Ancestry of
Benedict Cumberbatch

Movie, Television and Stage Actor

Edward IV, King of England

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• • 15th Great-grandfather of Benedict Cumberbatch — 18th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 135978 
  • Father:
  • Richard Plantagenet 
  • Mother:
  • Cecily Neville   
  • Birth Date:
  • 28 Apr 1442 
  • Birth Location:
  • Rouen, Normandy, France 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 9 Apr 1483 
  • Death Location:
  • Westminster, London, England 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Elizabeth Wayte
  • Marriage Date:
  • NOT MARRIED 
  • Marriage Location:
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  • Child:

  Magaret Plantagenet (Ahnentafel No:67989 )

• Additional marriages for Edward IV, King of England

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  • Spouse:
  • Elizabeth Woodville
  • Marriage Date:
  • 1 May 1464

• Sources for Edward IV, King of England

  • ¹ American Ancestors Magazine, 2011, Vol. 12.4, p. 36.
  • ² NEHGS NEXUS: New England Across the United States, 1999, Vol. 16, p. 73.
  • ³ American Ancestors, "Boris Johnson: Royal Ancestry", (accessed 04/15/2020).
  • ⁴ 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.
  • ⁵ 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. 275.
  • ⁶ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 44-47, 214.
  • ⁷ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 900 Immigrants to the American Colonies, Quebec, or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company (2018), 100, 106.
  • ⁸ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 360.
  • ⁹ The Marquis of Ruvigny and Raineval, The Blood Royal of Britain: Being a Roll of the Living Descendants of Edward IV and Henry VII, King of England, and . . ., London: T. C. and E.C. Jack (1903), 1.
  • ¹⁰ Wikipedia, "Edward IV of England", (accessed 04/30/2011).

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