Edward, IV

1442 - 1483  (40 years)

• Name	Edward   [1]
  Suffix	IV
  Born	28 Apr 1442	Rouen, France   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	09 Apr 1483	Westminster Palace, London, England   [1]
  Person ID	I22449	Jerry Milo Johnson
  Last Modified	29 Mar 2015

  
  

  Mother	A. of York
  Relationship	Natural
  Family ID	F8028	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Woodville,   b. Abt 1437, Grafton Regis, Northhampton, England ,   d. 08 Jun 1492, Bermondsey Abbey, Surrey, England  (Age ~ 55 years)
  Married	1464  [1]
  Children	1. Edward V Tudor,   b. 04 Nov 1470,   d. 09 Apr 1483, Tower of London, England  (Age 12 years)  [Natural]   2. Richard Tudor,   b. 17 Aug 1474,   d. Aft 1483, Tower of London, England  (Age > 10 years)  [Natural]   3. Elizabeth Plantagenet,   b. 11 Feb 1465, Westminster Palace, Westminster, Middlesex, England ,   d. 10 Feb 1503, Tower of London, England  (Age 37 years)  [Natural]
  Family ID	F8037	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 28 Apr 1442 - Rouen, France Died - 09 Apr 1483 - Westminster Palace, London, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  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 hadat 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 proclaimedHenry king once again in 1470, but less than a year elapsed when Edwardreclaimed 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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S292] Genealogy of Neal Frank Carrier, Neal Frank Carrier, (Name: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~carrier/ifamily/index.html;), http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~carrier/ifamily/HTMLFiles/HTMLFiles_03/Edmond_Ingalls_P2153.html (Reliability: 3).