Descent From Edward III
For a more detailed family tree, see English monarchs family tree.Edmund of Langley had two sons, Edward, and Richard of Conisburgh. Edward succeeded to the dukedom in 1402, but was killed at the battle of Agincourt in 1415, with no issue. His younger brother married Anne de Mortimer, a great-granddaughter of Lionel of Antwerp, the second son of Edward III. Anne was also heiress to the earldom of March, following the death of her brother Edmund, 5th Earl in 1425. Edmund Mortimer was the son of Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, who had been named heir presumptive of Richard II, prior to the usurpation of the House of Lancaster, in the person of Henry Bolingbroke, in 1399.
Richard of Conisburgh was executed following his involvement in the Southampton Plot to depose Henry V of England in favour of the Earl of March. The dukedom of York therefore passed to his son, Richard Plantagenet. Through his mother, Richard Plantagenet also inherited the lands of the earldom of March, as well as the Mortimer claim to the throne.
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| Edward III, King of England 1312-1377 |
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| Lionel, 1st Duke of Clarence 1338–1368 |
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| Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster 1355-1382 |
Edmund, 1st Duke of York 1341-1402 |
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| Roger, 4th Earl of March 1374-1398 |
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| Anne de Mortimer 1390-1411 |
Richard, 3rd Earl of Cambridge 1375-1415 |
Edward, 2nd Duke of York 1373-1415 |
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| Richard, 3rd Duke of York 1411-1460 |
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| Edward IV, King of England 1442-1483 |
Edmund, Earl of Rutland 1443-1460 |
George, 1st Duke of Clarence 1449-1478 |
Richard III, King of England 1452-1485 |
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| Edward V, King of England 1470-? |
Richard, 1st Duke of York 1473-? |
Edward, 17th Earl of Warwick 1475-1499 |
Edward, Prince of Wales 1473-1484 |
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