Ancestry of
Catherine Middleton

Princess of Wales

Richard Plantagenet

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• • 17th Great-grandfather of Catherine Middleton — 20th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 940052 
  • Father:
  • Richard of York 
  • Mother:
  • Anne de Mortimer   
  • Birth Date:
  • 21 Sep 1411 
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  • Death Date:
  • 30 Dec 1460 
  • Death Location:
  • Wakefield, Yorkshire, England 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Cecily Neville
  • Marriage Date:
  • BEF 18 Oct 1424 
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  • Children:
  
  

  Anne of York

  Edward IV, King of England (Ahnentafel No:470026 )

  George Plantagenet

  Richard III, King of England

  Elizabeth Plantagenet

  • Notes: 

  • 3rd Duke of York

    Killed at Wakefield

• Sources for Richard Plantagenet

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  • ² New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1994, Vol. 148, p. 140.
  • ³ The Genealogical Magazine: A Journal of Family History, Heraldry, and Pedigrees, Volume II, May, 1898 - April, 1899, London: Elliot Stock (1899), 161.
  • ⁴ American Ancestors, "Boris Johnson: Royal Ancestry", (accessed 04/15/2020).
  • ⁵ Fisher, George, A Companion and Key to the History of England: Consisting of Copious Genealogical Details of the British Sovereigns . . ., London: Simpkin and Marshall (1832), 122-123.
  • ⁶ Gurney, E. Henry, Reference Handbook for Readers, Students, and Teachers of English History, Boston: Ginn and Company (1890), 69.
  • ⁷ Paget, Gerald, The Lineage and Ancestry of H.R.H. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Vol. 1, Edinburgh and London: Charles Skilton Ltd (1977), 89.
  • ⁸ Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson (2013), Vol. IV, p. 129.
  • ⁹ Richardson, Douglas and Kimball G. Everingham, Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson (2011), Vol. 2, p. 594.
  • ¹⁰ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 47, 52.
  • ¹¹ Sweet, Homer De Lois, The Averys of Groton, Syracuse, New York: Rice-Taylor Print. Co. (1894), 556.
  • ¹² Wikipedia, "Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York", _3rd_Duke_of_York, (accessed 04/30/2011).

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