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Topic: George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence


  
  Luminarium Encyclopedia: George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence (1449-1478)
George, Duke of Clarence, younger son of Richard, Duke of York, by his wife Cicely, daughter of Ralph Neville, 1st earl of Westmorland, was born in Dublin on the 21st of October 1449.
Having been mentioned as a possible husband for Mary, daughter of Charles the Bold, afterwards Duke of Burgundy, Clarence came under the influence of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, and in July 1469 was married at Calais to the earl's elder daughter Isabella.
Two of the duke's children survived their father: Margaret, countess of Salisbury (1473-1541), and Edward, earl of Warwick (1475-1499), who passed the greater part of his life in prison and was beheaded in November 1499.
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  George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence (21 October 1449 18 February 1478) was the third son of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, and Cecily Neville, and the younger brother of King Edward IV of England.
George was born on 21 October 1449 in Dublin, at a time when his father, having assumed the name Plantagenet to emphasize his descent from King Henry II, was beginning to challenge King Henry VI for the crown.
The first one, Lionel of Antwerp, duke of Clarence (1338-1368), was a brother of the Black Prince.] On 11 July 1469, he married Isabel Neville, elder daughter of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick ("Warwick the Kingmaker").
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 Duke of Clarence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Duke of Clarence is a title which has been traditionally awarded to junior members of the English and British royal families.
The final creation ("Clarence and Avondale") was for Prince Albert Victor of Wales, the eldest son of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII).
Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence (1388-1421)
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 Clarence George Plantagenet Duke of - Search Results - MSN Encarta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Clarence, George Plantagenet, Duke of (1449-1478), son of Richard, duke of York, and brother of Edward IV, king of England, born in Dublin.
Clarence, George Plantagenet, Duke of, Warwick, Earls and Duke of
Buckingham, George Villiers, 1st Duke of (1592-1628), English statesman, born in Brooksby.
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 Encyclopedia: Edward IV of England
George (Plantagenet), Duke of Clarence (October 21, 1449 - February 18, 1478) was the third son of Richard, Duke of York and Cecily Neville, and the brother of King Edward IV of England.
Edward's two younger brothers, George, Duke of Clarence, and Richard, Duke of Gloucester (later King Richard III of England) were married to Isabella Neville and Anne Neville.
Clarence was eventually found guilty of plotting against Edward and was imprisoned in the Tower of London.
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 DUKES OF CLARENCE - Online Information article about DUKES OF CLARENCE
George, Duke of Clarence 1449-1478 By Dorothy Davies George, Duke of Clarence was brother to two kings, son-in-law to the Earl of Warwick, known as the Kingmaker, he was a turncoat and finally, it is said, was executed by being drowned in a barrel of malmsey for one treasonable act too many.
George Plantagenet was born in Dublin on the 21st October 1449.
The duke rode away under cover of the night and the next morning the soldiers took charge of the duchess and her two sons, conveying them to her sister’s home in Coventry, whilst the rest of the army sacked the village and the castle.
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 Monck George 1st Duke of Albemarle - Search Results - MSN Encarta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Buckingham, George Villiers, 1st Duke of (1592-1628), English statesman, born in Brooksby, Leicestershire.
Buckingham, George Villiers, 2nd Duke of (1628-1687), English politician, son of the 1st duke, born in London, raised at court, and educated at the...
Clarence, George Plantagenet, Duke of: Seymour, Edward, 1st Duke of Somerset
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 George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence (21 October 1449 – 18 February 1478) was the third son of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, and Cecily Neville, and the younger brother of King Edward IV of England.
George was born on 21 October 1449 in Dublin, at a time when his father, having assumed the name Plantagenet to emphasize his descent from King Henry II, was beginning to challenge King King 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.
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Edward's two younger brothers, George, Duke of Clarence, and Richard, Duke of Gloucester (later King Richard III of England) were married to Isabella Neville and Anne Neville.
Clarence was eventually found guilty of plotting against Edward and was imprisoned in the Tower of London.
Mary Plantagenet, married Henry Harman of Ellam, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Harman and widower of Agness.
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 Richard Iii Of England
It is popularly believed that she had fallen under the control of George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, who had an interest in preventing her from marrying again, because it gave him full control over the joint inheritance of Anne and her elder sister Isabella Neville, Duchess of Clarence, George's wife.
His elder brother George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence had been attainted in connection with a treason charge, meaning that his children Margaret and Edward, Earl of Warwick were also removed from the line of succession - although they were not personally accused of treason and had been given other honors.
If Edward IV's illegitimacy were accepted, then the heirs of George, Duke of Clarence would have been the heirs of the House of York and of the throne of England, according to the strict application of medieval Laws of Inheritance.
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 York, House of - MSN Encarta
Edmund's grandson, Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, laid claim to the throne then occupied by Henry VI, who was descended from John of Gaunt, the fourth son of Edward III and was head of the House of Lancaster.
Richard Plantagenet claimed a prior right to it through his maternal grandfather, Roger VI de Mortimer, 4th Earl of March and Ulster, whose son had been recognized as heir presumptive by Richard II.
Richard Plantagenet was killed in the battle at Wakefield in 1460, but in 1461 his eldest son was proclaimed Edward IV, king of England, the first of the Yorkist line of English kings.
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 Richard, Duke Of York
Richard, Duke of York (21 September 1411 – 30 December 1460) was a member of the English royal family, who served in senior positions in France at the end of the Hundred Years' War, and in England during Henry VI 's madness.
His paternal grandparents were Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York and Isabella of Castile.
Philippa Plantagenet was in turn the only daughter of Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence and Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon
George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon (1540–3 December, 1604) was an English nobleman.
Both Buckingham and Clarence were descendants of the House of Plantagenet, were close relatives to various monarchs of England and entertained hopes for the throne during their lifetimes.
Anne was a daughter of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset and Anne Stanhope.
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 Australian Information from Wikipedia
January 15 - Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York, aged four, is married to five-year-old Anne de Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk.
February 18 - George, Duke of Clarence, convicted of treason against his older brother Edward IV of England, is privately executed in the Tower of London.
February 18 - George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, brother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (executed) (born 1449)
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 Edward IV of England Summary
Born at Rouen on April 28, 1442, Edward IV was the son of Richard, Duke of York, and Cecily Neville.
Dr Jones argues that tracing through Edward's younger brother, George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence (whom Jones argues was the legitimate heir), the current heir would be Michael Abney-Hastings, 14th Earl of Loudoun who resides in Australia as a rice researcher.
Indeed, it was only this exclusion of George's descendants that allowed Richard III to ascend the throne, and after the death of his son Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales, Richard considered his nephew John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln, to be his heir, again excluding the Clarence branch.
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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.
803 (inv 1894) Gavin (Campbell), 1st Marquess of Breadalbane.
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 Richard, Duke of York   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Richard (Plantagenet), Duke of York (21 September 1411- 30 December 1460) was the son of Richard, Earl of Cambridge, a noble who had been executed for treason by King Henry V of England in 1415, and of Anne Mortimer, who, like her husband, was a direct descendant of King Edward III.
This made the Duke all the more determined to achieve the throne for the House of York, and he was victorious over the Lancastrians at the Battle of Northampton.
George, Duke of Clarence (October 21, 1449 - February 18, 1478).
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 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for clarence
Clarence, Lionel, 1st Duke of (1338–68) The second surviving son of EDWARD III of England and Philippa of Hainault, known as Lionel of Antwerp from his birth in Antwerp.
Clarence, George Plantagenet, Duke of (1449–78) One of EDWARD IV of England's younger brothers.
Yankee interloper and native son: Carl Carmer and Clarence Cason: unlikely twins of Alabama expose.
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 Duke of Clarence
Duke of Clarence is a title which has been traditionally awarded to junior members of the English and British royal families.
George Plantagenet, brother of King Edward IV, 1449-1478
Dukedom of Clarence and Avondale (Peerage of the United Kingdom, 1890)
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 Elizabeth, throne, married, George, Category, Neville, August, April, raised, Battle, could, Margaret, March - Edward ...
In Titulus Regius (the text of which is believed to come word-for-word from the petition presented by Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham to the assembly which met on June 25 1483, to decide on the future of the monarchy).
Some historians have raised the criticism that it is logistically possible for Richard Duke of York to have returned briefly from battle to Rouen because often military leaders led their forces from the rear.
Author Alexander Canduci also argues that George, Duke of Clarence and his heirs could not have succeeded to the throne of England, principally as they were barred from the throne by Parliament under a Bill of Attainder, and only another Act of Parliament could ever rescind this.
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 House of York
Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York, born 1473, murdered 1483.
George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland 1461-70 and 1472-8,
The Plantagenet line sunk so low that Margaret Plantagenet's great-granddaughter married a joiner, and her son was a mender of old shoes.
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 Richard III of England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Richard was born at Fotheringay Castle, the fourth son of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York (who had been a strong claimant to the throne of King Henry VI) and Cecily Neville.
On the death of King Edward IV, in April 1483, the late King's sons (Richard's young nephews), King Edward V, aged 12, and Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York, aged 9, were supposedly next in the order of succession.
The children of George, Duke of Clarence were attainted because of their father's treason and not eligible to inherit the throne.
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 Richard III of England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is popularly believed that she had fallen under the dubious control of George of Clarence, who had an interest in preventing her from marrying again, because it gave him full control over the joint inheritance of Anne and her elder sister Isabel, George's wife.
On the death of King Edward IV, in April 1483, the late King's sons (Richard's young nephews), King Edward V, aged 12, and Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York, aged 9, were next in the order of succession.
His elder brother George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence had been attainted in connection with a treason charge; Richard's faction used this as an excuse to remove his children Margaret and Edward, Earl of Warwick from the line of succession - although they were not personally accused of treason and had been given other honors.
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