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The rumors of Edward’s illegitimacy actually originated much earlier than you suggest though. There is evidence that it first surfaced in the late 1460s at the hand of Warwick the Kingmaker when his and Edward’s relationship collapsed, and again in the 1470s when George was misbehaving.
Did he? Lately it has been his eldest brother, Edward IV, born 28 April 1442, who has come in for scrutiny and a claim that he was indeed illegitimate. So what is the claim and how does that bear up under scrutiny? The claim, and historical evidence.
Edward had several acknowledged illegitimate children; Elizabeth Plantagenet (born c. 1464 ), possibly daughter of Elizabeth Lucy, [1] who married Thomas, son of George Lumley, Baron Lumley . [82] [83] [84]
The programme based its thesis on the centuries-old claim that Edward IV was illegitimate, born to Cecily, Duchess of York, by an English archer (surnamed Blaybourne by some) while her husband, Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, was fighting elsewhere in France.
Edward IV had several illegitimate children by different women and in 1483 all his seven surviving children with Queen Elizabeth (née Woodville) were declared illegitimate. This led to the coronation of his brother Richard III in place of his son Edward V.
For 500 years the concentration has been put upon Richard III's usurption of the throne from the Princes in the Tower. The reason being that they were illegitimate, Edward IV had never been...
Edward IV, king of England from 1461 until October 1470 and again from April 1471 until his death in 1483. He was a leading participant in the Yorkist-Lancastrian conflict known as the Wars of the Roses.
