ROYAL FAMILY TREE

Tracing the family history of the English and Scottish Royal Family back over 1000 years

Edward V
1470 - 1483

Edward V
  • Born Wed, 2 November 1470
  • Cheyneygates, Westminster
  • Died 1483
  • Tower of London, City of London
  • Buried
  • Westminster Abbey, Westminster
Details
Parents

    Duke of Cornwall: Wed, 2 November 1470 - Mon, 9 April 1483

    Prince of Wales: Mon, 26 June 1471 - Mon, 9 April 1483

    • King of England
    • Mon, 9 April 1483 - Mon, 25 June 1483
    • Reigned 2 months, 16 days
  • King
  • Edward
  • Lived 12 years, 7 months, 29 days

Edward and his younger brother Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, were the Princes in the Tower who disappeared after being sent to heavily guarded royal lodgings in the Tower of London. Responsibility for their deaths is widely attributed to Richard III

father

  • Edward IV
  • 1442 - 1483

mother

  • Elizabeth Woodville
  • 1437 - 1492
Siblings

Sister

Elizabeth of York
  • Elizabeth of York
  • 1466 - 1503

Sister

Mary of York
  • Mary of York
  • 1467 - 1482

Sister

Cecily of York
  • Cecily of York
  • 1469 - 1507

Sister

Margaret of York
  • Margaret of York
  • 1472

Brother

Richard of Shrewsbury
  • Richard of Shrewsbury
  • 1473 - 1483

Sister

Anne of York
  • Anne of York
  • 1475 - 1511

Brother

George Plantagenet
  • George Plantagenet
  • 1477 - 1479

Sister

Catherine of York
  • Catherine of York
  • 1479 - 1527

Sister

Bridget of York
  • Bridget of York
  • 1480 - 1517