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  Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, (June 5, 1341 - August 1, 1402) was a younger son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault, the fourth of the five sons of the Royal couple who lived to adulthood.
Edmund's first wife was the sister of John of Gaunt's wife, and Edmund's second wife was the sister of John of Gaunt's daughter-in-law.
Edmund of Langley died in his birthplace, and was buried there, in the church of the mendicant friars.
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 Encyclopedia: Edmund of Langley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, (June 5, 1341 - August 1, 1402) was a younger son of King Edward III of England, the fourth of the five sons of the King who lived to adulthood.
Kings Langley is a village in the borough of Dacorum in the county of Hertfordshire, England on the southern edge of the Chiltern Hills.
The title Duke of York is a title of nobility usually given to the second son of the British monarch, unless the title is already held by an earlier monarchs son who is still alive.
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 Edmund of Langley - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, (June 5, 1341 - August 1, 1402) was a younger son of King Edward III of England.
After Isabella's death in 1392, Edmund married Joan de Holland, a granddaughter of Joan of Kent.
Joan's sister, Margaret de Holland, was the daughter-in-law of Edmund's brother, John of Gaunt.
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 Encyclopedia: Edward III of England   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester (January 7, 1355 - September 8 (or 9), 1397) was the thirteenth and youngest child of King Edward III of England and Queen Philippa.
He had two sons: Edward, Duke of York, killed fighting alongside Henry V at the battle of Agincourt, and Richard, Earl of Cambridge, executed by Henry V for treason (involving a plot to place heir presumptive Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, Cambridge's brother-in-law and cousin, on the throne).
Anne of Gloucester (1383-October 16, 1438) was the eldest daughter of Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester the youngest son of Edward III and Eleanor de Bohun, a great-great-grandson of Edward I. She married twice.
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 Britannia Biographies: Edmund Langley, Duke of York
Edmund, called "of Langley" from his birthplace at the Royal Palace of Kings Langley in Hertfordshire, was the fifth son of King Edward Ill, but the fourth who attained the age of maturity.
In 1372, Edmund married the Princess Isabel of Castile and Leon, the youngest of the two daughters of King Pedro "the Cruel".
The lines of Clarence and York became united by the marriage of Richard, Earl of Cambridge, with Anne Mortimer, the great-grandaughter and heir of Lionel of Antwerp, and, after a series of sanguinary conflicts, the crown was peaceably enjoyed by their grandson, King Edward IV.
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 AllRefer.com - house of York (British And Irish History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
house of York royal house of England, deriving its name from the creation of Edmund of Langley, fifth son of Edward III, as duke of York in 1385.
The royal members of the house of York were Edward IV, Edward V, and Richard III.
The marriage of the Lancastrian Henry VII to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Edward IV, united the houses of York and Lancaster.
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 thePeerage.com - Person Page 10188
Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York+ b.
John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster was the son of Edward III, King of England and Philippe de Hainaut.
Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York was the son of Edward III, King of England and Philippe de Hainaut.
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 List of the Knights of the Garter (1348-present)
96 (inv 1399) Humphrey (Plantagenet), styled "of Lancaster." Duke of Gloucester.
Afterwards Duke of Edinburgh, reigning duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1893.
Married Edmund of Langley, Earl of Cambridge, K.G., afterwards Duke of York.
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 York, Edmund of Langley, 1st duke of --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Created earl of Cambridge in 1362 and duke of York in 1385, Edmund was the least able of Edward III's sons, and in the political strife of Richard II's reign he played an ineffective part.
The Duke of York Islands are situated in St. George's Channel between the islands of New Ireland (east) and New Britain (southwest).
Somerset, Edmund Beaufort, 1st duke of, 1st Earl Of Dorset
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 England   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
It passed to the Royal Scottish Crown after his death when his widow, Maud, married David I. In 1377 Edward III gave Fotheringhay manor and castle to his son, Edmund of Langley,1st Duke of York, and he was responsible for enlarging and rebuilding the castle.
Edmund took his name from King's Langley, the place of his birth (and his death).
In 1369 Edmund commanded the English forces in Aquitaine and later held such positions as Constable of Dover Castle and Warden of the Cinque Ports.
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 York, Richard, duke of
A compromise was arranged by which York was recognized as protector and heir apparent to the throne, but Margaret (whose own son had thus been disinherited) gathered her forces and defeated the Yorkists at the battle of Wakefield, in which York was slain.
Clarence, George, duke of - Clarence, George, duke of, 1449–78, son of Richard, duke of York, and brother of Edward IV.
Clarence, Lionel, duke of - Clarence, Lionel, duke of, 1338–68, third son of Edward III of England.
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 Richard II by William Shakespeare: A searchable online version at The Literature Network
Edmund's (York's) son the Duke of Aumerle helps Richard II defend the crown, gaining courage from the hope that Heaven will support the "right", since Richard II feels he is the rightful King of England.
Edmund (York) tells his wife (Duchess of York) of Richard's tragic journey to the north where the commoners threw dust at him.
Edmund (York) informs Henry IV and Aumerle and his mom plea for Aumerle's pardon, which Henry IV reservedly grants.
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 Maximilian Genealogy Master Database 2000 - pafg44 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
John of Gaunt PLANTAGENET Duke [Parents] was born Mar 1340 in St Bavon's Abbey, Ghent, Flanders.
Edmund of Langley PLANTAGENET Duke of York [Parents] was born 5 Jun 1341 in Kings Langley, Herts.
Joan married Edmund of Langley PLANTAGENET Duke of York on 4 Nov 1393.
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 In Search of a Princess by Brian Wainwright
Constance of York is quite often omitted from Plantagenet family pedigrees, but she was a real person.
Up until that time I had not even known that Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, had a daughter.
York was actually granted money out of the Despenser estates for her keep.
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 Sharon's Family History Page - pafg269 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Duke Lancaster John PLANTAGENET [Parents] was born in Mar 1340 in Spring, Abbey of, St. Bavon, Ghent,flanders.
Thomas E. Edmund PLANTAGENET "of Langley" "1st Duke of York" [Parents] was born on 5 Jun 1341 in Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, England.
She married Edmund PLANTAGENET "of Langley" "1st Duke of York" in Mar 1371/1372 in Hertford (?).
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 Knights of the Garter (1349-1699)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Edmund of Langley, later Duke of York, 5th son of King Edward III (app c.1360)
Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York, grandson of Edmund of Langley (1433)
Duke Emanuel Philibert of Savoy, Spanish governor of the Netherlands (1555)
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 Articles - Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York and 1st Duke of Aumale (1373 - 25 October 1415) died by drowning in mud at the Battle of Agincourt, the major English casualty in that battle.
The son of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, and his first wife Isabella of Castille.
The Duke's death in battle is difficult to portray as an act of heroism.
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 York, house of
Norfolk, John Howard, 1st duke of - Norfolk, John Howard, 1st duke of, 1430?–1485, English nobleman.
York, Edmund of Langley, duke of - York, Edmund of Langley, duke of, 1341–1402, fifth son of Edward III of England.
Mortimer, Edmund de, 3d earl of March and 1st earl of Ulster - Mortimer, Edmund de, 3d earl of March and 1st earl of Ulster, 1351–81, English nobleman.
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 Wars of the Roses: House of York
One of the major causes of the Wars of the Roses was the conflict over the line of royal succession.
Both the house of York and the house of Lancaster were descended from Edward III.
Richard, duke of York, had a dual claim to the throne, one through his mother and one through his father.
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 1402   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
June 26 - Battle of Casalecchio - Gian Galeazzo Visconti, the Duke of Milan, crushes the forces of Bologna, but he dies later that year.
Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham (died 1460)
August 1 - Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of King Edward III of England (born 1341)
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 Usenet Archive
Immigrants descended from Isabel of Castile (wife of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York): II.
The 1st Baron at this time changed the arms on his shield because, it is said, of a desire to impress his neighbors with his devotion to Christianity, a brother and sister having been burned for witchcraft.
The 6th Duke, while his older brother was still alive, and he was therefore still a commoner, was honoured by Her Majesty with letters patent creating him 1st Marquess of Exminster, 1st Viscount Passmore, and a baronet.
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 History of Tudhoe Village: Dissent and Rebellion in County Durham
The Duke issued Commissions of Array for the northern counties, and John Hoton was one of the Commissioners for Durham.
The commander of the Royalist forces in the North was William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Newcastle.
York was surrendered, and Newcastle left the country, not to return until after the Restoration.
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 Encyclopedia: British and Irish History: Biographies
Bohun, Humphrey V de, 2d earl of Hereford and 1st earl of Essex
Dufferin and Ava, Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st marquess of
Oxford and Asquith, Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st earl of
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 York, Edmund of Langley, 1st duke of --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Between 1359 and 1378 he served without distinction in several campaigns in France, Spain, and Brittany, and his one independent command, the Lisbon expedition of 1381–82 to aid King Ferdinand of Portugal against Castile, was a failure.
York was appointed keeper of the realm during Richard II's absence in Ireland in 1394–95, and again on the King's departure for his second Irish expedition in May 1399.
When Henry of Lancaster (afterward King Henry IV) invaded England (July), York tried to organize resistance, but he soon submitted (July 27), recognizing that Richard's cause was lost.
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 Anjou 3
Edward, "The Black Prince", Pr of Wales, Duke of county of Cornwal 13.3.1337, *Woodstock 15.6.1330, +Westminster Palace 8.6.1376, bur Canterbury Cathedral; m.Windsor 10.10.1361 Css Joan of Kent (*29.9.1328, +8.8.1385)
Edmund Plantagenet, Earl of Cambridge 13.11.1361, Duke of York 6.8.1385, *King's Langley 5.6.1341, +there 1.8.1402; 1m: Hertford 1.3.1372 Isabella of Castile (*1355 +1393); 2m: 24.11.1393 Joan Holand (*1380 +12.4.1434); for his issue see HERE
Edmund, 1st Earl of Kent, Earl of Arundel, *Woodstock Palace 5.8.1301, +beheaded at Winchester 19.3.1330, bur Westminster Abbey; m.XII.1325 Bss Margaret "of Liddell" Wake (*ca 1299 +29.9.1349)
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 Articles - Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
1375 - 5 August 1415) was the younger son of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, and thus a grandson of King Edward III.
Their marriage produced a daughter, Isabella, and a son, Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York.
(His elder brother, Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York, would die at the Battle of Agincourt, less than three months later.) He was stripped of all his titles and estates and was executed at Southampton before the fleet set sail.
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 Definition of Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset
James Stuart, Duke of York and Albany 1660-1673
Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava 1892-1895
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