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Edward Lancaster, of Westminster, Prince of Wales

Male 1453 - 1471  (17 years)


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  • Name Edward Lancaster  [1
    Suffix of Westminster, Prince of Wales 
    Birth 13 Oct 1453 
    Gender Male 
    Death 4 May 1471  Tewkesbury Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1273  Bourchiers
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2020 

    Father King Henry Lancaster, King Henry VI,   b. 6 Dec 1421, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 May 1471, Tower of London, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years) 
    Mother Margaret, of Anjou,   b. 23 Mar 1430   d. 25 Aug 1482 (Age 52 years) 
    Marriage 23 Apr 1445  Titchfield Abbey Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F572  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Anne Neville 
    Family ID F584  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Aug 2015 

  • Notes 
    • Edward of Westminster (13 October 1453 – 4 May 1471), also known as Edward of Lancaster, was the only son of King Henry VI of England and Margaret of Anjou. He was killed at the Battle of Tewkesbury, making him the only heir apparent to the English throne ever to die in battle.

      Edward was born at the Palace of Westminster, London, the only son of King Henry VI of England and his wife, Margaret of Anjou. At the time, there was strife between Henry's supporters, and Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, who had a claim to the throne and challenged the authority of Henry's officers of state. Henry was suffering from mental illness, and there were widespread rumours that the prince was the result of an affair between his mother and one of her loyal supporters. Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset and James Butler, 5th Earl of Ormonde, were both suspected of fathering Prince Edward,[1] however, there is no firm evidence to support the rumours, and Henry himself never doubted the boy's legitimacy and publicly acknowledged paternity. Edward was invested as Prince of Wales at Windsor Castle in 1454.

      see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_of_Westminster,_Prince_of_Wales

  • Sources 
    1. [S1870] Wikipedia, (en.wikipedia.org), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VI_of_England.