Richard Plantagenêt of York

1411 - 1460  (49 years)

• Name	Richard Plantagenêt of York  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	21 Sep 1411	Conisbrough Castle, Yorkshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Military	21 Jul to Aug 1441
  	On campaign in Pontoise, France
  Occupation	25 Oct 1415
  	Duke of York
  Occupation	1425
  	16th Lord of Clare
  Occupation	1425
  	Became Lord Mortimer (of Wigmore), Earl of March and Ulster on the death of his maternal uncle Edmund
  Occupation	1425
  	Inherited the lordships of Connaught and Trim in Ireland
  Occupation	19 May 1426
  	Knighted by King Henry VI
  Military	30 Dec 1460
  	Defeated by the Lancastrians at the Battle of Wakefield and captured (shortly after being named heir to the throne)
  Died	31 Dec 1460	York, Yorkshire, England
  	Cause: Beheaded
  Buried	Collegiate Church of Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, England
  Person ID	I4481	Godbout
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2017

  
  

  Father	Richard Plantagenêt,   b. Abt Sep 1376, Conisbrough Castle, Yorkshire, England ,   d. 5 Aug 1415, Southampton Green, Hampshire, England  (Age ~ 38 years)
  Mother	Anne de Mortimer,   b. 27 Dec 1390, New Forest, West Meath, Ireland ,   d. Sep 1411, King's Langley, Hertfordshire, England  (Age 20 years)
  Married	23 May 1408	England
  Family ID	F2267	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Cecily de Neville,   b. 3 May 1415, Raby, Durham, England ,   d. 31 May 1495, Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire, England  (Age 80 years)
  Marriage Contract	Bef 18 Oct 1424
  Married	1438	Yorkshire, England
  Children	1. Edward IV Plantagenêt King of England,   b. 28 Apr 1442, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France ,   d. 9 Apr 1483, Westminster Palace, London, Middlesex, England  (Age 40 years)   2. Margaret Plantagenêt,   b. 3 May 1446, Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire, England ,   d. 23 Nov 1503, Mechelen (Malines), Anvers (Antwerp), Belgique (région flamande)  (Age 57 years)   3. Richard III Plantagenêt King of England,   b. 2 Oct 1452, Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire, England ,   d. 22 Aug 1485, Battle of Bosworth Field, Leicestershire, England  (Age 32 years)
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2017
  Family ID	F2269	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, George Edward Cokayne; Vicary Gibbs, H. A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand & Howard de Walden, editors, (Reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), Vol. II, p. 495; V. III, p. 246; V. V, p. 737 (chart) & V. XII, pp. 905-909. [S728] A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages of England, Ireland and Scotland, John Burke, Esq., (Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, London, 1831), 374, 387 & 427-428. [S747] The History and Antiquities of the Counties of Westmorland and Cumberland, Joseph Nicolson and Richard Burn, (Printed for William Strahan; and Thomas Cadell, in the Strand, London, 1777), Volume 1, p. 281.