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Richard of York

Male 1411 - 1460  (49 years)


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  • Name Richard of York 
    Birth 22 Sep 1411  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 30 Dec 1460  Wakefield, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial Pontefract, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Siblings 1 sibling 
    Person ID I3181  Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TWK
    Last Modified 14 Nov 2021 

    Father Richard of Conisburgh,   b. Abt 1375, Conisburgh Castle, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Aug 1415, Southampton, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 40 years) 
    Mother Anne de Mortimer,   b. 27 Dec 1390   d. Sep 1411 (Age 20 years) 
    Marriage Bef 23 May 1408  [1
    Family ID F10063  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Cecily Neville,   b. 3 May 1415   d. 31 May 1495, Berkhamsted Castle, Hertfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage Bef 18 Oct 1424  [1
    Children 
    +1. Edward IV, King of England and lord of Ireland,   b. 28 Apr 1442, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Apr 1483, Westminster, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years)
     2. Richard III, King of England,   b. 2 Oct 1452, Fotheringay Castle, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Aug 1485, Bosworth Field, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years)
    Family ID F1800  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Dec 2018 

  • 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."

  • Sources 
    1. [S1480] The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England: A Medieval Heritage by Charles M. Hansen and Neil D. Thompson. Saline, Michigan: McNaughton and Gunn, 2012.