Edward IV of England
King of England from 1461 to 1470 and 1471 to 1483 · 1442–1483
Why they matter
Yorkist king whose eldest daughter Elizabeth married Henry VII, giving the Tudors their Yorkist blood.
Crowns held
- monarch of England 1461–1470
- monarch of England 1471–1483
Marriages and partners
Parents
Siblings
- Margaret of York 1446–1503
- Elizabeth of York, Duchess of Suffolk 1444–1503
- Anne of York, Duchess of Exeter 1439–1476
- Richard III of England 1452–1485
- George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence 1449–1478
- Edmund, Earl of Rutland 1443–1460
Children
- Elizabeth of York 1466–1503
- Mary of York 1467–1482
- Cecily of York 1469–1507
- Edward V of England b. 1470
- Margaret of York 1472–1472
- Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York 1473–c. 1483
- Anne of York 1475–1511
- George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Bedford 1477–1479
- Catherine of York 1479–1527
- Bridget of York 1480–1517
- Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle 1461–1542
- Elizabeth Plantagenet
- Edward de Wigmore d. 1468
- Grace Plantagenet
Succession questions
About
Edward IV was King of England from 4 March 1461 to 3 October 1470, then again from 11 April 1471 until he died in 1483. A member of the House of York, he was a central figure in the Wars of the Roses, a series of civil wars in England fought between the Yorkist and Lancastrian factions between 1455 and 1487.
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