Plantagenet, Duchess Margaret, Edmund Plantagenet, Edward Iv King Of England Plantagenet, Elizabeth Lumley, Elizabeth Of York, Elizabeth Plantagenet, George Plantagenet, Grace Plantagenet, Henry Plantagenet, Henry Vi, King Edward, Margaret Plantagenet, Mary Plantagenet, Perkin Warbeck, Richard Plantagenet, Ursula Plantagenet, William Plantagenet. Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York passed away in 1460 in Fotheringhay, East Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York began in 1411 in Castle, Yorkshire, England.
  • Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York married Cecily Plantagenet, Elizabeth Woodville, and had children including Anne Plantagenet Saint Leger, Arthur Plantagenet, Arthur Wayte Plantagenet Illegitimate 1St Vicount Lisle, Bridget Plantagenet, Catherine Plantagenet, Cecily Plantagenet, Cicely Plantagenet, Duchess Margaret, Edmund Plantagenet, Edward Iv King Of England Plantagenet, Elizabeth Lumley, Elizabeth Of York, Elizabeth Plantagenet, George Plantagenet, Grace Plantagenet, Henry Plantagenet, Henry Vi, King Edward, Margaret Plantagenet, Mary Plantagenet, Perkin Warbeck, Richard Plantagenet, Ursula Plantagenet, William Plantagenet.
  • Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York passed away in 1460 in Fotheringhay, East Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Richard Plantagenet
1411–1460
Birth Location: Castle, Yorkshire, England
RP
Cecily Plantagenet
1415–1495
Birth Location: Staindrop, Durham Unitary Authority, County Durham, England
CP

Spouses(s)

Cecily Plantagenet
1415–1495
Birth Location: Staindrop, Durham Unitary Authority, County Durham, England
CP
Elizabeth Woodville
1439–1492
Birth Location: Grafton Regis, South Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England
EW

Children(s)

King Edward
1442–1483
Birth Location: Rouen, Normandy
KE
Henry VI
1440–1441
Birth Location: Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England
HV
Edward Plantagenet
1442–1483
Birth Location: Rouen, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
EP
Mary Plantagenet
1467–1482
Birth Location: Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough, Berkshire, England
MP
George Plantagenet
1477–1479
Birth Location: Windsor, Berkshire, England
GP
Henry Plantagenet
1441–
Birth Location: –
HP
Arthur Plantagenet
1472–1542
Birth Location: Calais, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France
AP
Perkin Warbeck
1473–1499
Birth Location: England
PW
Richard Plantagenet
1473–1483
Birth Location: Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
RP
Cicely Plantagenet
1469–1507
Birth Location: Westminster, Middlesex, England
CP
Margaret Plantagenet
1472–1472
Birth Location: Windsor Castle, London, England
MP
Bridget Plantagenet
1480–1517
Birth Location: Westminster, London, England
BP
Elizabeth Lumley
1464–
Birth Location: England
EL
Cecily Plantagenet
1450–
Birth Location: –
CP
Arthur Lisle
1461–1542
Birth Location: Titchfield (Hampshire) England
AL
Catherine Plantagenet
1479–1527
Birth Location: Eltham, Kent, England
CP
Margaret Plantagenet
1479–1528
Birth Location: Holme On Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England
MP
Grace Plantagenet
1460–1492
Birth Location: Westminister, Middlesex, England
GP
Elizabeth York
1466–1503
Birth Location: Westminster, London, England
EY

Richard York's Ancestors

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Richard York
1411–1460
Birth Place: Castle, Yorkshire, England
Parents
Richard Duke Plantagenet
1411–1460
Castle, Yorkshire, England
Cecily Plantagenet
1415–1495
Staindrop, Durham Unitary Authority, County Durham, England
Grandparents
René (I (de van Valois Koning van) Sicilië
1408–1480
Château Angers, Anjou
Isabelle (Hertogin van Lotharingen Gravin van) Pont
1405–1453
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Richard York's Descendants

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Richard (of York, 3rd Duke of) York (21 September 1411–30 December 1460) m. Cecily Plantagenet (3 May 1415–31 May 1495) m. Elizabeth Woodville (Abt 1439–8 June 1492)
  1. 1. King Edward 1442–1483 m. Elizabeth Plantagenet 1437–1492
    1. 1. Elizabeth Plantagenet 1456–1503 m. King (??? Henry VII King of) England 1457–1509
      1. 1. Margaret Tudor 1489–1541 m. James Stewart 1473–1513 m. James (IV King of) Scots 1473–1513 m. James Scotland 1473–1513 m. James IV 1473–1513 m. James IV 1473–1513 m. James Stuart 1473–1513
        1. 1. Margaret Douglas 1515–1578 m. Matthew (Earl of Lennox) Stuart 1516–1571 m. Thomas (Lord) Howard 1512–1537
        2. 2. james (Stewart, King of) Scots 1512–1542 m. Mary (of) Guise 1515–1560 m. Margaretha Erskine 1515–1572 m. Valois Madeleine 1520–1537
        3. 3. James (V King of) Scots 1512–1542 m. Mary (of) Guise 1515–1560 m. Madeleine (of) Valois 1520–1537
        4. 4. Margaret Douglas 1515–1577
        5. 5. James V 1510–1542
        6. 6. Margaret Douglas 1515–1577
        7. 7. James (Stuart Hertog van) Rothesay 1507–1508
        8. 8. Arthur (Stuart Hertog van) Rothesay 1509–1510
        9. 9. Alexander (Stuart Hertog van) Ross 1514–1515
        10. 10. N.N Stuart 1508–1508
        11. 11. Margaretha Douglas 1515–1578
        12. 12. James (Stewart Duke of) Rothesay 1507–1508
        13. 13. James Stewart 1500–1544
        14. 14. Lady (Janet,Illegitimate Princess of Scotland Stewart, Lady) Fleming 1482–1523
        15. 15. John Stuartstewart 1505–
        16. 16. Catherine Stewart 1491–1554
        17. 17. Alexander (Duke Stewart Duke of) Ross 1514–1515
        18. 18. James Stewart 1512–1542
        19. 19. The (Bastard Scotland) Jane 1508–1562
        20. 20. James (V King) Stewart 1512–1542
        21. 21. Unnamed (Daughter 2) Stewart 1512–1512
        22. 22. Arthur (Stewart Duke of) Rothesay 1509–1510
        23. 23. Unnamed (Daughter 1) Stewart 1508–1508
        24. 24. James (IV King of IV, King of) Scotland 1512–1542 m. Marie Guise –1560
        25. 25. James (of SCOTLAND) V 1510–1542
        26. 26. Margaret Douglas 1515–1577
        27. 27. Mary (Queen of) Scotland 1542–
        28. 28. Margaret Douglas –1578
      2. 2. Arthur Tudor 1486–1502 m. Katharine (of) Aragon 1485–1536 m. Catharina (van) Aragon 1485–1536 m. Catherine Aragon 1485–1536
      3. 3. Hendrik (VIII) Tudor 1491–1547 m. Anne Boleyn 1501–1536
        1. 1. Henry (Algernon Fitz) Roy 1834–1927 m. Edith (Jessie Fitz) Roy 1839–1909
        2. 2. Elizabeth Tudor 1533–1603
      4. 4. Mary Tudor 1495–1533
      5. 5. Henry England –1800
      6. 6. Hendrik (8 Van) England 1491–1547
  2. 2. Henry VI 1440–1441
  3. 3. Edward (IV (King of England)) Plantagenet 1442–1483 m. Elizabeth Plantagenet 1437–1492 m. Cecily Plantagenet 1415–1495 m. Elizabeth Woodville 1439–1492
    1. 1. Cecily Welles 1469–1507
    2. 2. Edward V 1470–1482
    3. 3. Elizabeth 1456–1503
    4. 4. Richard (of York, 3rd Duke of) York 1411–1460 m. Cecily Plantagenet 1415–1495
      1. 1. Edward (Plantagenet\ King of England) IV 1442–1483 m. Elizabeth Woodville 1439–1492
        1. 1. Elizabeth 1456–1503 m. Henry VII 1455–1509 m. Thomas ((Lord)) Lumley 1460–1487
        2. 2. Elizabeth (of) York 1465–1503 m. Henry (Tudor\ King of England) VII 1457–1509
        3. 3. Richard Grey 1858–
        4. 4. Ellen Counter 1844–
        5. 5. Harriet (C) Grey 1855–
      2. 2. Elizabeth Plantagenet 1444–1502
      3. 3. Ursula Plantagenet 1455–
      4. 4. Edmund Plantagenet 1443–1460
      5. 5. Anne (Plantagenet Saint) Leger 1439–1476
      6. 6. Joan York 1438–1438
      7. 7. William Plantagenet 1447–
      8. 8. Richard (King Plantagenet) III 1452–1485
      9. 9. George Plantagenet 1449–1478 m. Isabel Neville 1451–1476
        1. 1. Edward Plantagenet 1474–1499
        2. 2. Richard Plantagenet 1476–1477
        3. 3. Margaret Plantagenet 1469–1541
      10. 10. Thomas Plantagenet 1451–
      11. 11. John Plantagenet 1448–
    5. 5. Edward V 1470–1483
    6. 6. Katherine Courtenay 1479–1527
    7. 7. Margaret Plantagenet 1472–1472
    8. 8. Anne Howard 1475–1511
    9. 9. Richard Plantagenet 1473–1483
    10. 10. Katherine 1457–1527
    11. 11. Elizabeth York 1444–1502
    12. 12. Perkin Warbeck 1473–1499
    13. 13. Edward (V King) England 1470–1483
    14. 14. Margaret 1457–1472
    15. 15. Cecily Plantagenet 1450–
    16. 16. Margaret Plantagenet 1479–1528
    17. 17. Grace Plantagenet 1460–1492
    18. 18. Elizabeth (of York) Plantagenet 1466–1503 m. Henry VII 1457–1508 m. King (??? Henry VII King of) England 1457–1509 m. Henry (VII of) England 1457–1509
      1. 1. Mary (Rose Consort France) Tudor 1496–1533 m. Charles (Brandon 1st Duke of) Suffolk 1484–1545
        1. 1. Frances Brandon 1517–1559 m. Henry Grey 1517–1554 m. Henry Grey 1517–1554 m. Lord (Henry) Clifford 1517–1569 m. Adrian (Master of Horse) Stokes 1533–1581
      2. 2. Katherine Tudor 1503–1503
      3. 3. Margaret 1489–1541 m. Archibald Douglas 1490–1550 m. Jacques-IV Stewart 1473–1513
        1. 1. Margaret Douglas 1515–1578 m. Matthew Stuart 1516–1571
        2. 2. James (V) Stewart 1512–1542 m. Marie (de) GUISE 1515–1560
        3. 3. Mary (Queen of) Scotland 1542–
      4. 4. Henry VIII 1491–1547 m. Anne Boleyn 1501–1536 m. Catherine Aragon 1485–1536 m. Jane Seymour 1508–1537
        1. 1. Edward VI 1537–1553
        2. 2. Edward VI 1537–1553 m. Mary (I Queen) Stuart 1542–1587
        3. 3. Mary I 1516–1558 m. Philip (II Spain) Habsburg 1527–1598
        4. 4. Elizabeth (I Queen of England) Tudor 1533–1603 m. Thomas Butler 1508–1582
      5. 5. Elizabeth Tudor 1492–1495
      6. 6. Edmund Tudor 1499–1500
      7. 7. Margaret (Tudor Queen consort of) Scots 1502–1541 m. James (IV King of Scots IV King of Scotland,) Stewart 1502–1513
        1. 1. James, (King of Scots) V 1512–1542 m. Mary (of Lorraine Mary of) Guise 1515–1560
        2. 2. James (Henderson Van) Fordell 1513–1513
        3. 3. Lady (Margaret Countess of Lenox Douglas) (D) 1515–1578
        4. 4. Mary (Queen of) Scotland 1542–
      8. 8. Princess (Margaret) Tudor 1489–1541 m. James 1473–1513
        1. 1. Mary (Queen of) Scotland 1542–
      9. 9. Elizabeth Tudor 1533–1603
      10. 10. Katherine Tudor 1502–1503
      11. 11. Princess (Margaret) Tudor 1489–1541
        1. 1. Margaret Douglas 1515–1578 m. Thomas (Lord) Howard 1512–1537
      12. 12. Henry (VII) Viigps –1547 m. Anne Boleyn 1501–1536 m. Katherine Parr 1512–1548 m. Jane Seymour 1508–1537 m. Anna (van) Kleef 1515–1557
        1. 1. Mary I 1516–1558
        2. 2. Elizabeth I 1533–1603
        3. 3. Henry Fitzroy 1519–1536
        4. 4. Baby (Boy) Tudor 1536–1536
        5. 5. Henry Tudor 1511–1511
      13. 13. Katherine Tudor 1503–1503
      14. 14. Margaret Tudor 1489–1541
      15. 15. Mary Tudor 1496–1533
      16. 16. Arthur (Prince of) Wales 1486–1502
    19. 19. Elizabeth (of) York 1466–1503 m. Henry (VII) England 1444–1509
      1. 1. Margaret King 1489–1959
        1. 1. Alexander Scotland 1514–1516
        2. 2. Catherine Stewart 1491–1554
        3. 3. James Stewart 1495–1545
        4. 4. James (King Stuart) V 1512–1542
        5. 5. Johanna 1496–1560
        6. 6. Archibald (Douglas Angus) Stewart 1490–1557
        7. 7. Janet Stewart 1500–1560
        8. 8. Margaret Stewart 1493–1517
        9. 9. Arthur Scotland 1509–1510
        10. 10. Stewart 1508–1508
        11. 11. Janet Stewart 1511–1563
        12. 12. Margaret Douglas 1515–1578
        13. 13. Dorothea Stewart 1528–
        14. 14. Janet Douglas 1530–1552 m. Adam (Earl of) Bothwell 1453–1513
        15. 15. Daughter Stewart 1512–1512
        16. 16. Dorothea Stewart 1530–1530
        17. 17. Alexander (Stewart.\ Archbishop of St Andrews and lord high chancellor of) Scotland 1492–1513
  4. 4. Mary Plantagenet 1467–1482
  5. 5. George Plantagenet 1477–1479
  6. 6. Henry Plantagenet 1441–
  7. 7. Arthur Plantagenet 1472–1542
  8. 8. Perkin Warbeck 1473–1499
  9. 9. Richard Plantagenet 1473–1483
  10. 10. Cicely Plantagenet 1469–1507
  11. 11. Margaret Plantagenet 1472–1472
  12. 12. Bridget Plantagenet 1480–1517
  13. 13. Elizabeth Lumley 1464–
  14. 14. Cecily Plantagenet 1450–
  15. 15. Arthur (Wayte (Plantagenet) (Illegitimate)\ 1st Vicount) Lisle 1461–1542
  16. 16. Catherine Plantagenet 1479–1527
  17. 17. Margaret Plantagenet 1479–1528
  18. 18. Grace Plantagenet 1460–1492
  19. 19. Elizabeth (of) York 1466–1503

Richard York's Timeline

2 Records

1411
21 September 1411
Birth of Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York in Castle, Yorkshire, England
Castle, Yorkshire, England
1460
30 December 1460
Age 49
Death of Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York in Wakefield, Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England
Wakefield, Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 21 September 1411
    Event Place: Castle, Yorkshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Warwick
    Record Source: U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 December 1460
    Event Place: Wakefield, Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Fotheringhay, East Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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