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Duke Richard Plantagenet

Male 1473 - 1483  (9 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Richard Plantagenet  [1, 2
    Prefix Duke 
    Birth 17 Aug 1473  Dominican Friary, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Death 1483  Tower of London, Tower Hill, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Burial 1674  Westminster Abbey, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Siblings 9 Siblings 
    Person ID I5970  Geneagraphie
    Last Modified 4 Aug 2009 

    Father King Edward IV of York,   b. 28 Apr 1442, Rouen, Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Apr 1483, Westminster Palace, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Woodville,   b. Abt 1437, Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jun 1492, St. Saviour's Abbey, Bermondsey, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Marriage 1 May 1464  Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Divorce Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F2642  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Anne Mowbray,   b. 10 Dec 1472, Framlingham Castle, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Nov 1481, Greenwich Palace, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 8 years) 
    Marriage 15 Jan 1477-1478  St. Stephen's Chapel, Westminster Palace Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Family ID F21658  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2000 

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  • Notes 
    • Acceded as Duke of York 28 May 1474. Duke of Norfolk 7 Feb 1477. Creation as Duke of York est. tradition that 2nd son of the Sovereign is made so
      Earl of Nottingham 12 Jun 1476, Earl of Surrey and Warenne 7 Feb 1477.
      K.G. 15 May 1475, K.B. later that year.
      26 Jun 1483, Parliament declared him illegitimate; all titles forfeited. Jul 1483, Last seen alive within the precincts of the Tower of London.
      1674, His (presumed) bones found & buried in Westminster Abbey. Circumstantial evidence indicates his murder committed the night of 3 Sep 1483.

  • Sources 
    1. [S15] Desmond Seward, Wars of the Roses, (Penguin Books, New York 1995 ,), The House of York genealogy table (Reliability: 0).

    2. [S4] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families, (rev. ed, Pimlico Random House, London 1989, 1996 , , Repository: J.H. Garner), p 139 (Reliability: 0).

    3. [S61] John Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic Guide to the Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, (London ,).

    4. [S61] John Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic Guide to the Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, (London ,), Mowbray article (Reliability: 0).



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