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Richard Duke of York
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Richard Duke of York 1 2 3 4
- Born: 1411
- Marriage: Lady Cecily NEVILLE Duchess of York
- Died: 1460 at age 49
 General Notes:
He had the title of "Protector of England". (C-330) His father died when he was quite young and he was taken under the care of the Countess of Westmoreland. The War of the Roses occurred a year after he was appointed by King Henry VI as Protector of the Kingdom. He was killed at the Battle of Wakefield in 1460. 5 6
Richard married Lady Cecily NEVILLE Duchess of York, daughter of Ralph NEVILLE 1st Earl of Westmorland and Joan DE BEAUFORT. (Lady Cecily NEVILLE Duchess of York was born on 5/3/1415 in Raby, Durham, ENG, died on 5/31/1495 in Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire, ENG 5 6 and was buried in Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, ENG 6.)
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Sources
1
Francis Jones, Wales Herald Extraordinary, The Princes and Principality of Wales (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, c1969).
2
David Piper, Kings and Queens of England and Scotland with copies of pages provided to me by Pat Moran of Texas.
3
Pat Moran, Moran Exodus from Offaly (Decorah, Iowa: Amundsen Pub. Co., 1995).
4
Miller Folger Family Record at Rootsweb.com (http://wc.rootsweb.com, c2006).
5
Wikipedia Article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page, c2006).
6
Richard Coate to L. Dudick Email letters dated 1999 + at rcoate@earthlink.net.
Homepage by Linda Coate, lcoate@ancestrees.com (c1997-2008)
