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Edmund of Langley

Male 1341 - 1402  (61 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Edmund of Langley was born on 5 Jun 1341 in Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, England; died on 1 Aug 1402 in Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, England; was buried in Church of the Dominicans, Langley, Hertfordshire, England.

    Notes:

    Earl of Cambridge. 1st Duke of York.

    "[C]ampaigned in France and Spain during the Hundred Years War, sharing in the sack of Limoges in 1370, king's lieutenant of Brittany, where his siege of St. Malon was frustrated by du Guesclin, served as regent during Richard II's absences." [The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England (citation details below)]

    Family/Spouse: Joan Holand. Joan (daughter of Thomas de Holland and Alice Fitz Alan) died on 12 Apr 1434. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Edmund married Isabella of Castile between 1 Jan 1372 and 30 Apr 1372 in Hertford, Hertfordshire, England. Isabella (daughter of Pedro I, King of Castile and Maria García de Padilla) was born in 1355; died on 23 Dec 1392; was buried in Church of the Dominicans, Langley, Hertfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Constance of York  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1374; died on 28 Nov 1416.
    2. 3. Richard of Conisburgh  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1375 in Conisburgh Castle, Yorkshire, England; died on 5 Aug 1415 in Southampton, Hampshire, England; was buried in Southampton, Hampshire, England.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Constance of York Descendancy chart to this point (1.Edmund1) was born about 1374; died on 28 Nov 1416.

    Notes:

    Countess of Gloucester.

    Constance married Thomas le Despenser about 7 Nov 1379. Thomas (son of Edward le Despenser and Elizabeth Burghersh) was born on 22 Sep 1373; died on 16 Jan 1400. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. Isabel le Despenser  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1400; died on 27 Dec 1439.

  2. 3.  Richard of Conisburgh Descendancy chart to this point (1.Edmund1) was born about 1375 in Conisburgh Castle, Yorkshire, England; died on 5 Aug 1415 in Southampton, Hampshire, England; was buried in Southampton, Hampshire, England.

    Notes:

    3rd Earl of Cambridge.

    "[A]mbassador to Denmark 1406, created Earl 1414, Almoner of England, Constable of Brimpsfield Castle, having joined in a failed conspiracy to depose King Henry V, he sought the latter's mercy in most abject terms, which gained him only a beheading without the usual additional punishment for treason, all his honors being attainted." [The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England (citation details below)]

    Richard married Anne de Mortimer before 23 May 1408. Anne (daughter of Roger Mortimer and Eleanor Holland) was born on 27 Dec 1390; died in Sep 1411; was buried in Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. Isabel of Cambridge  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 6. Richard of York  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Sep 1411; died on 30 Dec 1460 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; was buried in Pontefract, Yorkshire, England.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Isabel le Despenser Descendancy chart to this point (2.Constance2, 1.Edmund1) was born about 1400; died on 27 Dec 1439.

    Notes:

    Confusingly, her two husbands were both named Richard de Beauchamp. The two Richards de Beauchamp were first cousins, both being grandchildren of Thomas de Beauchamp and Katherine de Mortimer.

    Isabel married Richard de Beauchamp on 27 Jul 1411 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England. Richard (son of William Beauchamp and Joan Arundel) was born about 1397; died on 18 Mar 1422 in Meaux, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Isabel married Richard de Beauchamp on 26 Nov 1423 in Hanley Castle, Worcestershire, England. Richard (son of Thomas Beauchamp and Margaret Ferrers) died on 30 Apr 1439 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France; was buried in St. Mary's, Warwick, Warwickshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. Anne Beauchamp  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Jul 1429; died about 20 Sep 1492.

  2. 5.  Isabel of Cambridge Descendancy chart to this point (3.Richard2, 1.Edmund1)

    Family/Spouse: Henry Bourchier. Henry (son of William Bourchier and Anne of Gloucester) died in 1483. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 8. William Bourchier  Descendancy chart to this point died before 14 Feb 1480.

  3. 6.  Richard of York Descendancy chart to this point (3.Richard2, 1.Edmund1) was born on 22 Sep 1411; died on 30 Dec 1460 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; was buried in Pontefract, Yorkshire, England.

    Notes:

    Duke of York. Often called "Richard Plantagenet," a surname which he actually used on occasion in his own lifetime, something not done by any other Plantagenet. Killed in the Battle of Wakefield.

    "[T]he most powerful subject in England, heir of the Mortimer claim to the crown, king's lieutenant in Normandy and Ireland, self-interest mingled in him with a love of justice and desire for administrative reform, he claimed the throne but was defeated and slain in battle." [The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England (citation details below)]

    Noted in a footnote on page 69 of The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England (citation details below): "Nearly every source has his date of birth as 21 September. However, CP 14:642 includes a correction to CP 12(2):905, that changes the date of birth to 22 September. Johnson, Duke Richard of York, 1 n. 1, has 22 September, noting that it was on the feast of St. Maurice."

    Richard married Cecily Neville before 18 Oct 1424. Cecily (daughter of Ralph de Neville and Joan Beaufort) was born on 3 May 1415; died on 31 May 1495 in Berkhamsted Castle, Hertfordshire, England; was buried in Fotheringay, Northamptonshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 9. Edward IV, King of England and lord of Ireland  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Apr 1442 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France; died on 9 Apr 1483 in Westminster, Middlesex, England; was buried in Windsor, Berkshire, England.
    2. 10. Richard III, King of England  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Oct 1452 in Fotheringay Castle, Northamptonshire, England; died on 22 Aug 1485 in Bosworth Field, Leicestershire, England.


Generation: 4

  1. 7.  Anne Beauchamp Descendancy chart to this point (4.Isabel3, 2.Constance2, 1.Edmund1) was born on 13 Jul 1429; died about 20 Sep 1492.

    Anne married Richard Neville in 1434. Richard (son of Richard Neville and Alice Montagu) was born on 22 Nov 1428; died on 14 Apr 1471 in Barnet, Hertfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 11. Anne Neville, Queen Consort of England  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Jun 1456 in Warwick Castle, Warwickshire, England; died on 16 Mar 1485 in Westminster, Middlesex, England.

  2. 8.  William Bourchier Descendancy chart to this point (5.Isabel3, 3.Richard2, 1.Edmund1) died before 14 Feb 1480.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: Bef 14 Feb 1479

    Notes:

    Fought on the victorious Yorkist side at the Battle of Barnet.

    Family/Spouse: Anne Woodville. Anne (daughter of Richard Woodville and Jacquetta of Luxembourg) died on 30 Jul 1489; was buried in Warden Abbey, Bedfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 12. Ciceley Bourchier  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1473; died on 9 Feb 1493.

  3. 9.  Edward IV, King of England and lord of Ireland Descendancy chart to this point (6.Richard3, 3.Richard2, 1.Edmund1) was born on 28 Apr 1442 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France; died on 9 Apr 1483 in Westminster, Middlesex, England; was buried in Windsor, Berkshire, England.

    Edward married Elizabeth Woodville, Queen Consort of England on 1 May 1464. Elizabeth (daughter of Richard Woodville and Jacquetta of Luxembourg) was born in 1437 in Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England; died on 8 Jun 1492 in Bermondsey Priory, Surrey, England; was buried on 12 Jun 1492 in St. George's Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 13. Elizabeth of York, Queen Consort of England  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Feb 1466 in Westminster Palace, Westminster, Middlesex, England; died on 11 Feb 1503 in London, England; was buried in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England.
    2. 14. Edward V, King of England  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Nov 1470 in Westminster, Middlesex, England; died about 1483 in London, England.

  4. 10.  Richard III, King of England Descendancy chart to this point (6.Richard3, 3.Richard2, 1.Edmund1) was born on 2 Oct 1452 in Fotheringay Castle, Northamptonshire, England; died on 22 Aug 1485 in Bosworth Field, Leicestershire, England.

    Richard married Anne Neville, Queen Consort of England on 12 Jul 1472 in Westminster, Middlesex, England. Anne (daughter of Richard Neville and Anne Beauchamp) was born on 11 Jun 1456 in Warwick Castle, Warwickshire, England; died on 16 Mar 1485 in Westminster, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



 

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