Edward the Fourth, King of England
EDWARD IV., who succeeded Henry VI. on the throne, was eldest son of Richard, Duke of York, Protector of England, by Cecily, his wife, dau. of Ralph Nevile, Earl of Westmoreland, and grandson of Richard Plantagenet, Earl of Cambridge, by the Lady Anne Mortimer, his wife, dau. and heir of Roger, Earl of March, son and heir of Edmund Mortimer, third Earl of March, by the Lady Phillipa Plantagenet, his wife, dau. and heir of Lionel, Duke of Clarence, In his person was thus vested the senior representation of the Royal House of Plantagenet. He was b. at Rouen 29 April, 1441, and m. in 1464, ELIZABETH WOODVILLE, widow of Sir John Grey, of Groby, and dau. of Sir Richard Woodville, by Jacqueline of Luxemburgh, his wife, widow of the Regent, John, Duke of Bedford. By this lady, who d. in 1492, King Edward had issue,
EDWARD, Prince of Wales, afterwards EDWARD V. Richard, Duke of York, b. at Shrewsbury, 1472, who was m. in his infancy in Jan. 1477, to Anne, the infant child and heiress of John Mow-bray, Duke of Norfolk; he was murdered in the Tower A.D. 1483.
ELIZABETH, Queen of HENRY VII. and eventual heiress of the PLANTAGENETS.
Cicely, m. John, Lord Welles, and had two daus., Elizabeth and Anne, who both d. unm.
Ann, first affianced to Philip, son of the Emperor Maximilian, and afterwards m. to Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk. She had two sons, who d. young and unm.
Bridget, a nun at Dartford, Kent.
Mary, d. unm.
Katherine, b. at Eltham, in 1479, who m. Sir William Courtenay, K.B., only son of Edward, Earl of Devon, and left an only child,
EDWARD COURTENAY, Earl of Devon, and Marquess of Exeter, who was beheaded 9 Jan. 1539, leaving by Gertrude, his wife, dau. of William Blount, Lord Mountjoy, an only child,
EDWARD COURTENAY, Earl of Devon, who d. at Padua, unm., 4 Oct. 1566.
King Edward IV. d. at Westminster, 9 April, l483.
Edward the Fifth, King of England
EDWARD V. elder son of EDWARD IV., was b. 4 Nov. 1470, and succeeded his father 9 April, 1483. This monarch was murdered with his only brother, Richard, Duke of York, in the Tower, 22 June following.
Richard the Third, King of England
RICHARD III. who ascended the throne at the murder of his nephews, was crowned on the 7th July, 1483. He m. at Westminster in 1473, Lady Anne, widow of Edward, Prince of Wales, (son of King Henry VI.) and dau. and coheir of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, by whom (who d. 16 March, 1485,) he had an only child,
EDWARD, Prince of Wales, 6. at Middleham Castle in 1474, d. 31 March, 1484.
Richard III. fell at Bosworth, 22 Aug. 1485.