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2 days ago · On the former, George Plantagenet, third surviving son of Richard, Duke of York, and husband of Isabel, Richard Neville's elder daughter, the earldom of Warwick had been conferred in 1472 by reason of that marriage.
4 days ago · Duke of Bedford Lancastrian: Catherine Woodville: Henry Stafford Duke of Buckingham Yorkist, then Lancastrian Elizabeth Woodville: Edward IV Duke of York, King of England r. 1461–1470, r. 1471–1483 Yorkist: George Plantagenet Duke of Clarence Yorkist, then Lancastrian Tower: Edward of Westminster Prince of Wales Lancastrian † Tewkesbury ...
3 days ago · The title became extinct in 1688, by the death of Christopher his son, the second duke. The great Duke of Albemarle resided at Potheridge, and in 1672 rebuilt the mansion, which had been the seat of his ancestors. It is now in ruins. Arms: — Gules, a chevron between three lions, heads erased, Arg.
4 days ago · From 1700 to 1802. During the eighteenth century there were four Dukes of Bedford. In 1694 the fifth Earl had been raised to the dukedom as a mark of honour for his eldest son, William, Lord Russell, who had been beheaded in 1683 for his supposed complicity in the Rye House Plot.
3 days ago · United Kingdom - Early Plantagenets, Monarchy, Sovereignty: Matilda’s son Henry Plantagenet, the first and greatest of three Angevin kings of England, succeeded Stephen in 1154. Aged 21, he already possessed a reputation for restless energy and decisive action.
3 days ago · He was the last king of the Plantagenet dynasty and its cadet branch the House of York. His defeat and death at the Battle of Bosworth Field marked the end of the Middle Ages in England . Richard was created Duke of Gloucester in 1461 after the accession of his brother Edward IV.
4 days ago · Edmund, 1st Earl of Lancaster (16 January 1245 – 5 June 1296), also known as Edmund Crouchback, was a member of the royal Plantagenet Dynasty and the founder of the first House of Lancaster. He was Earl of Leicester (1265–1296), Lancaster (1267–1296) and Derby (1269–1296) in England and Count Palatine of Champagne (1276–1284) in France.
