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Richard Duke of York 1411–1460 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 22 Sep 1411

Birth Location: Conisborough, Yorks, England

Death Date: 30 Dec 1460

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

Father: Richard Cambridge

Mother: Anne Mortimer

Spouse(s): Cecily Plantagenet

Children(s): Edward England, Richard III, George Clarence, Anne Plantagenet, Elizabeth Pole, Henry Plantagenet, Edmund Plantagenet, William Plantagenet, John Plantagenet, Thomas Plantagenet, Ursula Plantagenet, Joan Plantagenet, Sir 23xggf, Richard Iii, Margaret Aunt

Richard Duke of York was born in 1411 in Conisborough, Yorks, England, the child of Richard Earl Cambridge And Anne Mortimer. Richard Duke of York married Cecily Plantagenet, and had children including Anne Plantagenet, Edmund Plantagenet, Edward Iv Plantagenet King Of England, Elizabeth De La Pole, George Plantagenet Duke Of Clarence, Henry Plantagenet, Joan Plantagenet, John Plantagenet, Margaret Of York Duchess Of Burgandy Plantagenet P 14Th Great Aunt, Richard Iii, Richard Iii Iii, Sir Knight Lord Humphrey Berners Earl Of Surrey Bourchier 23Xggf, Thomas Plantagenet, Ursula Plantagenet, William Plantagenet. Richard Duke of York passed away in 1460 in Fotheringhay, East Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England.

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Biography

  • Richard Duke of York was born in 1411 in Conisborough, Yorks, England, the child of Richard Earl Cambridge And Anne Mortimer.
  • Richard Duke of York married Cecily Plantagenet, and had children including Anne Plantagenet, Edmund Plantagenet, Edward Iv Plantagenet King Of England, Elizabeth De La Pole, George Plantagenet Duke Of Clarence, Henry Plantagenet, Joan Plantagenet, John Plantagenet, Margaret Of York Duchess Of Burgandy Plantagenet P 14Th Great Aunt, Richard Iii, Richard Iii Iii, Sir Knight Lord Humphrey Berners Earl Of Surrey Bourchier 23Xggf, Thomas Plantagenet, Ursula Plantagenet, William Plantagenet.
  • Richard Duke of York passed away in 1460 in Fotheringhay, East Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Richard Cambridge
1376–1415
Birth Location: Coningsburgh Castle, Yorks, England
RC
Anne Mortimer
1388–1411
Birth Location: –
AM

Spouses(s)

Cecily Plantagenet
1415–1495
Birth Location: Staindrop, Durham Unitary Authority, County Durham, England
CP

Children(s)

Edward England
1442–1483
Birth Location: Rouen, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
EE
Richard III
1452–1485
Birth Location: Fotheringhay, East Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England
RI
George Clarence
1449–1478
Birth Location: Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
GC
Anne Plantagenet
1439–1475
Birth Location: Fotheringhay, East Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England
AP
Elizabeth Pole
1444–1503
Birth Location: –
EP
Henry Plantagenet
1441–
Birth Location: Hatfield, Herefordshire Unitary Authority, Herefordshire, England
HP
Edmund Plantagenet
1443–1460
Birth Location: Rouen, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
EP
William Plantagenet
1447–
Birth Location: Fotheringhay, East Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England
WP
John Plantagenet
1448–
Birth Location: England
JP
Thomas Plantagenet
1451–
Birth Location: Fotheringhay, East Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England
TP
Ursula Plantagenet
1455–
Birth Location: Fotheringhay, East Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England
UP
Joan Plantagenet
1438–1438
Birth Location: Fotheringhay, East Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England
JP
Sir 23xggf
1435–1471
Birth Location: Halstead, Essex, England
S2
Richard Iii
1452–1485
Birth Location: Fotheringhay, East Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England
RI
Margaret Aunt
1436–1437
Birth Location: London, Middlesex, England
MA

Richard York's Ancestors

Self
Richard York
1411–1460
Birth Place: Conisborough, Yorks, England
Parents
Richard Earl Cambridge
1376–1415
Coningsburgh Castle, Yorks, England
Anne Mortimer
1388–1411
Grandparents
Roger Mortimer
1374–1398
at, Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales
Allianore Holland
1370–1405
Upholland, Lancashire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Richard York's Descendants

1.
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Richard (Duke of) York (22 Sep 1411–30 Dec 1460) m. Cecily Plantagenet (3 May 1415–31 May 1495)
  1. 1. Edward (IV Plantagenet, King of) England 1442–1483 m. Lady (Elizabeth 'Lucy' Woodville Queen Consort of England, Lady of the) Garter 1437–1492
    1. 1. ** (Elizabeth "Lizzie" Myberry Woodville Plantagenet, Duchess of York, Queen England) *** 1465–1503 m. Henry (Tudor VII, King of England, Wales, Lord of Ireland) C*** 1457–1509 m. Thomas (de) Lumley 1460–1487
      1. 1. Margaret (Tudor\ Queen of Scots) **** 1489–1541 m. James Scotland 1489–1557 m. James (IV) Stewart 1473–1513 m. Henry Stewart 1495–1522 m. Henry, (1st Lord Methven) Stewart 1495–1552 m. Archibald (Douglas 6th Earl of) Angus 1489–1557
        1. 1. Alexander (Duke Stewart Duke of) Ross 1514–1515
        2. 2. Margaret (Margaret Douglas Stewart Countess Douglas Countess of) Lennox 1515–1578
        3. 3. James (V King Stewart King of Scots) ***** 1512–1542
        4. 4. James Stewart 1500–1544
        5. 5. Princess (Margaret Jane) Stewart 1497–1578
        6. 6. Princess (of Scotland #2 Stewart **** (died at) birth) 1512–1512
        7. 7. Arthur (Stewart, Duke of Rothesay, Prince of Scotland) ***** 1509–1510
        8. 8. Princess (of Scotland #1 Stewart (died at birth)) **** 1508–1508
        9. 9. James (Stewart, Duke of Rothesay, Prince of Scotland) ***** 1507–1508
        10. 10. Dorothea (Stewart **** (died in) infancy) 1528–1528
        11. 11. Archibald (Douglas) ***** 1517–
      2. 2. Arthur, (Prince of) Wales 1486–1502
      3. 3. Henry (VIII Tudor, King of England, France and Ireland, II Tudor Monarch, Knight) Ii 1491–1547 m. Jane Seymour 1502–1541 m. Elizabeth Blount 1502–1541 m. Catherine (Parr Tudor (6th wife), Queen of England &) Ireland 1514–1548 m. Anne (of Cleves Boleyn Tudor (4th) wife) 1515–1557 m. ** (Catherine (Cathryn) Howard Tudor (5th wife), Queen Consort of) England 1521–1542 m. ** (Catherine d'Aragon Trastámara Tudor (1st) wife) 1485–1536 m. Lady (Mary Catherine, Countess of Wiltshire, Boleyn Carey Stafford Tudor, Lady in Waiting, Royal Mistress to King Henry) VIII 1504–1543 m. Mary (Catherine) Boleyn 1499–1543 m. Ann Boleyn 1501–1536
        1. 1. Baby (Boy) Tudor 1514–1514
        2. 2. Mary (I Tudor Bloody Mary Queen) England 1515–1558
        3. 3. Henry (Fitzroy of) Somerset 1516–1536
        4. 4. S\Born (Son) Tudor 1536–1536
        5. 5. Baby (Girl) Tudor 1518–1518
        6. 6. Elisabeth (I Tudor, Queen of) England 1533–1603
        7. 7. Mary (I, "Bloody Mary",) Tudor 1516–1558
        8. 8. Edward (VI) Tudor 1537–1553
        9. 9. Henry Tudor 1535–1535
        10. 10. ** (Catherine Mary, Lady Knollys,) Carey 1524–1569
        11. 11. Henry Tudor 1513–1513
        12. 12. Baby (Boy) Tudor 1514–1514
        13. 13. Baby (Girl) Tudor 1518–1518
        14. 14. Baby (Girl) Tudor 1510–1510
        15. 15. Elisabeth (de Valois-Angoulême, Princess of France, Queen consort of) Spain 1545–1568
        16. 16. Henry, (Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall,) Tudor 1511–1511
        17. 17. Elizabeth (I, "The Virgin") Tudor 1533–1603
        18. 18. Ethelreda (Audrey) Tudor 1518–1555
        19. 19. Richard (Edwards) Edwards 1535–1535
        20. 20. infant (daughter) Tudor 1518–1518
      4. 4. Mary ('Rose' Tudor, Queen consort of) France 1496–1533
      5. 5. Edmund (Tudor, Duke of Somerset) (infant) 1499–1500
      6. 6. ** (Princess Katherine Tudor of) England 1503–1509
      7. 7. Roland (de Velville) Tudor 1502–1535
      8. 8. Anne (Agnes of York, Lady Bedingfield, Tudor) Lumley 1484–1526
      9. 9. Lady (Sibell Mary Lumley) Tudor 1485–1518
      10. 10. Princess (Margaret Elizabeth Tudor) Styles 1473–1519
      11. 11. Roland (Tudor de Velville (Vielleville) of) Beaumaris 1474–1535
      12. 12. Lord (Richard) Lumley 1478–1510
      13. 13. William Carey 1491–1547
      14. 14. Roger (Lumley Tudor III) Iii 1487–1530
      15. 15. John Lumley 1479–1483
      16. 16. Edward (Tudor) England 1494–1575
      17. 17. Henry England 1793–1800
      18. 18. Princess (Elizabeth Tudor of) England 1492–1495
      19. 19. ** (James IV Scotland Stewart Tudor) Iv 1473–1513
      20. 20. Edward Tudor 1480–1486
      21. 21. John (Lumley) *** 1479–1483
      22. 22. Prince (Arthur Tudor, Prince of Wales, Earl of Chester, Duke of Cornwall, Rosebush of England, Prince of Wales) **** 1486–1502
      23. 23. Princess (Margaret Elizabeth Tudor Styles) **** 1473–1519
      24. 24. Henry (VIII King of England Plantagenet. ****) VIII 1491–1547
      25. 25. ** (Charlotte Tudor, Princess of) England 1502–1507
      26. 26. Margaret (Tudor, Queen of) Scotland 1489–1541
      27. 27. Anne (Agnes of York, Lady Bedingfield, Tudor) Lumley 1484–1526
      28. 28. Sir (Roland de Velville, Constable of Beaumaris **** Castle, Captain of Beaumaris Castle and Town, Anglesey, Wales (illegitimate) Tudor) 1474–1535
      29. 29. Roger (Lumley Tudor III) *** 1487–1530
      30. 30. Katherine (Princess) Tudor 1503–1503
      31. 31. Lady (Sibell Mary Lumley) Tudor 1485–1518
      32. 32. Lord (Richard Lumley) **** 1478–1510
    2. 2. Catherine Plantagenet 1479–1527
    3. 3. Prince (Arthur Wayte) Plantagenet 1472–1542
    4. 4. Elizabeth Lumley 1464–
    5. 5. Queen (of Scotland) Margarete 1456–1486
    6. 6. Lady (Elizabeth) Lowe 1462–1562
    7. 7. Margery Squires 1461–1537
    8. 8. Richard Grey 1459–1483
    9. 9. Isabel (Mybery) Plantagenet 1465–1483
    10. 10. Thomas Grey 1455–1501
    11. 11. Cecily Plantagenet 1450–1483
    12. 12. Anne ((of York Princess of England, Countess of Surrey)) Plantagenet 1475–1511
    13. 13. Richard ((of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York)) Plantagenet 1473–1483
    14. 14. George ((Duke of Bedford)) Plantagenet 1477–1479
    15. 15. Edward (V of England Plantagenet King of) England 1470–1483
    16. 16. Margaret (York) Plantagenet 1472–1472
    17. 17. Bridget Plantagenet 1480–1517
    18. 18. Elizabeth (of York Queen consort of) England 1465–1503
    19. 19. Arthur ((Sir Knight of the Garter, 1st Viscount Lisle)) Plantagenet 1461–
    20. 20. Mary (House of) York-Plantagenet 1467–1482
    21. 21. Cecily (of York Plantagenet Viscountess) Welles 1469–1507
    22. 22. Lady (Margaret Woodville Stoughton York) Plantagenet 1471–1527
    23. 23. Edward (V of England Plantagenet King of) England 1470–1503
    24. 24. Mary (Plantagenet of York Plantagenet) Princess 1467–1482
    25. 25. Cecily (of York Plantagenet Viscountess) Welles 1469–1507
    26. 26. Grace (Plantagenêt) England 1460–1510
  2. 2. Richard III 1452–1485
  3. 3. George (Plantagenet, Duke of) Clarence 1449–1478
  4. 4. Anne Plantagenet 1439–1475
  5. 5. Elizabeth (De la) Pole 1444–1503
  6. 6. Henry Plantagenet 1441–
  7. 7. Edmund Plantagenet 1443–1460
  8. 8. William Plantagenet 1447–
  9. 9. John Plantagenet 1448–
  10. 10. Thomas Plantagenet 1451–
  11. 11. Ursula Plantagenet 1455–
  12. 12. Joan Plantagenet 1438–1438
  13. 13. Sir (Knight Lord Humphrey Berners, Earl of Surrey, Bourchier) 23xggf 1435–1471 m. Lady (Elisabeth Tilney (Grandmother to Ann Boylen and Katherine Howard 2nd and 5th wives of Henry) VII) 1446–1497
    1. 1. Cecily (The Honorable Baroness of Ferrers of Chartley) Bourchier 1470–1492
    2. 2. Lady (Margaret "Baroness" Bourchier (Governess to Henry VIII 's) children 1468–1551
    3. 3. Anne (Bourchier, Baroness) Fiennes 1517–1571
    4. 4. Sir (John 2nd Baron of Berners Bourchier (Knight of the) Garter) 1467–1533
  14. 14. Richard (III) Iii 1452–1485
  15. 15. Margaret (Of York, Duchess Of Burgandy Plantagenet * P 14th Great) Aunt 1436–1437

Richard York's Timeline

2 Records

1411
22 Sep 1411
Birth of Richard Duke of York in Conisborough, Yorks, England
Conisborough, Yorks, England
1460
30 Dec 1460
Age 49
Death of Richard Duke of York in at, The, Battle, of, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England
at, The, Battle, of, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 22 Sep 1411
    Event Place: Conisborough, Yorks, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 Dec 1460
    Event Place: at, The, Battle, of, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Fotheringhay, East Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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