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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: at, The, Battle, of, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England

Father: Richard Cambridge

Mother: Anne Mortimer

Spouse(s): Cecily Plantagenet

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

In 1411, Richard Duke of York entered the world in Conisborough, Yorks, England, born to Richard Earl Cambridge and Anne Mortimer. Richard Duke of York married Cecily Plantagenet, and had children including Sir Knight Lord Humphrey Berners, Earl of Surrey, Bourchier 23xggf, Margaret Of York, Duchess Of Burgandy Plantagenet * P 14th Great Aunt, Joan Plantagenet, Anne Plantagenet, Henry Plantagenet, Edward IV Plantagenet, King of England, Edmund Plantagenet, Elizabeth De la Pole, William Plantagenet, John Plantagenet, George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, Thomas Plantagenet, Richard III, Richard III, Ursula Plantagenet. Richard Duke of York passed away in 1460 in at, The, Battle, of, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1411, Richard Duke of York entered the world in Conisborough, Yorks, England, born to Richard Earl Cambridge and Anne Mortimer.
  • Richard Duke of York married Cecily Plantagenet, and had children including Sir Knight Lord Humphrey Berners, Earl of Surrey, Bourchier 23xggf, Margaret Of York, Duchess Of Burgandy Plantagenet * P 14th Great Aunt, Joan Plantagenet, Anne Plantagenet, Henry Plantagenet, Edward IV Plantagenet, King of England, Edmund Plantagenet, Elizabeth De la Pole, William Plantagenet, John Plantagenet, George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, Thomas Plantagenet, Richard III, Richard III, Ursula Plantagenet.
  • Richard Duke of York passed away in 1460 in at, The, Battle, of, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Richard Cambridge
1376 – 1415
Birth Location: Coningsburgh Castle, Yorks, England
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Anne Mortimer
1388 – 1411
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Cecily Plantagenet
1415 – 1495
Birth Location: Staindrop, Durham Unitary Authority, County Durham, England
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Children(s)

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

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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

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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. Sir (Knight Lord Humphrey Berners, Earl of Surrey, Bourchier) 23xggf (1 Jun 1435 – 13 April 1471) m. Lady (Elisabeth Tilney (Grandmother to Ann Boylen and Katherine Howard 2nd and 5th wives of Henry) VII) (04 Apr 1446 – 4 Apr 1497)
    1. 1. Sir (John 2nd Baron of Berners Bourchier (Knight of the) Garter) (20 Jul 1467 – 16 March 1533)
    2. 2. Lady (Margaret "Baroness" Bourchier (Governess to Henry VIII 's) children (1 Jun 1468 – June 1551)
    3. 3. Cecily (The Honorable Baroness of Ferrers of Chartley) Bourchier (Abt 1470 – 9 Feb 1492/1493)
    4. 4. Anne (Bourchier, Baroness) Fiennes (1517 – 28 Jan 1571)
  2. 2. Margaret (Of York, Duchess Of Burgandy Plantagenet * P 14th Great) Aunt (January 1436 – 1437)
  3. 3. Joan Plantagenet (February 1438 – 1438)
  4. 4. Anne Plantagenet (10 August 1439 – 12 January 1475)
  5. 5. Henry Plantagenet (10 February 1441 – )
  6. 6. Edward (IV Plantagenet, King of) England (28 Apr 1442 – 9 Apr 1483) m. Lady (Elizabeth 'Lucy' Woodville Queen Consort of England, Lady of the) Garter (3 Feb 1437 – 8 Jun 1492)
    1. 1. Lady (Margaret Woodville Stoughton York) Plantagenet (14 Aug 1471/78/79 – 15 Nov 1527 or 1538)
    2. 2. Cecily Plantagenet (1450 – 9 Apr 1483)
    3. 3. Thomas Grey (1455 – 20 Sep 1501)
    4. 4. Queen (of Scotland) Margarete (23 June 1456 – 14 Jul 1486)
    5. 5. Richard Grey (1459 – Jun 1483)
    6. 6. Grace (Plantagenêt) England (1460 – 1510)
    7. 7. Margery Squires (1461 – 3 Apr 1537)
    8. 8. Arthur ((Sir Knight of the Garter, 1st Viscount Lisle)) Plantagenet (1 May 1461 – 3 Marc1542)
    9. 9. Lady (Elizabeth) Lowe (1462 – 1562)
    10. 10. Elizabeth Lumley (1464 – )
    11. 11. Isabel (Mybery) Plantagenet (1465 – 9 Apr 1483)
    12. 12. ** (Elizabeth "Lizzie" Myberry Woodville Plantagenet, Duchess of York, Queen) England (11 February 1465 – 11 February 1503) m. Henry (Tudor VII, King of England, Wales, Lord of) Ireland (28 January 1457 – 21 April 1509) m. Thomas (de) Lumley (1460 – 13 Nov 1487)
      1. 1. ** (James IV Scotland Stewart) Tudor (17 Mar 1473 – 9 Sep 1513)
      2. 2. Princess (Margaret Elizabeth Tudor) Styles (13 Jun 1473 – 25 Nov 1519)
      3. 3. Princess (Margaret Elizabeth Tudor) Styles (13 Jun 1473 – 25 Nov 1519)
      4. 4. Roland (Tudor de Velville (Vielleville) of) Beaumaris (1474 – 25 June 1535)
      5. 5. Sir (Roland de Velville, Constable of Beaumaris **** Castle, Captain of Beaumaris Castle and Town, Anglesey,) Wales (1474 – 25 June 1535)
      6. 6. Lord (Richard) Lumley (1478 – 26 May 1510)
      7. 7. Lord (Richard) Lumley (1478 – 26 May 1510)
      8. 8. John Lumley (abt 1479 – abt 1483)
      9. 9. John Lumley (abt 1479 – abt 1483)
      10. 10. Edward Tudor (1480 – 1486)
      11. 11. Anne (Agnes of York, Lady Bedingfield, Tudor) Lumley (1484 – 1526)
      12. 12. Anne (Agnes of York, Lady Bedingfield, Tudor) Lumley (1484 – 1526)
      13. 13. Lady (Sibell Mary Lumley) Tudor (1485 – 1518)
      14. 14. Lady (Sibell Mary Lumley) Tudor (1485 – 1518)
      15. 15. Arthur, (Prince of) Wales (20 Sep 1486 – 02 Apr 1502)
      16. 16. Prince (Arthur Tudor, Prince of Wales, Earl of Chester, Duke of Cornwall, Rosebush of England, Prince of) Wales (20 Sep 1486 – 2 April 1502)
      17. 17. Roger (Lumley Tudor) III (1487 – 1530)
      18. 18. Roger (Lumley Tudor) III (1487 – 1530)
      19. 19. Margaret Tudor, (28 Nov 1489 – 18 Oct 1541)
      20. 20. Margaret (Tudor\ Queen of) Scots (28 November 1489 – 18 October 1541) m. James (IV King of) Scotland (29 Nov 1489 – 22 January 1557) m. Archibald (Douglas 6th Earl of) Angus (29 Nov 1489 – January 22, 1557) m. Henry, (1st Lord Methven) Stewart (1495 – 1552) m. Henry Stewart (1495 – 1522) m. James (IV) Stewart (17 Mar 1473 – 9 Sep 1513)
        1. 1. Alexander (Duke Stewart Duke of) Ross (30 Apr 1514 – 18 Dec 1515)
        2. 2. Margaret (Margaret Douglas Stewart Countess Douglas Countess of) Lennox (8 October 1515 – 7 March 1578)
        3. 3. Archibald Douglas (1517 – )
        4. 4. Dorothea (Stewart) **** (Apr 1528 – 1528)
        5. 5. Princess (Margaret Jane) Stewart (15 July 1497 – 5 December 1578)
        6. 6. James Stewart (1500 – 14 March 1544)
        7. 7. James (Stewart, Duke of Rothesay, Prince of) Scotland (21 Feb 1507 – 27 Feb 1508)
        8. 8. Princess (of Scotland #1 Stewart (died at) birth) (15 July 1508 – 15 July 1508)
        9. 9. Arthur (Stewart, Duke of Rothesay, Prince of) Scotland (20 Oct 1509 – 14 Jul 1510)
        10. 10. James (V King Stewart King of) Scots (10 Apr 1512 – 16 Dec 1542)
        11. 11. Princess (of Scotland #2 Stewart) **** (November 1512 – November 1512)
      21. 21. Henry (VIII King of England Plantagenet.) **** (28 JUN 1491 – 28 January 1547)
      22. 22. William Carey (28 Jun 1491 – 28 January 1547)
      23. 23. Henry (VIII Tudor, King of England, France and Ireland, II Tudor Monarch,) Knight (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) m. ** (Catherine d'Aragon Trastámara Tudor (1st) wife) (16 Dec 1485 – 7 Jan 1536) m. Ann Boleyn (Jul 1501 – 19 May 1536) m. Anne (of Cleves Boleyn Tudor (4th) wife) (22 Sep 1515 – 16 July 1557) m. ** (Catherine (Cathryn) Howard Tudor (5th wife), Queen Consort of) England (1521 – 13 Feb 1542) m. Jane Seymour (1502 – 15 Jun 1541) m. Elizabeth Blount (1502 – 15 June 1541) m. Catherine (Parr Tudor (6th wife), Queen of England &) Ireland (1514 – 05 Sep 1548) m. Lady (Mary Catherine, Countess of Wiltshire, Boleyn Carey Stafford Tudor, Lady in Waiting, Royal Mistress to King Henry) VIII (Apr 1504 – 19 Jul 1543) m. Mary (Catherine) Boleyn (1499 – 19 Jul 1543)
        1. 1. Baby (Girl) Tudor (31 Jan 1510 – 31 Jan 1510)
        2. 2. Henry, (Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall,) Tudor (1 Jan 1511 – 22 Feb 1511)
        3. 3. Henry Tudor (22 Nov 1513 – Nov 22 1513)
        4. 4. Baby (Boy) Tudor (14 Dec 1514 – 14 Dec 1514)
        5. 5. Baby (Girl) Tudor (10 Nov 1518 – 10 Nov 1518)
        6. 6. Elizabeth (I, "The Virgin") Tudor (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603)
        7. 7. Elisabeth (de Valois-Angoulême, Princess of France, Queen consort of) Spain (2 April 1545 – 3 October 1568)
        8. 8. infant (daughter) Tudor (10 Nov 1518 – 1518)
        9. 9. Richard (Edwards) Edwards (1535 – 1535)
        10. 10. ** (Catherine Mary, Lady Knollys,) Carey (19 May 1524 – 15 Jan 1569)
        11. 11. Henry Tudor (29 January 1535 – 29 January 1535)
        12. 12. Baby (Boy) Tudor (Dec 1514 – Dec 1514 (stillbirth))
        13. 13. Mary (I Tudor Bloody Mary Queen) England (8 Feb 1515 – 17 Nov 1558)
        14. 14. Henry (Fitzroy of) Somerset (Feb 1516 – 1536)
        15. 15. Baby (Girl) Tudor (10 Nov 1518 – 10 Nov 1518)
        16. 16. S\Born (Son) Tudor (January 29, 1536 – 29 Jan 1536)
        17. 17. Edward (Tudor VI, King of England, France and) Ireland (12 Oct 1537 – 6 July 1553)
        18. 18. Mary (I, "Bloody Mary",) Tudor (18 February 1516 – 17 November 1558)
        19. 19. Elisabeth (I Tudor, Queen of) England (7 Sep 1533 – 24 Mar 1603)
        20. 20. Ethelreda (Audrey) Tudor (10 Nov 1518 – 1555)
      24. 24. Princess (Elizabeth Tudor of) England (2 July 1492 – 14 Sep 1495)
      25. 25. Edward (Tudor) England (12 Nov 1494 – 1575)
      26. 26. Mary ('Rose' Tudor, Queen consort of) France (18 March 1496 – 25 June 1533)
      27. 27. Edmund (Tudor, Duke of Somerset) (infant) (21 February 1499 – 19 June 1500)
      28. 28. Roland (de Velville) Tudor (1502 – 25 June 1535)
      29. 29. ** (Charlotte Tudor, Princess of) England (17 Apr 1502 – 12 Aug 1507)
      30. 30. ** (Princess Katherine Tudor of) England (2 Feb 1503 – 22 Apr 1509)
      31. 31. Katherine (Princess) Tudor (2 February 1503 – 8 February 1503)
      32. 32. Henry England (19 Jun 1793 – abt 1800)
      33. 33. Isaac (Henry Tudor of) England
      34. 34. Isaac (Henry Tudor of) England
    13. 13. Elizabeth (of York Queen consort of) England (11 February 1465 – 11 Feb 1503)
    14. 14. Mary (House of) York-Plantagenet (11 Aug 1467 – 23 May 1482)
    15. 15. Mary (Plantagenet of York Plantagenet) Princess (11 Aug 1467 – 23 May 1482)
    16. 16. Cecily (of York Plantagenet Viscountess) Welles (20 Mar 1469 – 24 Aug 1507)
    17. 17. Cecily (of York Plantagenet Viscountess) Welles (20 March 1469 – 24 August 1507)
    18. 18. Edward (V of England Plantagenet King of) England (2 Nov 1470 – 22 Jun or 3 Sep 1483)
    19. 19. Edward (V of England Plantagenet King of) England (2 Nov 1470 – 11 Feb 1503)
    20. 20. Prince (Arthur Wayte) Plantagenet (1472 – 3 Mar 1542)
    21. 21. Margaret (York) Plantagenet (10 Apr 1472 – 11 Dec 1472)
    22. 22. Richard ((of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York)) Plantagenet (17 Aug 1473 – Jul 1483)
    23. 23. Anne ((of York Princess of England, Countess of Surrey)) Plantagenet (2 Nov 1475 – 23 Nov 1511 or 15 Nov 1527)
    24. 24. George ((Duke of Bedford)) Plantagenet (Mar 1477 – Mar 1479)
    25. 25. Catherine Plantagenet (14 Aug 1479 – 15 Nov 1527)
    26. 26. Bridget Plantagenet (10 Nov 1480 – 1517)
  7. 7. Edmund Plantagenet (17 May 1443 – 29 December 1460)
  8. 8. Elizabeth (De la) Pole (22 April 1444 – January 1503)
  9. 9. William Plantagenet (7 July 1447 – )
  10. 10. John Plantagenet (7 November 1448 – )
  11. 11. George (Plantagenet, Duke of) Clarence (21 October 1449 – 18 February 1478)
  12. 12. Thomas Plantagenet (1451 – )
  13. 13. Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485)
  14. 14. Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485)
  15. 15. Ursula Plantagenet (20 July 1455 – )

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] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    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] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-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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