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Sir Robert Wilkinson Wilkenson, Duke of York 1510–1572 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 13 Aug 1510

Birth Location: Kippax, Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

Death Date: 01 July 1572

Death Location: Kippax, Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

Father: William (Thomson)

Mother: Mary Foster

Spouse(s): Lady York, Alice **

Children(s): Isabel Baxter, Thomas Wilkenson, John Wilkinson, Sir York, Rebecca Wilkinson, Elizabeth Wilkinson, Robert Wilkinson, Jeffrey Wilkinson, Charles Wilkinson, Lady Thurgurland, Richard Thurgurland, Margareta Thurgurland

In 1510, Sir Robert Wilkinson Wilkenson, Duke of York entered the world in Kippax, Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, born to William Wilkinson Thomson And Mary Foster. Sir Robert Wilkinson Wilkenson, Duke of York married Alice Lady Wilkinson Thurgurland Nicholson, Lady Mary Margaret Wilkinson Smith Duchess Of York, and had children including Charles Wilkinson, Elizabeth Wilkinson, Isabel Wilkinson Baxter, Jeffrey Allen Wilkinson, John Wilkinson, Lady Margaret Mary Alice Thurgurland, Margareta Wilkinson Thurgurland, Rebecca Wilkinson, Richard Thurgurland, Robert Wilkinson, Sir Thomas Wilkinson Duke Of York, Thomas Wilkenson. Sir Robert Wilkinson Wilkenson, Duke of York passed away in 1572 in Kippax, Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1510, Sir Robert Wilkinson Wilkenson, Duke of York entered the world in Kippax, Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, born to William Wilkinson Thomson And Mary Foster.
  • Sir Robert Wilkinson Wilkenson, Duke of York married Alice Lady Wilkinson Thurgurland Nicholson, Lady Mary Margaret Wilkinson Smith Duchess Of York, and had children including Charles Wilkinson, Elizabeth Wilkinson, Isabel Wilkinson Baxter, Jeffrey Allen Wilkinson, John Wilkinson, Lady Margaret Mary Alice Thurgurland, Margareta Wilkinson Thurgurland, Rebecca Wilkinson, Richard Thurgurland, Robert Wilkinson, Sir Thomas Wilkinson Duke Of York, Thomas Wilkenson.
  • Sir Robert Wilkinson Wilkenson, Duke of York passed away in 1572 in Kippax, Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England.

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Sir York's Ancestors

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Sir York
1510–1572
Birth Place: Kippax, Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Parents
William Wilkinson (Thomson)
1500–1595
London, Middlesex, England
Mary Foster
1495–1560
London, Middlesex, , England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir York's Descendants

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Sir (Robert Wilkinson Wilkenson, Duke of) York (13 Aug 1510–01 July 1572) m. Lady (Mary Margaret (Wilkinson) Smith, Duchess of) York (1507–16 Nov 1584) m. Alice (( Lady) Wilkinson ( THURGURLAND) ( Nicholson)) ** (1520–1569)
  1. 1. Isabel (Wilkinson \) Baxter 1520–1550 m. John Baxter 1520–1594
    1. 1. James (Jacobus Baxter () Barkestar) 1550–1618 m. Alicia Waterhouse 1550–1600
      1. 1. Samuel (Baxter) (Backestare) 1580–1621 m. Alicia (Firth) (Baxter) 1582–1620 m. Margaret Murdie 1585–1629
        1. 1. Gregory Baxter 1606–1659 m. Margaret Paddy 1609–1661
        2. 2. Samuel Baxter 1619–1676
        3. 3. Maria Baxter 1618–
        4. 4. John (Baxter) (Backestar) 1612–1671
        5. 5. James (Baxter) (Barkestare) 1609–1671
        6. 6. Elizabeth (Baxter \) Montgomerey 1615–1699
        7. 7. Elizabeth Baxter 1615–1715
      2. 2. Sir (Thomas) BAXTER 1580–1641
      3. 3. Anna Baxter 1583–
      4. 4. James (Thomas) Baxter 1586–1621
      5. 5. Thomas (Baxter) (Barkestar) 1565–1629
      6. 6. William Baxter 1594–1641
    2. 2. William (J) Baxter 1537–1583
  2. 2. Thomas Wilkenson 1561–1597
  3. 3. John Wilkinson 1548–1620
  4. 4. Sir (Thomas Wilkinson, Duke of) York 1550–1603
  5. 5. Rebecca Wilkinson 1561–1623
  6. 6. Elizabeth Wilkinson 1549–1566
  7. 7. Robert Wilkinson 1548–1632
  8. 8. Jeffrey (Allen) Wilkinson 1569–1623
  9. 9. Charles Wilkinson 1535–1693
  10. 10. Lady (Margaret Mary Alice) Thurgurland 1535–1607
  11. 11. Richard Thurgurland 1540–1589
  12. 12. Margareta ((Wilkinson)) Thurgurland 1540–1576

Sir York's Timeline

3 Records

1510
13 Aug 1510
Birth of Sir Robert Wilkinson Wilkenson, Duke of York in Kippax, Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Kippax, Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
1558
1558
Age 48
Sir Robert Wilkinson Wilkenson, Duke of York was married in Dartmouth,Devon, England
Dartmouth,Devon, England
1572
01 July 1572
Age 62
Death of Sir Robert Wilkinson Wilkenson, Duke of York in Kippax, Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Kippax, Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 13 Aug 1510
    Event Place: Kippax, Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1558
    Event Place: Dartmouth,Devon, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 01 July 1572
    Event Place: Kippax, Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

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