HOUSE OF

York
House of York
House of York, younger branch of
the house of Plantagenet of
England. It provided three kings of
England— Edward IV, Edward V, and
Richard III—and, in turn was
defeated and passed on its claims
to the Tudor dynasty.
House of York
The house was founded by King
Edward III’s fifth son, Edmund of
Langley (1341–1402), 1st Duke of
York, but Edmund and his own son,
Edward, 2nd Duke of York, had for
the most part undistinguished
careers.
House of York
Edward, dying childless, passed on
the dukedom to his nephew Richard.
Richard, 3rd Duke of York (1411–
60), was the initial Yorkist claimant
to the crown, in opposition to the
Lancastrian Henry VI.
Timeline of the Kings in the House of York

King Edward IV King Edward V King Richard III

 King Edward IV
1461 -1470, 1471 - 1483
Age: 18-40
Great-great-great-grandson of Edward III
Born: 28th of April 1442 at Rouen, Normandy, France
Parents: Richard, Duke of York, and Cecily Neville
Ascended to the throne: 4 March 1461 aged 18 years
Crowned: 28th of June 1461 at Westminster Abbey
Married: Elizabeth, Daughter of Richard Woodville
(English)
 King Edward IV
1461 -1470, 1471 - 1483
Children: Three sons including Edward V and Richard
Duke of York (the Princes in the Tower), Seven
daughters and four illegitimate children
Died: 9th of April 1483
Buried at: Windsor
Reigned for: 21 years. Deposed 3rd of October 1470,
Restored 21st of May 1471
Succeeded by: his son Edward V
Edward IV was twice king of England,
winning the struggle against the
Lancastrians to establish the House of York
on the English throne.
Edward IV was King of England from 4th of
March 1461 until 3rd of October 1470, and
again from 11th of April 1471 until his death
in 1483.
Edward IV was the first Yorkist King of
England.
Edward defeated the Lancastrians in a series
of battles, culminating in the Battle of Towton
in 1461. With the Lancastrian king, Henry VI,
overthrown, Edward was crowned Edward IV.
1470 - 71 Henry IV briefly restored as king
1471 - Edward is restored to the throne and
with his wife Elizabeth Woodville produce their
first of 10 children and heir to the Yorkist
throne also known as Prince Edward.
 King Edward V
1483 - 1483

Age: 12
Born: 4th of November 1470 at the Sactuary,
Westminster Abbey
Parents: Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville
Ascended to the throne: 9th of April 1483, aged 12
years
Crowned: Not crowned
Married: Never Married
 King Edward V
1483 - 1483

Children: None
Deposed: 25th of June 1483
Died: 3rd of September 1483 at Tower of
London (murdered), aged 12 years
Buried at: Tower of London
Succeeded by: his uncle Richard III
King Edward V is the Eldest son of
Edward IV.
He was desposed two months and
17 days after his accession in
favour of his uncle (Richard III), and
is traditionally believed to have
been murdered (with his brother)
in the Tower of London on
Richard's orders.
 King Richard III
1483 - 1485
Age: 31-33
Younger brother of Edward IV
Born: 2nd of October 1452 at Fotheringhay Castle,
Northamptonshire
Parents: Richard, Duke of York, and Cecily Neville
Ascended to the throne: 25th of June 1483 aged 30
years
Crowned: 6th of July 1483 at Westminster Abbey
 King Richard III
1483 - 1485
Married: Anne Neville, widow of Edward, Prince of
Wales and daughter of Earl of Warwick
Children: One son, plus several illegitimate children
before his marriage
Died: 22nd of August 1485 at Battle of Bosworth,
Leicestershire, aged 32 years
Buried at: Leicester
Succeeded by: his distant cousin Henry VII
Shakespeare portrayed Richard as the most
evil of Kings.
Richard was killed in battle against Henry
Tudor (Henry VII) ending the Wars of the
Roses. He was the last English King to die on
the Battlefield.
Prime suspect to the suspected murders of
the two princes, Edward and Richard.
 Th e Pr i n c e s i n
t h e To we r
The two princes, Edward and Richard were locked up in
the Tower of London by Richard. The elder prince was in fact
the 12 year old King Edward VI who Richard had kidnapped
on his way to London to be crowned King. The other prince
was his younger brother also called Richard (Duke of York).
Richard Duke of York was obviously second in line to the
throne. Both needed to be “done away with” before Uncle
Richard could inherit the throne.
 Th e Pr i n c e s i n
t h e To we r
The two boys simply disappeared and nobody who
valued their lives dared to ask Richard what had become
of them.
About 150 years later some children’s bones were
discovered but technology was not then available to
provide the conclusive evidence for who they were.
During the 1930’s the bones were examined again and
were dated as far as was then possible to the late 1480’s.
 The End
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