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Personal data Edward IV Plantagenet King of England 

• He was born on April 28, 1442 in Rouen, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France.Sources 2, 3, 4
• Alternative: He was born on April 28, 1441 in Rouen, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France.Source 1
• Occupations:
• in (restored) 11 Apr 1471-9 Apr 1483 King of England.Source 5
• in 4 Mar 1461-3 Oct 1470 (deposed) King of England.Source 5
• (Unknown ) in Mortimer Estates: Heir to.
• (Ruled ) in 1461-Oct 1470, Apr 1471-1483.Source 3
• (Unknown ) Bet. 1461 - 1483 in France: Ruled.Source 6
• He died on April 9, 1483 in Westminster Palace, Middlesex, England, he was 40 years old.Sources 1, 2, 7, 8
• He is buried on April 18, 1483 in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England.
• Alternative: He is buried in St. Georges Chapel, Windsor.
• A child of Richard Plantagenet and Cecily de Neville
• This information was last updated on April 22, 2023.

Household of Edward IV Plantagenet King of England

(1) He is married to Elizabeth Woodville.

They got married on May 1, 1464 at 2nd husband 1st wife, he was 22 years old.Sources 1, 4

Child(ren):

1. Elizabeth of York Plantagenet Princess of England   
2. Catherine of York  ± 1466-????
3. Cicely Plantagenet  1468-1507
4. Edward V Plantagenet King of England  1470-1483
5. Cecilia of England  1471-????
6. Richard Duke of York Plantagenet  ± 1472-± 1483
7. Anne of York Plantagenet Princess of England  1475-1511 
8. Catherine Plantagenet Princess of England  ± 1479-1527 
9. Bridget Unknown  1480-????

(2) He had a relationship with Jane Shore.

Notes about Edward IV Plantagenet King of England

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Edward IV (4th Duke of York, KG), b. Rouen 28 Apr 1441, d. 9 Apr 1483,proclaime King 4 Mar 1461; m. at Grafton, Northants, 1 May 1464Elizabeth, buried 10 June 1492, widow of Sir John Grey of Groby, daughterof Sir Richard Wydville. [Magna Charta Sureties]

1461 - The Yorkist victory at the Battle of Towton, Yorkshire secured hisclaim to the English throne. Henry VI, whom Edward overthrew in 1461,was brought back to power by Richard "The Kingmaker" Neville, Earl ofWarwick during a brief period in Oct 1470 - Apr 1471.

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Edward IV (reigned 1461-70 and 1471-83) was able to restore order,despite the temporary return to the throne of Henry VI (reigned 1470-71,during which time Edward fled to the Continent in exile) supported by theEarl of Warwick, 'the Kingmaker', who had previously supported Edward andwho was killed at the Battle of Barnet in 1471. Edward also made peacewith France; by a shrewd display of force to exert pressure, Edwardreached a profitable agreement with Louis XI at Picquigny in 1475.

At home, Edward relied heavily on his own personal control in government,reviving the ancient custom of sitting in person 'on the bench' (i.e. injudgement) to enforce justice. He sacked Lancastrian office-holders andused his financial acumen to introduce tight management of royal revenuesto reduce the Crown's debt. Building closer relations with the merchantcommunity, he encouraged commercial treaties; he successfully traded inwool on his own account to restore his family's fortunes and enable theKing to 'live of his own', paying the costs of the country'sadministration from the Crown Estates profits and freeing him fromdependence on subsidies from Parliament.

Edward rebuilt St George's Chapel at Windsor (possibly seeing it as amausoleum for the Yorkists, as he was buried there) and a new great hallat Eltham Palace. Edward collected illuminated manuscripts - his is theonly intact medieval royal collection to survive (in the British Library)- and patronised the new invention of printing. Edward died in 1483,leaving by his marriage to Elizabeth Woodville a 12-year-old son Edwardto succeed him.

Earl of March.
House of York had at least four illegititmate children
WESTMINSTER ABBEY, LONDON It is hard to imagine Westminster atthe time of
the Conquest, whe n it occupied an island site amidthe marshes that
flanked the Thames. Since William theConqu eror recieved the English
crown here on Christmas Day 1066,coronations have always been condu cted
in Westminster Abbey. Anearlier Saxon monastery was completely destroye
by the Danesduri ng the eighth century. Wesminster's history as
aBenedictine house dates to its foundation b ySt. Dunstan in
959,although it was Edward the Confessor who established itsstatusas the
ro yal church of england following its consecration on 28December 1065,
just one week before hi s death. Henry III waslargely responsible for
building the magnificent abbey churchthat stan ds today, work on which
began in 1245, favouring theFrench Gothic style, which placed greate r
emphasison heightthan the particular English interpretation that had
evolved bythen.Flyin g buttresses were used as a means of supporting
theheight of French cathedrals, a technique d eemed visually ugly
byEnglish builders, who preferredto restrict the height and useinterna l
methods of support. Work on the newchurch advancedrapidly, and it was
reopened in 1269. A lthough much of the navewas not completed until well
over a century later, fortnatelythe arch itect was content to follow the
style of hispredeccessor, thereby maintaining thevisual cont
inuity.Westminster Abbey is not merely a church of unsurpassed beautyit
is also the last rest ing place of English monarchs - fromHenry III in
1272 to George III in 1820. Without doubt, t heabbey's subline
architectural achievement is the Henry VIIchapel, originally founded byt
e h monarch early in the sixteenthcentury with the intention of crating a
shrine to Henry VI.Th is plan never came to fruition and so the
masterpiece of royalmason Robert Vertue was adopte d by its instigator
for himselfand his queen, Elizabeth.The fan-vaulted ceiling is elaborate
lydecorated with the most complex tracery imaginable, the finestexample
of that art form in E ngland. Almost ever square ich ofthe chapel seems
to be adorned with some form of intricated ecoration and, although the
overall effect can be almost overwhelming, it remains a quite breathtaking
piece of work. The royal tomb in the chapel is the work of a
Florentine contemporary o f Michelangelo, sculptor Pietro Torrigiano,
whowas commisssioned to create the most moving, gilt-bronzedeffigies of
Henryand Elizabeth. However, kings and queens are not the only ones ce
lebrated indeath; the abbey houses the Grave to the Unknown Soldier, a
nation's tribute to those slainduring the First World War. Famous names
from the art,literature and science mingle with numberous
outrageouslyostentatious memorials erected to members of the nobility.
Eltham PalaceThis moated medieval palace, extended by Edward IV, was
achildhood home of Henr y VIII. The building crumbledovercenturies, and
the Great Hall was used as a barn before it wasrenovatedas a grand
music room in the 1930s for an adjoining Art Deco fantasy house. The
home of socialites Stephen and Virginia Courtauld - now restored and with
reproduction furnishings - crosses Hollywood film set with Cunard Liner.

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