Ancestry of King
Henry VIII

King of England

Richard of York

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of Henry VIII — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 24 
  • Father:
  • Edmund of Langley 
  • Mother:
  • Isabella of Castile   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1375 
  • Birth Location:
  • Conisburgh Castle, Yorkshire, England 
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  • Death Date:
  • 5 Aug 1415 
  • Death Location:
  • Southampton, Hampshire, England 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Anne de Mortimer
  • Marriage Date:
  • May 1406 
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  • Children:
  
  

  Isabel Plantagenet

  Richard Plantagenet (Ahnentafel No:12 )

  • Notes: 

  • 1st Earl of Cambridge

    aka Richard Plantagenet

    Richard of York was beheaded.

• Sources for Richard of York

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  • ³ The Genealogical Magazine: A Journal of Family History, Heraldry, and Pedigrees, Volume II, May, 1898 - April, 1899, London: Elliot Stock (1899), 161.
  • ⁴ thePeerage.com: A Genealogical Survey of the Peerage of Britain as Well as the Royal Families of Europe, (accessed 05/07/2011).
  • ⁵ American Ancestors, "Boris Johnson: Royal Ancestry", (accessed 04/15/2020).
  • ⁶ 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.
  • ⁷ Gurney, E. Henry, Reference Handbook for Readers, Students, and Teachers of English History, Boston: Ginn and Company (1890), 69.
  • ⁸ 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.
  • ⁹ 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.
  • ¹⁰ Sweet, Homer De Lois, The Averys of Groton, Syracuse, New York: Rice-Taylor Print. Co. (1894), 556.
  • ¹¹ Wikipedia, "Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge", _3rd_Earl_of_Cambridge, (accessed 04/30/2011).