 1442 - 1483 (40 years)
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| Name |
Edward Plantagenet [1] |
| Suffix |
King of England IV |
| Birth |
28 Apr 1442 |
Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
9 Apr 1483 |
Westminster Palace, London, England [1] |
| Burial |
St.George's Chapel, Windor Castle, England |
| Person ID |
I39360 |
Bob Juch's Tree |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
| Father |
Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, b. 21 Sep 1411, Conisborough Castle, Conisborough, Yorkshire, England d. 30 Dec 1460, Battle of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (Age 49 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Cecily Neville, b. 3 May 1415, Raby Castle, Durham, England d. 31 May 1495, Berkhamsted Castle, Hertfordshire, England (Age 80 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Family ID |
F14468 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Elizabeth Woodville, b. 1437, Grafton Regis, Worcestershire, England d. 8 Jun 1492, Bermondsey Abbey, Surrey, England (Age 55 years) |
| Marriage |
1 May 1464 |
Grafton Regis, Northants, England |
| Children |
| | 1. Elizabeth "of York" Plantagenet, b. 11 Feb 1466, Westminster Palace, London, England d. 11 Feb 1503, Tower of London, London, Middlesex, England (Age 37 years) [natural] |
| | 2. 1st Duke of York and 1st Duke of Norfolk Richard "of Shrewsbury" Plantagenet, b. 17 Aug 1473, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England d. 1483, Tower of London, London, Middlesex, England (Age 9 years) [natural] |
| | 3. Catherine "of York" Plantagenet, b. 14 Aug 1479, Eltham Palace, Greenwich, Kent, England d. 15 Nov 1527, Tiverton Castle, Devon, England (Age 48 years) [natural] |
| | 4. Anne "of York" Plantagenet, b. 2 Nov 1475, Westminster Palace, London, Middlesex, England d. 23 Nov 1511 (Age 36 years) [natural] |
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| Family ID |
F14469 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 28 Apr 1442 - Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France |
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| Notes |
- Edward IV, son of Richard, Duke of York and Cicely Neville, was born in 1442. He married Elizabeth Woodville in 1464, the widow of the Lancastrian Sir John Grey, who bore him ten children. He also entertained many mistresses and had at least one illegitimate son.
Edward came to the throne through the efforts of his father; as Henry VI became increasingly less effective, Richard pressed the claim of the York family but was killed before he could ascend the throne: Edward deposed his cousin Henry after defeating the Lancastrians at Mortimer's Cross in 1461. Richard Neville, the Kingmaker, Earl of Warwick proclaimed Henry king once again in 1470, but less than a year elapsed when Edward reclaimed the crown and had Henry executed in 1471.
The rest of his reign was fairly uneventful. He revived the English claim to the French throne and invaded the weakened France, extorting a non-aggression treaty from Louis XI in 1475 which amounted to a lump payment of 75,000 crowns, and an annuity of 20,000. Edward had his brother, George, Duke of Clarendon, judicially murdered in 1478 on a charge of treason. His marriage to Elizabeth Woodville vexed his councilors, and he allowed many of the great nobles (such as his brother Richard) to build uncharacteristically large power bases in the provinces in return for their support.
Edward died suddenly in 1483, leaving behind two sons aged twelve and nine, five daughters, and a troubled legacy.
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| Sources |
- [S4] Ancestry.com, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).
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