 Richard Plantagenet of York, 3rd Duke of York, son of Richard Plantagenet of Conisburgh, Earl of Cambridge and Anne Mortimer, Lady.Born Sep 21, 1411, died Dec 31, 1460 at Battle of Wakefield, 49 years, buried Jul 30, 1476 at Collegiate Church of Fotheringhay. Occupations: at Protector of England, 3rd Duke of York; , at Earl of March, Cambridge & Ulster; , 1430 at Constable of England, Regent of France; , between 1447 and 1453 at Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland; , 1454 at Protector of the Kingdom by Henry VI; Alias: Cause of Death: Some sources list his death on 31 Dec 1460. Married before Oct 18, 1424 (at least 36 years married) to:  Cicely de Neville, Lady and later a nun, daughter of Ralph de Neville, KG,1st Earl Westmoreland and Joan de Beaufort, Countess of Westmoreland.Born May 3, 1415 at Raby Castle, Durham, died May 31, 1495 at Berkhamsted Castle, Hertfordshire, England, 80 years, buried at Collegiate Church of Fotheringhay. Occupation: at Lady (died a nun); Alias: An old English ballad giving history of Cicely Neville, Duchess of York: "A gracious lady! What is her name, I thee praie tell me Dame Cecile, sir. "Whose daughter was she?" Of the Erle of Westmoreland, I trowe the yengist, And yet grace fortuned her to be the highest." According to the Richard III Society (http://r3.org/fiction/roses/cicely.html): "Cicely, romantically known as "the Rose of Raby" in reference to her beauty, was the youngest daughter and twenty-second child of Ralph, Lord Neville of Raby, Earl of Westmoreland, by his second wife, Joan Beaufort, daughter of John of Gaunt. As far as can be ascertained, she was born at Raby in 1415, and was raised with her future husband, Richard Duke of York, who became a ward of her father in 1415. When Richard left the Earl's household to assume the duties of his rank, he was betrothed to Cicely...In 1443-4 she spent so much on apparel (L608, almost the annual income of an earl) that York had to appoint a special officer to monitor her expenditures. After 1459, events were less happy. In October 1459, after the unremitting enmity of Queen Margaret and her faction had forced York into open resistance at Ludlow, the sudden desertion of the Calais garrison forced York, Cicely's sons Edward and Edmund, her brother Salisbury, and her nephew Warwick into precipitous flight. Cicely was left behind with the younger children Margaret, George, and Richard, to face the King's army and the sack of Ludlow. Kendall surmises that as a woman of courage she stood at the Ludlow market cross and pleaded for the safety of her people. The King's forces conveyed Cicely and her children to Coventry where Parliament attainted her husband and relatives for treason...In the summer of 1460 she traveled to London...joining York at Hereford "in a chair (carriage) covered with blue velvet" and drawn by four shite coursers...Cicely assumed the state and dignity of a reigning sovereign before York died, and maintained it thereafter...Exemplified by Penman's The Sunne in Splendor, Rhoda Edwards' The Broken Sword, and the four-volume biographical series by Eleanor Fairburn, Cicely is a tower of strength for her sons, raising them in the belief of the high destiny of the House of York." Children: 1. Joan Plantagenet of YorkBorn 1438, died 1438, under 1 year old 2. Anne Plantagenet of YorkBorn Aug 10, 1439 at Fotheringhay Castle, Northants, England, died Jan 14, 1475/76, approximately 35 years, buried at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, England Cause of Death: 3. Henry Plantagenet of YorkBorn /41 4. Edward IV Plantagenet of England, King of EnglandBorn Apr 28, 1442 at Rouen, France, died Apr 9, 1483 at Westminster Palace, London, Middlesex, England, 40 years, buried at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, England. Occupation: between 1461 and 1483 at King of England; Alias: Some sources list his birth as April 29,1441. 5. Edmund Plantagenet of Rutland, Earl of RutlandBorn May 27, 1443, died 1460 at Battle of Wakefield, 16 or 17 years. Occupation: at Earl of Rutland; 8. William Plantagenet of YorkBorn Jul 7, 1447 9. John Plantagenet of YorkBorn Nov 7, 1448 10. George Plantagenet of Clarence, Duke of ClarenceBorn Oct 21, 1449, died Feb 18, 1477/78, approximately 27 years. Occupations: at Sir, K.G., Duke of Clarence; , between 1461 and 1478 at Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland; Cause of Death: 11. Thomas Plantagenet of YorkBorn 1450 12. Richard III Crookback Plantagenet of England, King of EnglandBorn Oct 2, 1452 at Fotheringhay Castle, Northants, England, died Aug 22, 1485 at Battle of Bosworth, Leicestershire, England, 32 years, buried at Grey Friars Abbey, Leicester. Occupations: 1461 at Duke of Gloucester; , between 1483 and 1485 at King of England; Cause of Death: According to the Encyclopaedia Britannic (www.britannica.com), Battle of Bosworth Field (August 22, 1485): "...battle in the English Wars of the Roses, fough 12 miles (19km) west of Leicester and 3 miles (5 km) south of Market Bosworth, between the forces of the Yorkist King Richard III and the Lancastrian contender for the crown, Henry Tudor (the future Henry VII). It was in effect the last battle of the wars, and it established the Tudor dynasty on the English throne. Henry, returning from exile, landed at Milford Haven (August 7) and marched toward Richard at Leicester. Early on August 22 Richard's army reached a superior position on Ambien Hill. Richard's ally, John Howard, Duke of Norfolk, was killed in the initial skirmish. Though called to the area by the king, Thomas, Lord Stanley (later 1st Earl of Derby), and Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland, failed to assist the Yorkists in battle. When Richard moved against Henry Tudor, Sir William Stanley, brother of Lord Stanley who had privately pledged support for Henry, attacked Richard's flank. The Yorkist army melted away, while Richard, preferring death, was unhorsed and killed in the bog." His famous saying: "A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse!" 13. Ursula Plantagenet of YorkBorn Jul 22, 1455 | |||