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  The House of York
Edmund was killed at the battle of Wakefield on 30 December 1460, by Lord Clifford, whose father had been killed at the battle of St Albans.
Edmund de la Pole was beheaded by Henry VIII and the last de la Pole heir, Richard, was killed at the battle of Pavia in 1524, fighting for the French.
Edmund was a witness at the marriage of Arthur to Catherine of Aragon in May 1500 and then went with Henry VII to Calis where he stayed until August 1501.
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 Edmund, Earl of Rutland information - Search.com
Edmund, Earl of Rutland (May 17, 1443 – December 31, 1460) was the fifth child and second surviving son of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York and Cecily Neville.
Edmund was a younger brother of Edward IV of England and an older brother of Margaret of Burgundy, George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence and Richard III of England.
His head was displayed on the gates of York, England, along with those of his father and of his uncle, Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury.
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 TimeRef: My Project Details
The eldest sons of the York family, Edward, Earl of March and Edmund, Earl of Rutland, had grown up and been taught all the arts and skills of being knights and belted earls at Ludlow.
Edmund, Earl of Rutland, aged 17, was killed on the battlefield in cold blood.
^Earl Rivers was proposed as a candidate for marriage with Mary in Burgundy.
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 Henry VI, part 3
The play begins with the Earl of Warwick (Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick) presiding over a dispute between Richard, Duke of York and the reigning King Henry, in the course of which Henry agrees to make York his heir.
At the Battle of Wakefield, the Yorkists are defeated, and there follow some of the bloodiest and most heart-rending scenes in all of Shakespeare, as Clifford murders York's young son, the Earl of Rutland.
King Henry VI has been restored to the throne, and the young Earl of Richmond (the future King Henry VII of England) is given a prominent part in the action, as he is shown going into exile in France to escape the Yorkists.
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 Chancellors during the Wars of the Roses
Edmund Plantagenet, Earl of Rutland, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, descended paternally from Edward of Langley, youngest son of King Edward II.
The Earls of Kildare and Desmond, the heads of the Fitz Geralds, with the Prestons, and Barnewalls, secured to the Duke the Government of Ireland despite the power of the potent Butlers, the influence of the Crown and Parliament of England.
cruelty in causing the Earl of Desmond to be beheaded.
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 Edmund, Earl of Rutland Information
Edmund, Earl of Rutland (May 17, 1443 – December 31, 1460) was the fifth child and second surviving son of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York and Cecily Neville.
He died at the age of seventeen after the Battle of Wakefield (December 30, 1460) during the Wars of the Roses, executed on the orders of the Lancastrian Lord Clifford, or by some accounts, by Lord Clifford himself.
His head was displayed on the gates of York, England, along with those of his father and of his uncle, Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury.
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 CalendarHome.com - 1460 - Calendar Encyclopedia
June - The Earl of Warwick and Edward, Earl of March, eldest son of the Duke of York, land in England with an army and seize London.
December 30 - Battle of Wakefield - A Lancastrian army under Henry Beaufort, Duke of Somerset and Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland defeats a Yorkist army under the Duke of York and his son, Edmund, Earl of Rutland.
December 31 - Edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (executed) (b.
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 TimeRef - History Timelines - Earls and Barons
Edmund was directly descended from Edward III via Lionel and when Richard II died became the true heir to the English throne but Henry IV took the throne for himself.
Tostig was the son of Godwine, Earl of Wessex and brother of Harold II, King of England.
Edmund was the son of Owen Tudor, a Welsh landowner, and Catherine of France, the wife of Henry V. Edmund married into the Beaufort family and their son became Henry VII, the first Tudor king.
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Earl of Northumberland, he slew thy father, And thine, Lord Clifford; and you both have vowed revenge On him, his sons, his favourites, and his friends.
Rutland So looks the pent-up lion o'er the wretch That trembles under his devouring paws; And so he walks, insulting o'er his prey, And so he comes to rend his limbs asunder.
Warwick No longer Earl of March, but Duke of York: The next degree is England's royal throne; For king of England shalt thou be proclaimed In every borough as we pass along; And he that throws not up his cap for joy Shall for the fault make forfeit of his head.
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 Wakefield
Richard, Duke of York; Edmund, Earl of Rutland; Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury.
It is still not clear why York left the relative safety of the castle, but on 30 December York and his son, Edmund, Earl of Rutland and his his men rode out to Wakefield Green to meet the Lancastrians.
The death of their fathers left the Earl of March, now nominally the Duke of York, and the Earl of Warwick, two of the richest magnates in England.
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 Battle of Wakefield
The details of what ensued are not entirely clear, and most people are more familiar with William Shakespeare's melodramatic version of events, notably the "murder" of York's second son, Edmund, Earl of Rutland.
In Shakespeare's play, Edmund is depicted as a small child, and, following his unnecessary slaughter, Margaret torments his father, York, before murdering him also.
In fact, the Duke of York was killed during the battle, and his son, Edmund, at seventeen, was more than old enough to be an active participant in the fighting.
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 British Royal Family Tree
EARL OF CORNWALHARD was born January 5, 1208/09 in Winchester, Castle, England, and died 1272 in Newark Castle, Newark, England.
EARL EDMUND CROUCHBACK OF LEICESTER was born January 16, 1244/45 in London, England, and died June 5, 1296 in Bayonne.
EARL OF KENT EDMUND OF WOODSTOCK was born August 5, 1301 in Woodstock, and died March 19, 1329/30 in Winchester.
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 3 KING HENRY VI DRAMATIS PERSONAE KING HENRY the Sixth. EDWARD, PRINCE OF WALES his son. (
Thy father was, as thou art, Duke of York; Thy grandfather, Roger Mortimer, Earl of March: I am the son of Henry the Fifth, Who made the Dauphin and the French to stoop And seized upon their towns and provinces.
Messenger The queen with all the northern earls and lords Intend here to besiege you in your castle: She is hard by with twenty thousand men; And therefore fortify your hold, my lord.
WARWICK No longer Earl of March, but Duke of York: The next degree is England's royal throne; For King of England shalt thou be proclaim'd In every borough as we pass along; And he that throws not up his cap for joy Shall for the fault make forfeit of his head.
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 Edmund, Earl of Rutland - WikiLeasing.com
'Edmund, Earl of Rutland' (May 17, 1443 - December 31, 1460) was the fifth child and second surviving son of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York aad Cecily Neville.
He was born in Rouen.Edmund was a younger brother of Edward IV of England and an older brother of MMargaret of Burgundy, George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence and Richard III of England.
His head was displayed on the gates of York, England, aalong with those of his father and of his uncle, Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury.In Shakespeare's play, ''Henry VI, part 3'', Rutland is inaccurately portrayed as a small child who is brutally murdered by Clifford after pleading for his life.
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 William Shakespeare: Henry VI, Part III.
Earl of Northumberland, he slew thy father; And thine, Lord Clifford; and you both have vow'd revenge On him, his sons, his favourites, and his friends.
Thy father was, as thou art, Duke of York; Thy grandfather, Roger Mortimer, Earl of March: I am the son of Henry the Fifth, Who made the Dauphin and the French to stoop, And seiz'd upon their towns and provinces.
No longer Earl of March, but Duke of York; The next degree is England's royal throne, For King of England shalt thou be proclaim'd In every borough as we pass along; And he that throws not up his cap for joy Shall for the fault make forfeit of his head.
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 TimeRef - History Timelines - George (Duke of Clarence)
EDWARD (IV, Earl of March and King of England 1461-1470, 1471-1483)
In the battle known as Empingham (or Lose-Coat), Sir Robert was captured and confessed that the rebellion had been master-minded by the Earl of Warwick and the Duke of Clarence.
George, Duke of Clarence deserted the Earl of Warwick and joined his brothers Edward and Richard.
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 Wars of the Roses   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The most notable of these were Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset and William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, who were blamed for mismanaging the government and poorly executing the continuing Hundred Years War with France.
Richard was slain during the battle, and Salisbury and Richard's son Edmund, Earl of Rutland were captured and beheaded.
According to the Act of Accord, the events of Wakefield left Edward, Earl of March, York's eldest son, as Duke of York and heir to the throne.
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 (Edith - Edward )   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Edmund Crouchback of_Leicester (Earl) (16 JAN 1245 - 5 JUN 1296)
Edmund of_Langley (Duke of York) (5 JUN 1341 - 1 AUG 1402)
Edmund of_Woodstock (Earl of Kent) (5 AUG 1301 - 19 MAR 1330)
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 Henry VI Part III
Edmund, Earl of Rutland; George, who becomes Duke of Clarence; Richard, who becomes Duke of Gloucester.
Besides the Plantagenets (above) they are the Duke of Somerset (Edmund Beaufort), the Duke of Exeter (Henry Holland), the Earl of Oxford (John de Vere), the Earl of Northumberland (Henry Percy), the Earl of Westmoreland (Ralph Neville), Lord Clifford (John Clifford), and the Marquess of Montague (John Neville).
Earl of Warwick (Richard Neville), Duke of Norfolk, Earl of Pembroke, Lord Hastings, Lord Stafford, Sir John Mortimer and Sir Hugh Mortimer, Sir John Montgomery, Sir John Somerville.
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 Monarchs
Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York (1341-1402) Edward Aumerle, Earl of Rutland, 2nd Duke of York (1373?-1415) Richard, Earl of Cambridge, executed (d.
Edward IV, married Elizabeth Woodville (1442-1483) Elizabeth, married Henry VII Edmund, Earl of Rutland, murdered (1443-1460) George, Duke of Clarence, murdered by Richard III (1449-1478)
Thomas of Woodstock, Earl of Buckingham, Duke of Gloucester, murdered (1355-1397) Anne, married Edmund 5th Earl of Stafford (d.
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 The Battle of Wakefield
Richard, his son Edmund, Earl of Rutland, and his brother-in-law Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury, arrayed their forces and marched to Sandal Castle in an attempt to bring stability to the troubled region.
From the bordering woods on both sides of the battlefield emerged fresh troops under the command of the Earl of Wiltshire and Lord Roos.
Edmund was murdered by Lord Clifford shortly after his capture.
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 Wars of the Roses: Summary for Wakefield
Richard, duke of York, traveled north with Richard Neville, earl of Salisbury to meet the threat of a large Lancastrian force assembled near the city of York.
The earl of Salisbury and York's son were captured and executed marking the beginning of a less chivalrous form of warfare that lasted until the end of the wars.
Richard, duke of York, Richard Neville, earl of Salisbury and Edmund, earl of Rutland (York's son)
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 Richard III Society-Online Library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
This Richard Duke of York was descended in the direct male line from Edward III's fifth son Edmund Duke of York and through his mother, Anne Mortimer, in the direct female line from the third son Lionel Duke of Clarence.
While Henry VI was a pious and peaceful man, his queen Margaret had no intention of seeing her son set aside, as he was by the Parliamentary Act of Accord, in favor of Richard Duke of York and his sons.
Fighting between the rivals broke out and in late 1460 Richard Duke of York was killed by Margaret's forces along with his second son Edmund Earl of Rutland and his brother-in-law, the Earl of Salisbury.
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 Edmund, earl av Rutland - Wikipedia, den fria encyklopedin
Edmund, earl av Rutland, född 27 maj 1443 i Rouen, Frankrike, död 30 december 1460 i Wakefield, var den andre överlevande sonen till Rikard, hertig av York och Cecily Neville, yngre bror till Edvard IV och äldre bror till Rikard III.
Han dog som sjuttonåring 1460 efter Slaget vid Wakefield under Rosornas krig.
Hans huvud sattes upp på staden Yorks portar, tillsammans med faderns, och farbroderns, Rikard Neville, earl av Salisbury.
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 Royal Genealogies Part 22
Edward's marriage to Elizabeth Woodville, a commoner, and his efforts to create a new nobility more amenable to his interests, angered the older nobles and alienated Richard Nevill, Earl of Warwick, who had been a power behind his throne.
The "Boy King" was never crowned but acceded the Throne on 9 Apr 1483 and was deposed 25 June 1483.
Because of a power struggle between his paternal uncle Richard, duke of Gloucester and his maternal uncle Anthony Woodville, 2d Earl Rivers, both Edward and his brother, Richard, duke of York (1472-83) were confined in the Tower of London shortly after their father's death in April 1483.
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 Shakespeare Resource Center - Henry VI, Part III Synopsis
York agrees, but this infuriates Queen Margaret; the Prince of Wales, her son, will be the next king.
At Sandal Castle, Margaret leads an army that defeats the Yorkists, killing the Duke of York and his youngest boy, Rutland.
A rally by the Yorkists, however, leads to Margaret and Henry fleeing to France and Scotland, respectively.
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