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

Birth Date: 20 Sep 1411

Birth Location: Castle, Yorkshire, , England

Death Date: 31 Dec 1460

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

Father: Richard Plantagenet

Mother: Anne Mortimer

Spouse(s): Cecily Neville

Children(s): George York, Elizabeth York, Thomas York, Margaret York, Joan York, Ursula York, Henry York, Isabel Plantagenet, William York, Edmund York, John York, Anne York, King III, King IV

Richard "Duke of York" of York was born in 1411 in Castle, Yorkshire, , England, the child of Richard Plantagenet And Anne Mortimer. Richard "Duke of York" of York married Cecily Neville, and had children including Anne York, Edmund York, Elizabeth York, George York, Henry York, Isabel Plantagenet, Joan York, John York, King Edward House Of York Plantagenet Iv, King Richard King Of England York Iii, Margaret York, Thomas York, Ursula York, William York. Richard "Duke of York" of York passed away in 1460 in Fotheringhay, East Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England.

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Biography

  • Richard "Duke of York" of York was born in 1411 in Castle, Yorkshire, , England, the child of Richard Plantagenet And Anne Mortimer.
  • Richard "Duke of York" of York married Cecily Neville, and had children including Anne York, Edmund York, Elizabeth York, George York, Henry York, Isabel Plantagenet, Joan York, John York, King Edward House Of York Plantagenet Iv, King Richard King Of England York Iii, Margaret York, Thomas York, Ursula York, William York.
  • Richard "Duke of York" of York passed away in 1460 in Fotheringhay, East Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Richard Plantagenet
1375–1415
Birth Location: Coningsburgh Castle, Yorkshire, England
RP
Anne Mortimer
1409–1411
Birth Location: England
AM

Spouses(s)

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

Children(s)

George York
1449–1478
Birth Location: Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland
GY
Elizabeth York
1444–1504
Birth Location: Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
EY
Thomas York
1450–1451
Birth Location: Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, England
TY
Margaret York
1446–1503
Birth Location: Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, England
MY
Joan York
1438–1438
Birth Location: Fotheringhay, East Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England
JY
Ursula York
1455–1455
Birth Location: Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, England
UY
Henry York
1441–1441
Birth Location: Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England
HY
Isabel Plantagenet
–1484
Birth Location: –
IP
William York
1447–1447
Birth Location: England
WY
Edmund York
1443–1460
Birth Location: Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
EY
John York
1448–
Birth Location: Neyte, Worcestershire, England
JY
Anne York
1439–1476
Birth Location: Fotheringay Castle, England
AY
King III
1452–2015
Birth Location: Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire, England
KI
King IV
1442–1483
Birth Location: Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
KI

Richard York's Ancestors

Self
Richard York
1411–1460
Birth Place: Castle, Yorkshire, , England
Parents
Richard Plantagenet
1375–1415
Coningsburgh Castle, Yorkshire, England
Anne Mortimer
1409–1411
England
Grandparents
Prince (Edmund) Plantagenet
1341–1402
Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, , England
Princess (Isabel) Castile
1355–1392
Morales de Toro, Castille and Leon, Spain
Roger ("4th Earl of March" de) Mortimer
1374–1398
Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales
Alianore (Eleanora "Countess of March") Holland
1370–1405
Upholland,,Lancashire,England
Great-Grandparents
Edward ENGLAND
1312–1377
Queen Hainault
1313–1369
King Castile
1334–1369
María Padilla
1334–1361
Thomas Holland
1350–1397
Alice FitzAlan
1350–1415
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Edward Plantagenet
1284–1327
Isabella Artois
1292–1358
William I
1286–1337
Jeanne Valois
1294–1342
King Castile
1311–1350
Maria Burgundy
1313–1357
Thomas Holland
1314–1360
Countess Plantagenet
1328–1385
Richard Fitzalan
1313–1376
Eleanor Plantagenet
1318–1371

Richard York's Descendants

1.
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Richard ("Duke of York" of) York (20 Sep 1411–31 Dec 1460) m. Cecily Neville (03 May 1415–31 May 1495)
  1. 1. George York 1449–1478 m. Isabel Neville 1451–1476
    1. 1. Anne (of Clarence) Plantagenet 1470–1470
    2. 2. Margaret Plantagenet 1473–1541 m. Sir (Richard) Pole 1462–1505
    3. 3. Edward ("17th Earl of Warwick") Plantagenet 1475–1499
    4. 4. Richard (of Clarence) Plantagenet 1476–1477
  2. 2. Elizabeth York 1444–1504 m. John (da la) Pole 1442–1492
  3. 3. Thomas York 1450–1451
  4. 4. Margaret York 1446–1503 m. Charles Valois 1433–1477
  5. 5. Joan York 1438–1438
  6. 6. Ursula York 1455–1455
  7. 7. Henry York 1441–1441
  8. 8. Isabel Plantagenet –1484
  9. 9. William York 1447–1447
  10. 10. Edmund York 1443–1460
  11. 11. John York 1448–
  12. 12. Anne York 1439–1476 m. Sir (Thomas St Leger) KB 1419–1483
    1. 1. Anne (St) Leger 1476–1526 m. Sir (George "11th Baron Ros") Manners 1465–1513
  13. 13. King (Richard " King of England" York) III 1452–2015 m. Anne Neville 1456–1485
    1. 1. Edward (of Middleham) Plantagenet 1473–1484
    2. 2. Katherine Plantagenet 1470–1487
  14. 14. King (Edward " House of York " Plantagenet) IV 1442–1483 m. Eleanor Talbot 1445–1468 m. Elizabeth (Jane) Lambert 1445–1527 m. Elizabeth Woodville 1466–1492
    1. 1. Princess (Mary) York 1467–1482
    2. 2. Anne (Countess of Surrey") York 1475–1511
    3. 3. Catherine York 1479–1527
    4. 4. Bridget York 1480–1517
    5. 5. Princess (Cecily) York 1469–1507
    6. 6. King (Edward York) V 1470–1485
    7. 7. Richard York 1473–1483
    8. 8. Edward (de Wigmore \) York 1468–1468
    9. 9. Princess (Margaret "of York") Plantagenet 1472–1472
    10. 10. George (" Duke of Bedford") York 1477–1479
    11. 11. Elizabeth Plantagenet 1464–
    12. 12. Sir (Arthur "1st Viscount Lisle") Plantagenet 1464–1542 m. Lady (Honor) Grenville 1476–1563 m. Elizabeth ("6th Baroness Lisle") Grey 1466–1525 m. Lady (Honor Grenville of) Stowe 1476–1563
      1. 1. Frances Plantagenet 1519–1558 m. Sir (John "Lord High Sheriff of Cornwall" Bassett) IV 1519–1541 m. Thomas ((Sire Lord of Potheridge) Monck) (Monke) 1515–1564
        1. 1. Honor (Eleanor) Bassett 1539–
        2. 2. Eleanor Bassett 1539–1585
        3. 3. Sir (Arthur) Bassett 1541–1586
        4. 4. Edward Bassett 1540–1586
        5. 5. John Monke 1535–1590
        6. 6. Katharine Monke 1541–1603
        7. 7. Antony (Monke) Esq. 1542–1620
        8. 8. Mary Monke 1544–1631
        9. 9. Capt. (Francis) Monke 1545–
      2. 2. Elizabeth Plantagenet 1516–1573 m. Sir (Francis) Jobson 1514–1573
        1. 1. John –1608
      3. 3. Lady (Bridget) Plantagenet 1513–1558 m. Sir (William Carden) (Cawarden) 1510–1559
        1. 1. Sir (Thomas Carden) (Cawarden) 1529–1559 m. Elizabeth Robinson 1535–1560
    13. 13. Elizabeth (of) York 1466–1503 m. Henry (VII King of England) Tudor 1457–1509 m. Thomas Lumley 1460–1487
      1. 1. Sibill Lumley 1485–1518
      2. 2. Anne Lumley 1482–1527
      3. 3. Edward Tudor 1497–1498
      4. 4. Roger Lumley 1487–1530
      5. 5. Elizabeth Lumley 1488–
      6. 6. John Lumley 1483–1483
      7. 7. Princess (Elizabeth) Tudor 1492–1495
      8. 8. Lord (Richard) Lumley 1478–1510
      9. 9. Princess (Katherine) Tudor 1503–1503
      10. 10. Prince (Edmund "Duke of Somerset") Tudor 1499–1500
      11. 11. Henry (King of England and Ireland) VIII 1491–1547 m. Mary DeBerkeley 1500–1586 m. Katherine (of) Aragon 1485–1536 m. Catherine Parr 1512–1548 m. Queen (Anne "Queen Consort of England") Boleyn 1501–1536 m. Jane Seymour 1505–1537 m. Anne (of) Cleves 1515–1557
        1. 1. Henry (Duke of Cornwall) Tudor 1534–1534
        2. 2. Prince (Henry Duke of Cornwell) Tudor 1511–1511
        3. 3. Queen (Elizabeth "Queen of England" Tudor) I 1533–1603
        4. 4. Child TUDOR 1534–1534
        5. 5. Stillborn Tudor 1518–1518
        6. 6. Son Tudor 1536–1536
        7. 7. Stillborn Tudor 1534–1534
        8. 8. Stillborn (Girl) Tudor 1510–1510
        9. 9. Baby Boy 1535–1535
        10. 10. Unnamed (Male (#1)) Tudor 1513–1513
        11. 11. Henry (Tudor Of) Cornwall 1514–1516
        12. 12. Anne (Elizabeth) Perrot 1525–1592 m. John (Dyer) Phillips 1502–1551
        13. 13. Queen (Mary "Bloody Mary" Tudor) I 1516–1558 m. King (Philip Felipe (King of Spain) Habsburg) II 1527–1598
        14. 14. Edward (VI) England 1537–1553
      12. 12. Arthur (Prince of Wales) TUDOR 1486–1502 m. Katherine (of) Aragon 1485–1536
      13. 13. Margaret Tudor 1489–1541 m. Sir (Henry) Stewart 1495–1551 m. James Stewart 1473–1513 m. Archibald ((6th Earl of Angus)) Douglas 1489–1557
        1. 1. Arthur Stewart 1509–1510
        2. 2. Alexander (Stewart duke of) Ross 1514–1516
        3. 3. James ((Duke of Rothesay)) Stewart 1507–1508
        4. 4. Stillborn (Daughter) Stewart 1508–1508
        5. 5. Dorothea Stewart 1528–
        6. 6. Lady (Dorothea Stewart Baroness Ruthven Countess) Gowrie 1551–1627
        7. 7. Jean Stewart 1545–1593
        8. 8. Johanna (Joan) Stewart 1544–1571
        9. 9. Henry (Stewart, 2nd Lord) Methven 1525–1572
        10. 10. Joan Stewart 1526–1588
        11. 11. Lady (Isabel) Stewart 1525–
        12. 12. Lady (Margaret (Countess of Lennox)) Douglas 1515–1578 m. Matthew ((4th Earl of Lennox)) Stuart 1516–1571 m. Thomas Howard 1473–1554
        13. 13. King (James V( King of Scotland)) Stewart 1512–1543 m. Queen (Madeleine of Valois "Queen of Scotland") Valois-Angoulême 1520–1537 m. Queen (Mary of Guise "Queen of Scotland") Guise 1515–1560 m. Elisabeth Carmichael 1515–1564 m. Elizabeth Bethune –1581 m. Euphemia Elphinstone 1509–1547 m. Margaret Erskine 1515–1572
      14. 14. Queen (Mary Rose "Queen of France") Tudor 1496–1533 m. King (Louis "King of France" Valois-Orléans) XII 1462–1515 m. Charles (Duke of Suffolk) BRANDON 1484–1545
        1. 1. Henry Brandon 1515–1534
        2. 2. Frances Brandon 1517–1559
        3. 3. Eleanor ((Countess of Cumberland)) Brandon 1519–1547

Richard York's Timeline

4 Records

1411
21 Sep 1411
Birth of Richard "Duke of York" of York in Conisborough Castle , Yorkshire, England
Conisborough Castle , Yorkshire, England
1411
20 Sep 1411
Birth of Richard "Duke of York" of York in Castle, Yorkshire, , England
Castle, Yorkshire, , England
1460
31 Dec 1460
Age 49
Death of Richard "Duke of York" of York in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England
Wakefield, Yorkshire, England
1460
31 Dec 1460
Age 49
Death of Richard "Duke of York" of York in Wakefield, Yorkshire, , England
Wakefield, Yorkshire, , England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 21 Sep 1411
    Event Place: Conisborough Castle , Yorkshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 16; Page: 1062
    [2] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 22; Page: 1103
    [3] Millennium File
    [4] U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current, findagrave.com; Publication Place: USA; GRid=11543649
    [5] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [6] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [7] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: Andrew Meade of Ireland and Virginia : his ancestors and some of his descendants and their connecti

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 Sep 1411
    Event Place: Castle, Yorkshire, , England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Place: Kinver,Stafford,England
    Record Source: England, Select Births and Christenings

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Title
    Event Date: 1425

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Custom Fact

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Warwick
    Record Source: U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current, findagrave.com; Publication Place: USA; GRid=11543649

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 Dec 1460
    Event Place: Wakefield, Yorkshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 16; Page: 1062
    [2] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 22; Page: 1103
    [3] Millennium File
    [4] U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current, findagrave.com; Publication Place: USA; GRid=11543649
    [5] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [6] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [7] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: Andrew Meade of Ireland and Virginia : his ancestors and some of his descendants and their connecti

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 Dec 1460
    Event Place: Wakefield, Yorkshire, , England

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Fotheringhay, East Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current, findagrave.com; Publication Place: USA; GRid=11543649
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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