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George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence (21 October 1449 – 18 February 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. He played an important role in the dynastic struggle between rival factions of the Plantagenets now ...
- 25 February 1478, Tewkesbury Abbey
- York
Feb 22, 2024 · 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 1461–70 and 1471–83). He was the younger son of Richard, duke of York, whose struggle to gain power precipitated the Wars of the Roses ...
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Image Credit: Alamy. 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.
Biography for George, Duke of Clarence, brother to King Edward IV and Richard III, who had him murdered in prison by drowning in a barrel of wine. Wars of the Roses Luminarium
George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence. His father the Duke of York, a leading figure in the Wars of the Roses, had challenged the Lancastrian claim to England's throne and was defeated and killed at the Battle of Wakefield in December 1460. His head, adorned with a paper crown in derision, was placed over Micklegate at York.
George, Duke of Clarence Hugh Ross Williamson describes how, in the fierce dynastic struggles of the later fifteenth century, Edward IV’s brother, George Plantagenet, played a devious and ill-fated part.
Feb 17, 2017 · The English Parliament passed a bill of attainder, and the Duke was privately executed in 18th of February 1478 in the Tower of London. Legends say he was he was forcibly drowned in a barrel of...
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