Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke Of York

1411 - 1460  (49 years)

• Name	Richard Plantagenet
  Title	3rd Duke Of York
  Birth	21 Sep 1411
  Gender	Male
  FSID	GY4S-QV5
  Burial	1460	Northinghamshire, England
  Death	30 Dec 1460	Yorkshire, England
  Person ID	I7793	footsteps | Ancestors, Bangs, Lady Godiva, Charlamagne, Conqueor, Robert Capet II
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	Richard of Conisbrough, 3rd Earl of Cambridge ,   b. 20 Jul 1385, Yorkshire, England d. 5 Aug 1415, Southhamptonshire, England (Age 30 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Anne Mortimer, Countess of Cambridge ,   b. 27 Dec 1388, County Meath, Ireland d. 22 Sep 1411, Herefordshire, England (Age 22 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	23 May 1408
  Family ID	F8998	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Cecily Neville, Duchess Of York ,   b. 3 May 1415, Durham, England d. 31 May 1495, Herefordshire, England (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	18 Oct 1429	Yorkshire, England
  Children	+ 1. Edward Plantaganet, King Of England , IV,   b. 28 Apr 1442, Normandie, France d. 9 Apr 1483, Middlesex, England (Age 40 years)
  Family ID	F43	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 18 Oct 1429 - Yorkshire, England Death - 30 Dec 1460 - Yorkshire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Richard of York was a leading English magnate and claimant to the thron e d u r i n g the Wars of the Roses. He was a member of the ruling House of P l a n t a genet by virtue of being a direct male-line descendant of Edmund o f L a n g l ey, King Edward III's fourth surviving son. However, it was thro ug h h i s m o ther, Anne Mortimer, a descendant of Edward III's second surv i vi n g s o n, Lionel of Antwerp, that Richard inherited his strongest clai m t o t h e t h rone, as the opposing House of Lancaster was descended from J o hn o f G a u nt, Duke of Lancaster, the third surviving son of Edward III. H e a l s o i n herited vast estates and served in various offices of state in I r e l a n d, France and England, a country he ultimately governed as Lord Pr o t e c t or during the madness of King Henry VI.