PLANTAGENET FAMILY

IV. YORK LINE

Edmund PLANTAGENET of Langley (1º D. York)

Born: 5 Jun 1341, King's Langley, Hertfordshire, England

Christened: King's Langley, Hertfordshire, England

Acceded: 6 Aug 1385, Hoselaw, Teviotdale

Died: 1 Aug 1402, King's Langley, Hertfordshire, England

Buried: Dominicans, Langley, Hertfordshire, England

Notes: Knight of the Garter. Earl of Cambridge 1362. See Europäisch Stammtafeln Bund II tafel 62. See The Complete Peerage v.XIIpII,pp.895-899.

Father: EDWARD III PLANTAGENET (King of England)

Mother: Phillippa of Hainault (Queen of England)

Married 1: Isabella of CASTILLA (D. York) (b. 1355 - d. 23 Dec 1393) (dau. of Pedro of Castilla and Maria De Padilla) ABT 1 Mar 1372, Hertford Castle, Hertfordshire, England

Children:

1. Edward PLANTAGENET (2º D. York)

2. Constance PLANTAGENET (B. Despencer)

3. Richard PLANTAGENET of Conisburgh (3º E. Cambridge)

Married 2: Joan HOLLAND (D. York) (b. ABT 1380 - d. 12 Apr 1434) (dau. of Thomas Holland, 2º E. Kent and Alice Fitzalan) (w.1 of Henry Scrope - w.2 of Henry Bromflete - m.4 William Willoughby) BEF 4 Nov 1393


Constance PLANTAGENET (B. Despencer)

Born: ABT 1374, Conisborough, Yorkshire, England

Died: 28 Nov 1416, Reading Abbey, Berkshire, England

Buried: 1420, Reading Abbey, Berkshire, England

Father: Edmund PLANTAGENET of Langley (1º D. York)

Mother: Isabella of CASTILLA (D. York)

Married: Thomas DESPENCER (1° E. Gloucester) ABT 1385

Children:

1. Richard DESPENCER (B. Burghersh)

2. Isabel DESPENCER (B. Burgersh)

3. Edward DESPENCER

4. Hugh DESPENCER

5. Elizabeth DESPENCER (b. ABT 1398, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales)

Associated with: Edmund HOLLAND (4º E. Kent) (b. 6 Jan 1382/1383, Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England - d. 15 Sep 1408, Ile De Brehat, Cotes Du Nord, France - bur. Bourne Abbey, Lincolnshire, England) (son of Thomas Holland, 2º E. Kent and Alice Fitzalan)

Children:

6. Eleanor HOLLAND (m. James Touchet, 2º B. Audley)


Edward PLANTAGENET (2º D. York)

Born: 1373, Norwich, Norfolk, England

Acceded: 1 Aug 1402

Died: 25 Oct 1415, Agincourt, Pas De Calais, France

Buried: 1 Dec 1415, Collegiate Church of Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, England

Notes: Earl of Rutland, Duke of Albermarle, Earl of Cork, Duke of Aumale. Earl of Cambridge. The Complete Peerage v.XIIpII,p.899-905.

Father: Edmund PLANTAGENET of Langley (1º D. York)

Mother: Isabella of CASTILLA (D. York)

Married 1: Beatriz of Portugal Jul 1381, Lisbon ANNULMENT 1382

Married 2: Phillippa De MOHUN ABT 1397


Richard PLANTAGENET of Conisburgh (3º E. Cambridge)

Born: ABT Sep 1376, Conisburgh Castle, Yorkshire, England

Acceded: 1 May 1414

Died: 5 Aug 1415, Southampton Green, Southampton, Hampshire, England

Buried: Chapel of God's House, Southampton, England

Notes: Beheaded for conspiring against Henry IV.

Father: Edmund PLANTAGENET of Langley (1º D. York)

Mother: Isabella of CASTILLA (D. York)

Married 1: Anne MORTIMER (d. Sep 1411) (dau. of Roger Mortimer, 4º E. March, and Eleanor De Holland) ABT 1406

Children:

1. Isabel PLANTAGENET (C. Essex)

2. Richard PLANTAGENET (3º D. York)

3. Alice PLANTAGENET

Married 2: Maud CLIFFORD (C. Cambridge) ABT 1414


Alice PLANTAGENET

Born: 1415, Crosby-Morton, Kent, England

Father: Richard PLANTAGENET of Conisburgh (3º E. Cambridge)

Mother: Anne MORTIMER

Married: Thomas MUSGRAVE (Sir Knight) (b. ABT 1417, Hartley Castle, Kirkby Stephen, Westmoreland, England - d. BEF oct 1457) (son of Richard Musgrave and Margaret Betham) (m.2 Joan Stapleton) ABT 1436, Crosby-Morton, Kent, England

Children:

1. Richard MUSGRAVE (Sir Knight) (b. 1431 - d. 10 Aug 1492) (m. Joan Clifford)


Isabel PLANTAGENET (C. Essex)

Born: 1409 / 21 Sep 1411, Conisbrough Castle, Yorkshire, England

Died: 2 Oct 1484

Buried: Little Easton Church, Essex

Father: Richard PLANTAGENET of Conisburgh (3º E. Cambridge)

Mother: Anne MORTIMER

Married 1: Thomas GREY (Sir Knight) AFT Feb 1413 ANNULMENT 1426

Married 2: Henry BOURCHIER (1º E. Essex) 5 Jun 1426

Children:

1. William BOURCHIER (V. Bourchier)

2. Henry BOURCHIER

3. Thomas BOURCHIER

4. John BOURCHIER

5. Humphrey BOURCHIER (B. Cornwall)

6. Fulke BOURCHIER

7. Hugh BOURCHIER

8. Edward BOURCHIER

9. Isabel BOURCHIER

10. Florence BOURCHIER


Richard PLANTAGENET (3° D. York)

Born: 21 Sep 1411

Acceded: 19 May 1426

Died: 30 Dec 1460, battle of Wakefield

Buried: 30 Jul 1476, Collegiate Church of Fotheringhay, Northampton, England / Pontefract

Notes: Knight of the Garter. Protector of England, Earl of March & Ulster, Earl of Cambridge. The first to adopt the surname of Plantagenet. His laying claim to the throne of England led to the War of the Roses. The Complete Peerage v.XIIpII,pp.905-909. Son of Richard, Earl of Cambridge, a noble who had been executed for treason by Henry V of England in 1415, and of Anne Mortimer, who, like her husband, was a direct descendant of Edward III. Richard thus had an excellent claim on the throne of England, which he began to press in 1448 by assuming the long-disused surname of Plantagenet. In doing so, he made a direct challenge to the weak Henry VI. In about 1424, he married Cecily Neville, a descendant of John of Gaunt. Having had the attainder against his father reversed in 1426, he was himself attainted on 20 Nov 1459. This made him all the more determined to achieve the throne for the House of York, and he died fighting the Lancastrians at the Battle of Wakefield on 30 Dec 1460.

Father: Richard PLANTAGENET of Conisburgh (3º E. Cambridge)

Mother: Anne MORTIMER

Married: Cecily NEVILLE (D. York) BEF 18 Oct 1424, Yorkshire, England

Children:

1. Edmund PLANTAGENET (E. Rutland)

2. EDWARD IV PLANTAGENET (King of England)

3. Anne PLANTAGENET (D. Exeter)

4. Joan PLANTAGENET (b. ABT 1438)

5. George PLANTAGENET (D. Clarence)

6. RICHARD III PLANTAGENET (King of England)

7. Elizabeth PLANTAGENET (D. Suffolk)

8. Henry PLANTAGENET (b. 10 Feb 1440/41)

9. Margaret PLANTAGENET (D. Burgundy)

10. William PLANTAGENET (b. 7 Jul 1447)

11. John PLANTAGENET (b. 7 Nov 1448)

12. Thomas PLANTAGENET (b. ABT 1450)

13. Ursula PLANTAGENET (b. 22 Jul 1455)


Edmund PLANTAGENET (E. Rutland)

Born: 27 May 1443, Rouen, France

Acceded: 29 Jan 1446

Died: 30 Dec 1460, battle of Wakefield

Buried: Collegiate Church of Fotheringhay, Northampton, England

Notes: Said to have been barbarously murdered by Lord Clifford after the battle of Wakefield.

Father: Richard PLANTAGENET (3° D. York)

Mother: Cecily NEVILLE (D. York)


Anne PLANTAGENET (D. Exeter)

Born: 10 Aug 1439, Fotheringay Castle, Northhampton, England

Died: 12/14 Jan 1475/76, St. George's Chapel, Windsor, England

Buried: St George Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire, England

Notes: Eldest daughter, she was first married to the Lancastrian Henry Holland, Duke of Exeter and Lord High Admiral. She divorced her Lancastrian husband in 1472 and married Sir Thomas St Leger, K.G. Her arms were: Per pale, dexter, Quarterly, France modern and England; sinister, per fess, de Burgh and Mortimer.

Father: Richard PLANTAGENET (3° D. York)

Mother: Cecily NEVILLE (D. York)

Married 1: Henry HOLLAND (2º D. Exeter) (son of John Holland, E. Huntingdon, and Anne Stafford)

Children:

1. Anne HOLLAND (b. 1455 - d. 1474) (m. Thomas Grey, 1° M. Dorset)

Married 2: Thomas St. LEGER (Sir Knight) ABT 1472

Children:

2. Anne St. LEGER (B. Ros)


Elizabeth PLANTAGENET (D. Suffolk)

Born: 22 Apr 1444, Rouen, France

Died: 1503

Buried: Wingfield Church, Suffolk, England

Father: Richard PLANTAGENET (3° D. York)

Mother: Cecily NEVILLE (D. York)

Married: John De La POLE (2° D. Suffolk) BEF Oct 1460

Children:

1. John De La POLE (1º E. Lincoln)

2. Geoffrey De La POLE

3. Edmund De La POLE (4° E. Suffolk)

4. Humphrey De La POLE (Rev)

5. William De La POLE (Sir)

6. Richard De La POLE (5° E. Suffolk)

7. Edward De La POLE (Archdeacon of Richmond)

8. Dorothy De La POLE

9. Catherine De La POLE (B. Stourton of Stourton)

10. Anne De La POLE (Prioress of Syon)

11. Elizabeth De La POLE


Margaret PLANTAGENET (D. Burgundy)

Born: 3 May 1446, Fotheringhay Castle, Northants, England

Died: 28 Nov 1503, Malines, Flanders

Buried: Church of the Cordeliers, Malines

Notes: her marriage to Charles the Bold at Bruges, Jul 1468, was a dynastic marriage that was long delayed by Charles' enemy, Louis XI of France, who entertained alternate matches for each of the partners with the royal senior line of Valois. Extravagant even by the standards of the most extravagant and cultured European court of its day, the celebrations surrounding the marriage constituted one of the undisputed pinnacles of display in the history of the court of Burgundy. Included in the wedding celebrations was the Tournament of the Golden Tree. The tournament was arranged around an elaborately detailed allegory, designed to honor Margaret. Margaret wore a beautiful coronet (now in the treasury of Aachen Cathedral). trimmed with pearls and decorated with precious stones, and enamelled white roses for York between red, green and white enamelled letters of her name, with gold Cs and Ms, entwined with lovers' knots. The parades, the streets lined with tapestry hung from houses, the feasting, the masques and allegorical entertainments, the jewels, impressed all observers as the marriage of the century. Later, following the deaths of her brothers, Edward IV and Richard III of England, Margaret as Dowager Duchess of Burgundy became a staunch supporter of anyone who challenged Henry VII's hold on the throne of England, including Lambert Simnel and Perkin Warbeck. Although Warbeck was undoubtedly an impostor, Margaret acknowledged him as her nephew, Richard, Duke of York.

Father: Richard PLANTAGENET (3° D. York)

Mother: Cecily NEVILLE (D. York)

Married: Charles "the Bold" (D. Burgundy) (b. 10 Nov 1433 - d. 5 Jan 1477) (son of Phillip III "the good", D. Burgundy and Isabella De Aviz) 3 Jul 1468, Dammes, Flanders

Margaret of York, Duchess of Burgundy

Charles "the Bold", Duke of Burgundy


George PLANTAGENET (D. Clarence)

Born: 21 Oct 1449, Dublin, Ireland

Died: 18 Feb 1478

Notes: Knight of the Garter. Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. Third son of Richard, Duke of York and Cecily Neville, and the brother of King Edward IV. He played an important role in the dynastic struggle known as the Wars of the Roses, but is better remembered as the character in William Shakespeare's play Richard III who was drowned in a vat of Malmsey wine.

George was born in Dublin, at a time when his father, having assumed the name Plantagenet to emphasize his descent from Henry II, was beginning to challenge Henry VI for the crown. Following his father's death and the accession of his elder brother, Edward, to the throne, George was created Duke of Clarence in 1461. On 11 Jul 1469, he married Isabel Neville, elder daughter of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick ("Warwick the Kingmaker"). Through her, Clarence would himself inherit the title, Earl of Warwick, following her father's death.

Clarence had actively supported his elder brother's claim to the throne, but, following his marriage, he began to play a dangerous game. When his father-in-law, the Earl of Warwick, became discontented and jealous, and deserted Edward to ally himself with Margaret of Anjou, consort of the deposed King Henry, Clarence joined him in France, taking his pregnant wife, Isabel. She gave birth to their first child (who died shortly afterwards) on 16 Apr 1470, in a ship off Calais. After a short time, Clarence realised that his loyalty to his father-in-law was misplaced, for Warwick proceeded to marry his younger daughter, Anne, to the Prince of Wales, King Henry's heir, and it became evident that he was placing his own interests before those of Clarence and Isabel. There now seemed little chance that he intended to place Clarence on the throne instead of his elder brother; so Clarence changed sides.

Warwick's efforts to return Henry VI to the throne having failed, and Warwick himself having been killed in battle, George was restored to the royal favour, but now saw his main rival as his younger brother, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, who had married the widowed Anne Neville. The Neville sisters were heiresses to their mother's considerable estates, and their husbands vied with one another for pride of place, with Richard eventually winning out. Clarence, who had made the mistake of plotting against his brother Edward IV, was imprisoned in the Tower of London and put on trial for treason. Following his conviction, he was "privately executed" at the Tower on 18 Feb 1478, and the tradition grew up that he had been drowned in a butt of Malmsey wine. The tradition may have originated in a joke, based on his reputation as a heavy drinker. However, a butt was equal to two hogsheads - 105 imperial gallons - easily enough to drown in. In fact, it has been speculated that the fumes from an open butt alone would be sufficient to render a man unconscious.

Clarence's wife, Isabel, had died in 1476, and they are buried together at Tewkesbury Abbey in Gloucestershire (traditional). Their surviving children, Margaret and Edward, were cared for by their aunt, Anne Neville, until she died in 1485, when Edward was 10 years old.

Father: Richard PLANTAGENET (3° D. York)

Mother: Cecily NEVILLE (D. York)

Married: Isabel NEVILLE (D. Clarence) 11 Jul 1469, Church of Our Lady, Calais, France

Children:

1. Edward PLANTAGENET (1º E. Warwick)

2. Margaret PLANTAGENET (C. Salisbury)

3. Anne PLANTAGENET (b. 16 Apr 1470 - d. ABT 1470)

4. Richard PLANTAGENET (b. 6 Oct 1476 - d. 1 Jan 1476/77)


Edward PLANTAGENET (1º E. Warwick)

Born: 25 Feb 1474/5, Warwick Castle, Warwickshire, England

Died: 29 Nov 1499, Tower Hill, London, Middlesex, England

Notes: See his Biography.

Father: George PLANTAGENET (D. Clarence)

Mother: Isabel NEVILLE (D. Clarence)


Margaret PLANTAGENET (C. Salisbury)

Born: 14 Aug 1473, Farleigh Castle, Bath, Wiltshire, England

Acceded: 1499

Died: 27 May 1541, Tower of London, Tower Green, London, England

Buried: St. Peter ad Vincula, Tower of London

Notes: See her Biography.

Father: George PLANTAGENET (D. Clarence)

Mother: Isabel NEVILLE (D. Clarence)

Married: Richard POLE (Sir Knight) 22 Sep 1494

Children:

1. Henry POLE (1° B. Montagu)

2. Reginald POLE (Cardinal)

3. Geoffrey POLE (Sir)

4. Arthur POLE (Sir)

5. Ursula POLE


RICHARD III PLANTAGENET (King of England)

Born: 2 Oct 1452, Fotheringhay Castle, England

Died: 22 Aug 1485, Bosworth Field, Leicestershire, England

Buried: Grey Friars Abbey, Leicestershire, England

Notes: Knight of the Garter.

Father: Richard PLANTAGENET (3° D. York)

Mother: Cecily NEVILLE (D. York)

Married: Anne NEVILLE (Queen of England) 12 Jul 1472, Westminster Abbey, London, England

Children:

1. Edward "of Middleham" PLANTAGENET (Prince of Wales)

Associated with: ¿?

Children:

2. Catherine PLANTAGENET (C. Huntingdon)

3. John PLANTAGENET of Gloucester


Edward "of Middleham" PLANTAGENET (Prince of Wales)

Born: Dec 1473, Middleham Castle, Yorkshire, England

Died: 9 Apr 1484, Middleham Castle, Yorkshire, England

Buried: Sheriff Hutton, Yorkshire, England

Father: RICHARD III PLANTAGENET (King of England)

Mother: Anne NEVILLE (Queen of England)


Catherine PLANTAGENET (C. Huntingdon)

Father: RICHARD III PLANTAGENET (King of England)

Mother: ¿?

Married: William HERBERT (1º E. Huntingdon) BEF 8 Mar 1484/85


EDWARD IV PLANTAGENET (King of England)

Born: 28 Apr 1442, Rouen, France

Christened: Rouen Cathedral, France

Acceded: 28 Jun 1461, Westminster Abbey, London, England

Died: 9 Apr 1483, Westminster Palace, London, England

Buried: St. George's Chapel, Windor Castle, England

Notes: Burke say he was born 29 Apr 1441. Deposed 1470-1471. The Complete Peerage v.XIIpII,pp.909-910. An autopsy has revealed that a corpse most likely to be Eleanor Talbot had borne no children. Thus his two daughters must have been from a different mother.

Father: Richard PLANTAGENET (3° D. York)

Mother: Cecily NEVILLE (D. York)

Associated with: Eleanor TALBOT (B. Sudeley)

Children:

1. Dau. PLANTAGENET

2. Dau. PLANTAGENET

Married: Elizabeth WOODVILLE (Queen of England)

Children:

3. Elizabeth PLANTAGENET (Queen of England)

4. Anne PLANTAGENET

5. EDWARD V PLANTAGENET (King of England)

6. Richard PLANTAGENET (D. York)

7. Mary PLANTAGENET

8. Cecily PLANTAGENET (V. Welles)

9. Margaret PLANTAGENET (b. 10 Apr 1472, Windsor - d. 11 Dec 1472 - i. Westminster Abbey, London, England)

10. Catherine PLANTAGENET (C. Devon)

11. Bridget PLANTAGENET (Nun at Datford)

12. George PLANTAGENET (D. Bedford)

Associated with: Elizabeth WAYTE

Children:

13. Arthur PLANTAGENET (V. Lisle)

14. Elizabeth PLANTAGENET

15. Grace PLANTAGENET

15. Mary PLANTAGENET


Dau. PLANTAGENET

Father: EDWARD IV PLANTAGENET (King of England)

Mother: Eleanor TALBOT (B. Sudeley)

Married: John TOUCHET


Grace PLANTAGENET

Notes: said to be present in 1492 on the funeral barge of Queen Elizabeth Woodeville, widow of King Edward IV. C. Ross, Edward IV (1974), pg. 316, foonote 2 (citing BM Arundel MS. 26, ff. 29v-30v). C. Given-Wilson & A. Curteis, Royal Bastards of Medieval England (1984), pp. 158,161-174.

Father: EDWARD IV PLANTAGENET (King of England)

Mother: Elizabeth WAYTE / Elizabeth LUCY


Mary PLANTAGENET

Notes: her husband was Clerk of the Crown to King Henry VII. Harman left a will dated 1501, proved 1502 (P.C.C., 15 Blamyr), naming his deceased wife, Agnes, his living wife, Mary, and eleven children, George, William, Thomas, Roger, John, Henry, Robert, Elizabeth (wife of Son Sparke), Alice, Beatrice, and Anne. The maternity of the children is uncertain, but at least the two youngest sons were by Henry Harman's last wife, Mary, as indicated by Henry's will. Misc. Gen. et Her. 4th ser. 2 (1908): 227-228 (Harman pedigree) (no identification of wives). H.S.P. 74 (1923): 61-62 (1574 Vis. Kent)

Father: EDWARD IV PLANTAGENET (King of England)

Mother: Elizabeth WAYTE / Elizabeth LUCY

Married: Henry HARMAN of Ellam (son of Thomas Harman and Elizabeth ?) (w. of Agnes ?) AFT 1485, Crayford, Kent, England


Elizabeth PLANTAGENET (Queen of England)

Born: 11 Feb 1466, Westminster Palace, London, England

Acceded: 25 Nov 1547, Westminster Abbey, London, England

Died: 11 Feb 1503, Tower of London, London, England

Buried: Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey, London

Notes: See her Page.

Father: EDWARD IV PLANTAGENET (King of England)

Mother: Elizabeth WOODVILLE (Queen of England)

Married: HENRY VII TUDOR (King of England) 18 Jan 1486, Westminster Abbey, London, England

Children:

1. Arthur TUDOR (P. of Wales)

2. Margaret TUDOR (Queen of Scotland)

3. HENRY VIII TUDOR (King of England)

4. Mary TUDOR (Queen of France/D. Suffolk)

5. Elizabeth TUDOR (b. 2 Jul 1492)

6. Edmund TUDOR (D. Somerset) (b. 21 Feb 1499)

7. Edward TUDOR

8. Catherine TUDOR (b. 2 Feb 1503)


Anne PLANTAGENET

Born: 2 Nov 1475, Westminster Palace, London, England

Died: 23 Nov 1511

Buried: Framlingham Church, Suffolk, England

Father: EDWARD IV PLANTAGENET (King of England)

Mother: Elizabeth WOODVILLE (Queen of England)

Married: Thomas HOWARD (3° D. Norfolk) 4 Feb 1494, Greenwich Palace, London, England

Children:

1. Thomas HOWARD (b. 1496 - d. 1508)

2. Henry HOWARD

3. William HOWARD

4. Dau. HOWARD

Associated with: PHILLIP I HABSBURG "the Handsome" (King of Castilla)


EDWARD V PLANTAGENET (King of England)

Born: 4 Nov 1470, Sanctuary, Westminster Abbey, England

Acceded: 9 Apr 1483

Died: 22 Jun 1483, Tower of London, London, England

Buried: 1678, Westminster Abbey, London, England

Notes: Knight of the Garter. Murdered. The Complete Peerage vol.X,p.403.

Father: EDWARD IV PLANTAGENET (King of England)

Mother: Elizabeth WOODVILLE (Queen of England)


Richard PLANTAGENET (D. York)

Born: 17 Aug 1473, Dominican Friary, Shrewsbury, Shropshire

Acceded: 28 May 1474

Died: 22 Jun 1483, Tower of London, London, England

Buried: 1674, Westminster Abbey, London, England

Notes: Knight of the Garter. Murdered. Earl of Nottingham, Earl of Surrey and Warenne. Duke of Norfolk. The Complete Peerage v.XIIpII,pp.513 & 910-913. One of the Princes of the Tower.

Father: EDWARD IV PLANTAGENET (King of England)

Mother: Elizabeth WOODVILLE (Queen of England)

Married: Anne MOWBRAY (C. Norfolk) 15 Jan 1478, St. Stephen's Chapel, Westminster, England


Mary PLANTAGENET

Born: 11 Aug 1467, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England

Died: 23 May 1482, Greenwich Palace, London, England

Buried: St. George's Chapel, Windor Castle, England

Father: EDWARD IV PLANTAGENET (King of England)

Mother: Elizabeth WOODVILLE (Queen of England)


Cecily PLANTAGENET (V. Welles)

Born: 20 Mar 1468/9, Westminster Palace, London, England

Died: 24 Aug 1507, Quarr Abbey, Isle of Wight, England

Notes: while her father was King, plans were made for her to marry Prince James of Scotland but the alliance was broken off before Edward’s death. Under Richard III, Cecily spent from Apr 1483 until 1 Mar 1584 in sanctuary at Westminster. King Richard provided her with a dowry of 200 marks per annum in land and arranged her marriage to Ralph Scrope of Upsall (b.1465 - d. 1515), but the marriage was dissolved by order of the new King Henry VII, Cecily’s brother-in-law, in 1486. That same year she carried Prince Arthur to the font at his christening and she carried her sister’s train at her coronation on 25 Nov 1487. In 1488, Cecily was married to Henry VII’s half-uncle, John Welles, Viscount Welles. By Welles she had two daughters, Elizabeth and Anne. Cecily was at her sister’s court during her widowhood but gave up her social position to marry Thomas Kyme of Friskney, Lincolnshire in 1502. She did not have the King’s permission and he seized the Welles lands, in which she had a life interest, by way of punishment. The King’s mother, Margaret Beaufort, however, sheltered the newlyweds and negotiated a compromise the following year. Some sources give Cecily a son, Richard, and a daughter, Margery, by Kyme but more recent research indicates that these were the children of a different Thomas Kyme who was from the Isle of Wight. Cecily’s marriage to Thomas Kyme of Lincolnshire was probably childless.

Father: EDWARD IV PLANTAGENET (King of England)

Mother: Elizabeth WOODVILLE (Queen of England)

Married 1: John WELLES (1º V. Welles) BEF Dec 1487

Children:

1. Elizabeth WELLES (b. ABT 1487 - d. BEF 1498)

2. Anne WELLES (d. 1499)

Married 2: Thomas KYME of Friskney BEF Jan 1504


Catherine PLANTAGENET (C. Devon)

Born: ABT 14 Aug 1479, Eltham Palace, Kent, England

Died: 15 Nov 1527, Tiverton Castle, Devon, England

Buried: 3 Dec 1527, Tiverton Church, Devon, England

Notes: See her Biography.

Father: EDWARD IV PLANTAGENET (King of England)

Mother: Elizabeth WOODVILLE (Queen of England)

Married: William COURTENAY (10° E. Devon) BEF Oct 1495

Children:

1. Edward COURTENAY

2. Henry COURTENAY (1° M. Exeter)

3. Margaret COURTENAY


Bridget PLANTAGENET (Nun at Dartford)

Born: 10 Nov 1480, Eltham Palace, Kent, England

Died: 1517, Dartford Priory, Kent, England

Buried: Dartford Priory, Kent, England

Father: EDWARD IV PLANTAGENET (King of England)

Mother: Elizabeth WOODVILLE (Queen of England)


George PLANTAGENET (D. Bedford)

Born: Mar 1477, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England

Died: Mar 1479, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England

Buried: St.George's Chapel, Windor Castle, England

Father: EDWARD IV PLANTAGENET (King of England)

Mother: Elizabeth WOODVILLE (Queen of England)


Elizabeth PLANTAGENET

Born: ABT 1464, England

Notes: As was typical of that day, British kings often had mistresses, and these women bore them children. However, in that more promiscuous time, these illegitimate children, while not in line for the throne, were known to be descended from the King and were often given titles. It was in this way that Elizabeth, born about 1464, came to be accepted as the daughter of King Edward IV and his mistress Elizabeth Wayte. While there is some confusion about her mother's name, it appears well estabished that Elizabeth Plantagenet was the King's daughter, and that she married Sir Thomas Lumley. Additional evidence of Elizabeth's parentage may be seen in the papal dispensation granted in 1489 for Elizabeth's son, Richard Lumley, to marry Anne Conyers, they being related in the [3rd and] 4th degree of kindred. A dispensation was needed for this marriage, as the two parties were both descended from Ralph Neville, K.G., 1st Earl of Westmorland, and his wife, Joan Beaufort (see Testamenta Eboracensia 3 (Surtees Soc., vol. 45) (1865): 355)].

Father: EDWARD IV PLANTAGENET (King of England)

Mother: Elizabeth WAYTE

Married: Thomas LUMLEY (Sir) ABT 1480, Yorkshire, England

Children:

1. Richard LUMLEY (4º B. Lumley)

2. John LUMLEY (b. ABT 1479 - d. AFT 1483)

3. Anne LUMLEY (B. Ogle)

4. Elizabeth LUMLEY

5. George LUMLEY

6. Roger LUMLEY

7. Sybilla LUMLEY


Arthur PLANTAGENET (1° V. Lisle)

Born: 1461, Calais, France

Acceded: 25 Apr 1523

Died: 3 Mar 1541/2, Tower of London, London, England

Buried: Tower of London, London, Middlesex, England

Notes: See his Biography.

Father: EDWARD IV PLANTAGENET (King of England)

Mother: Elizabeth WAYTE / Elizabeth LUCY

Married 1: Elizabeth GREY (6° B. Lisle) 12 Nov 1511

Children:

1. Bridget PLANTAGENET

2. Elizabeth PLANTAGENET

3. Frances PLANTAGENET

Married 2: Honor GRENVILLE (V. Lisle) (b. 1493 - d. Apr 1566) (dau. of Sir Thomas Grenville and Isabella Gilbert) (w. of Sir John Bassett) (See her Biography)


Bridget PLANTAGENET

Born: ABT 1513

Notes: Educated at Nunnaminster Abbey, in Winchester. Among her twenty six companions was Mary Pole, dau. of Sir Geoffrey Pole, and other ladies of equally high birth. Abbess Elizabeth Shelley wrote to her Lady Lisle: "... I allowed your daughter, Bridget,  to go on a visit to Sir Andrew Windsor to sport her for a week. She hasn't come back. Please tell me the reason...".

Father: Arthur PLANTAGENET (V. Lisle)

Mother: Elizabeth GREY (6° B. Lisle)

Married: William CARDEN (Sir)


Elizabeth PLANTAGENET

Born: ABT 1515

Father: Arthur PLANTAGENET (V. Lisle)

Mother: Elizabeth GREY (6° B. Lisle)

Married: Francis JOBSON (Sir Lt. of the Tower) (d. 11 Jun 1573, Monkwike, Essex, England)

Children:

1. John JOBSON (m. Kesiah Murden)

2. Edward JOBSON

3. Thomas JOBSON

4. Henry JOBSON

5. Mary JOBSON


Frances PLANTAGENET

Born: ABT 1519

Father: Arthur PLANTAGENET (V. Lisle)

Mother: Elizabeth GREY (6° B. Lisle)

Married 1: John BASSETT ABT 1535

Children:

1. Arthur BASSETT

2. Eleanor BASSETT

3. Edward BASSETT

Married 2: Thomas MONCK (b. ABT 1515 - d. BEF 20 Aug 1583) AFT 1541, Potheridge, Devon, England

Children:

4. Margaret MONCK (m. Hugh Ackland)

5. Anthony MONCK of Potheridge (m. Mary Arscott)

6. John MONCK (m. Dau. Bold)

7. Francis MONCK

8. Catherine MONCK (m. Jerome Mee)

9. Mary MONCK (m. John Arscott)


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