7
Jul
7 JULY 1447
Birth of William Plantagenet, 4th son of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York and Cecily Neville. He died young.
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12
Jul
12 JULY 1469
Marriage of George, Duke of Clarence (brother of Edward IV and Richard III), to Isabel Neville, elder daughter of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (‘The Kingmaker’), and Anne Beauchamp, at Calais. The ceremony took place in secret, as King Edward IV, had explicitly forbidden the marriage. It was conducted by George Neville, Archbishop of York.
3
Jul
3 JULY 1468
Marriage of Margaret of York (sister of Edward IV and Richard III) to Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, she was his third wife. They had no children, but she acted as a protector of the Duchy after his death on 5 January 1477 for his daughter Mary, Duchess of Burgundy.
Bibliography: Christine Weightman, Margaret of York: The Diabolical Duchess. Amberley Publishing, Chalford, 2009. ISBN 978 1 84868 099 9 (paperback)
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24
May
24 MAY 1487
A young man is crowned as Edward VI in Dublin. The Tudor government identified him later as Lambert Simnel, though it is not sure who he actually was.
Bibliography: Smith, G, ‘Lambert Simnel and the King from Dublin’. The Ricardian, Vol. X, No.135 (December 1996), pp.498-536.
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23
May
23 MAY 1482
Death of Mary of York, second daughter of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville, at Greenwich Palace, London, buried at St Georges Chapel, Windsor
Tags: Edward IV, Elizabeth Woodville, Family
18
May
18 MAY 1152
Marriage of Henry II, the first Plantagenet king, and Eleanor of Aquitaine
(Photograph of the tomb of Henry II and Eleanor in Fontevraud Abbey taken by Lainestl; obtained through Wikimedia Commons)
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17
May
17 MAY 1443
Birth of Edmund, Earl of Rutland, in Rouen, Normandy. Fifth child and second surviving son of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York and Cecily Neville. He died with his father in the Battle of Wakefield, 30 December 1460.
Tags: Family, Richard Duke of York
3
May
3 MAY 1415
Birth of Cecily Neville (mother of Edward IV and Richard III) at Raby Castle, Durham
Tags: Cecily Neville, Family
28
Apr
28 APRIL 1442
22
Apr
22 APRIL 1444
Birth of Elizabeth of York, sixth child and third daughter of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York and Cecily Neville, in Rouen, Normandy. Married before February 1458 to John de la Pole, eldest son of William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, and Alice Chaucer. Her eldest son John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln, was considered heir to the throne of Richard III after the death of Edward of Middleham.
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