Prince of Wales, Earl of Chester, Duke of Cornwall Prince Edward of Lancaster

1453 - 1471  (17 years)

• Name	Prince Edward of Lancaster  [1, 2]
  Title	Prince of Wales, Earl of Chester, Duke of Cornwall
  Birth	13 Oct 1453	Westminster, London, England   [1, 2]
  	Westminster Palace
  Gender	Male
  _MILT	He was killed at the Battle of Tewkesbury, making him the only heir apparent to the English throne ever to die in battle.
  		Battle of Tewkesbury
  Death	4 May 1471	Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England   [1, 2]
  	According to some accounts, shortly after the rout of Lancastrians at Tewkesbury, a small contingent of men under the Duke of Clarence found the grieving prince near a grove where he was immediately beheaded on a makeshift block, despite his pleas.
  Burial	Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England   [1, 3]
  	(a brass plate on the floor in the choir marks the grave of the only Prince of Wales ever to die in battle)/Tewksberry Abbey
  		Abbey Tewkesbury
  Person ID	I9431	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	King of England and King of France Henry of Lancaster, VI,   b. 6 Dec 1421   d. 21 May 1471, Tower of London, London, England (Age 49 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Queen Consort of England and France Margaret d'Anjou,   b. 23 Mar 1430, Mousson, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, France d. 25 Aug 1482, Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France (Age 52 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	22 Apr 1445	Titchfield, Hampshire, England   [1]
  		AbbeyTitchfield
  Family ID	F3024	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Queen Consort of England Anne Neville,   b. 11 Jun 1456, Warwick, Warwickshire, England d. 16 Mar 1485, Westminster, London, England (Age 28 years)
  Marriage	13 Dec 1470  [1, 2]
  	Angers Cathedral
  Marriage End	Death of Edward in 1471
  Family ID	F3219	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 13 Oct 1453 - Westminster, London, England Death - 4 May 1471 - Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England Burial - - Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Places

  Battle of Tewkesbury

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. [S4] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. Record for Anne NEVILLE http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=-132821915&indiv=try [S866] Find a Grave: Edward of Westminister, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=11606578. Burial: Tewkesbury Abbey Tewkesbury Gloucestershire, England Edward was buried at Tewkesbury Abbey, a brass plate on the floor in the choir marks the grave of the only Prince of Wales ever to die in battle. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=11606578