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Personal data Edward Plantagenet King Edward IV of England 

• Alternative name: Edward IV Plantagenet , Koning van Engeland
• He was born on April 28, 1442 in Rouen, Normandie, France.
• He was baptized in Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Rouen, Rouen, Normandie, France.
• Title: Hertog van Kent en York Earl van Ulster, Cambridge en de Marck Lord Clar
• He died on April 9, 1483 in Westminster Palace, Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom, he was 40 years old.
• He is buried on April 18, 1483 in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom.
• The birth parents are Richard of York and Cecily Neville
• This information was last updated on May 31, 2023.

Household of Edward Plantagenet King Edward IV of England

He is married to Elizabeth Woodville.

They got married on May 1, 1464 at Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, he was 22 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Queen Elizabeth Plantagenet of York  1466-1503 

Notes about Edward Plantagenet King Edward IV of England

Graaf van de Mark.
Hertog van Kent en York.
Koning van Engeland (van 04-03-1461 tot 1470 en van 1471-1483), gekroond op 28-06-1461 in Westminster.

Edward IV Plantagenet, King of England was born on 28 April 1442 at Rouen, Caux, France.
He was the son of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York and Lady Cecily Neville.
He was baptised at Rouen Cathedral, Rouen, Caux, France.
He married Elizabeth Wydevill, daughter of Sir Richard Wydevill, 1st Earl Rivers and Jacquetta de Luxembourg, on 1 May 1464 at Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England.
He died on 9 April 1483 at age 40 at Westminster Palace, Westminster, London, England.
He was buried at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England.
Edward IV Plantagenet, King of England succeeded to the title of Earl of March between 21 September 1445 and 22 December 1445.
On 1448 his name was legally changed to Edward Plantagenet.
He fought in the First Battle of St. Albans on 22 May 1455.
He held the office of Constable of Bristol Castle on 14 November 1460.
He succeeded to the title of 4th Duke of York [E., 1385] on 30 December 1460.
He succeeded to the title of Earl of Ulster on 30 December 1460.
He succeeded to the title of 3rd Earl of Cambridge [E., 1414] on 30 December 1460.
He succeeded to the title of 17th Lord of Clare [feudal baron] on 31 December 1460.
He fought in the Battle of Mortimer's Cross on 2 February 1460/61 at Wigmore, Herefordshire, England, where he utterly defeated Earls of Pembroke and Wiltshire.7 He gained the title of King Edward IV of England on 4 March 1461.8 He was crowned King of England on 28 June 1461 at Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England, and styled 'Rex Angliae et Franciae et Dominus Hiberniae.8' He was deposed as King of England on 3 October 1470.4 He gained the title of King Edward IV of England on 11 April 1471.4 His marriage to Elizabeth Wydevill was annulled on 25 June 1483 by an Act of Parliament, known as the 'Titulus Regius', because of King Edward's alleged precontract to Eleanor Butler. The marriage was ultimately recognised as valid in October 1485 by the first Act of Parliament of King Henry VII.2 He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.
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