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

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

Male 1453 - 1471  (17 years)

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  1. 1.  Prince of Wales, Earl of Chester, Duke of Cornwall Prince Edward of LancasterPrince of Wales, Earl of Chester, Duke of Cornwall Prince Edward of Lancaster was born on 13 Oct 1453 in Westminster, London, England; died on 4 May 1471 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England; was buried in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _MILT: He was killed at the Battle of Tewkesbury, making him the only heir apparent to the English throne ever to die in battle.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Westminster Palace

    Buried:
    (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

    Died:
    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.

    Prince married Queen Consort of England Anne Neville on 13 Dec 1470. Anne (daughter of 16th Earl of Warwick Richard Neville and 16th Countess of Warwick and Countess of Salisbury Anne de Beauchamp) was born on 11 Jun 1456 in Warwick, Warwickshire, England; died on 16 Mar 1485 in Westminster, London, England; was buried in Westminster, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]