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Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick (25 February 1475 – 28 November 1499); executed by Henry VII on grounds of attempting to escape from the Tower of London. Richard of Clarence (5 October 1476 – 1 January 1477); born at Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire; died at Warwick Castle and buried in Warwick.
Jun 26, 2023 · In 1478 George, 1st Duke of Clarence and brother to the King of England, was executed at the Tower of London. He was rumoured to have been drowned in a vat of malmsey wine. But how did his death come to pass? And was he really executed in the expensive wine by his own request, as some stories claim? A Troubled Childhood
Oct. 21, 1449, Dublin. Died: Feb. 18, 1478, London (aged 28) House / Dynasty: house of Plantagenet. Notable Family Members: brother Edward IV. George Plantagenet, duke of Clarence (born Oct. 21, 1449, Dublin—died Feb. 18, 1478, London) was an English nobleman who engaged in several major conspiracies against his brother King Edward IV (ruled ...
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Feb 18, 2023 · He died on this day 545 years ago — February 18, 1478 — having been sentenced to death for committing high treason. Legend says the Duke of Clarence was drowned in a barrel of malmsey...
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Apr 23, 2021 · The Duke, aged 28, was privately executed on February 18, 1478. The story goes that he met his maker by being drowned in malmsey wine. Some say that this is just a catty reference to the Duke’s ...
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Feb 18, 2022 · Though most historians now believe Isabel’s death was a result of either consumption or childbed fever, Clarence was convinced she had been poisoned by one of her ladies-in-waiting, Ankarette Twynyho, whom, as a consequence, he had judicially murdered in April 1477, by summarily arresting her and bullying a jury at Warwick into convicting her ...
Feb 19, 2024 · George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence (October 21, 1449 – February 18, 1478), was the sixth child and third surviving son of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, and Cecily Neville, and the brother of English kings Edward IV and Richard III.
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