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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.
- 25 February 1478, Tewkesbury Abbey
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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
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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Jan 27, 2023 · Treacherous Facts About George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence - Factinate. Feuding dynasties, family betrayal, power grabs, and treason. This isn’t Game of Thrones— it’s better. This is the real life of George Plantagenet, the Duke of Clarence, the betrayer of brothers, and the almost king. For better and worse, England would never be the same. 1.
Feb 17, 2017 · A Royal Execution: George, the Duke of Clarence. By Guest Submission. 17th February 2017. The War of the Roses was a period marked by the deep-set and bitter hatred that burned between the...
‘False, fleeting, perjured Clarence’, who was drowned in a butt of Malmsey at the age of twenty-eight, is one of those unfortunate characters in English history who seem forever caught in a Pirandellian moment—or, rather, in two moments: the Shakespearian tag and the butt.
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