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Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle, KG (died 3 March 1542) was an illegitimate son of the English king Edward IV, half-brother-in-law of Henry VII, and an uncle of Henry VIII, at whose court he was a prominent figure and by whom he was appointed Lord Deputy of Calais (1533–40).
In 1514 Arthur was appointed High Sheriff of Hampshire and made captain of the Vice-Admiral's ship Trinity Sovereign and rose to become Vice-Admiral of England. Arthur was married on 12 November 1511, to Elizabeth Grey (d. 1529), daughter of Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Lisle (d. 1492).
-In 1523 Arthur was granted the title of Viscount Lisle. Arthur Plantagenet 1st Viscount Lisle-In 1524 he was elected as a Knight of the Garter. In the same year, he was made the keeper of Clarendon Park.-In 1525, Arthur was appointed as the Vice-Admiral of England by the new admiral duke of Richmond who was the son of Henry VIII.
Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle, KG (died 3 March 1542) was an illegitimate son of King Edward IV, half-brother of Queen Elizabeth of York, and thus an uncle of King Henry VIII, at whose court he was a prominent figure and by whom he was appointed Lord Deputy of Calais (1533-40).
Arthur PLANTAGENET. (1st V. Lisle) Born: BET 1461 / 1475, Calais, France. Acceded: 25 Apr 1523. Died: 3 Mar 1541/2, Tower of London, London, England. Buried: Tower of London, London, Middlesex, England. Notes: Knight of the Garter. The Complete Peerage vol.VIII,pp.48-49. Father: EDWARD IV PLANTAGENET (King of England)
Mar 3, 2020 · In 1523, Henry VIII awarded his uncle Arthur the title and rights of 1st Viscount Lisle by virtue of Arthur’s marriage to Elizabeth. He lost the title when Elizabeth died a couple years later. Arthur next married Honor Grenville in 1529.
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ARTHUR PLANTAGENET, Viscount Lisle (1480?-1542), born about 1480, was a natural son 1 of Edward IV. by one Elizabeth Lucie.