Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick

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Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick, was a Yorkist noble and potential claimant to the English throne whose imprisonment and eventual execution by Henry VII helped secure the Tudor dynasty.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Earl of Warwick ⓘ
English nobleman ⓘ
Plantagenet prince ⓘ
Yorkist claimant to the English throne ⓘ
accusation alleged involvement in Perkin Warbeck’s plot ⓘ
ageAtDeath 24 ⓘ
associatedConflict Wars of the Roses (aftermath) ⓘ
associatedEvent Perkin Warbeck rebellion ⓘ
birthDate 1475-02-25 ⓘ
birthPlace Warwick, Warwickshire, England ⓘ
burialPlace Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula, Tower of London ⓘ
claimToThroneBasis male-line Yorkist descent ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
deathDate 1499-11-28 ⓘ
deathManner execution by beheading ⓘ
deathPlace Tower Hill, London, England ⓘ
linked to: Tower Hill, London
dynasty House of Plantagenet ⓘ
executedBy Henry VII of England ⓘ
executionLocation Tower Hill, London ⓘ
father George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence ⓘ
fullName Edward Plantagenet ⓘ
guardianUnderYorkists Edward IV of England ⓘ
heldTitleFrom 1478 ⓘ
heldTitleTo 1499 ⓘ
historicalReputation seen as a pawn in dynastic politics ⓘ
house House of York ⓘ
imprisonedIn Tower of London ⓘ
imprisonmentEnd 1499 ⓘ
imprisonmentStartApprox 1485 ⓘ
legitimacyStatus considered legitimate male-line Yorkist heir by some contemporaries ⓘ
maternalGrandfather Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick ⓘ
maternalGrandmother Anne Beauchamp, 16th Countess of Warwick ⓘ
monarchDuringBirth Edward IV of England ⓘ
monarchDuringDeath Henry VII of England ⓘ
monarchDuringImprisonment Henry VII of England ⓘ
mother Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clarence ⓘ
nobleTitle 17th Earl of Warwick ⓘ
paternalGrandfather Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York ⓘ
paternalGrandmother Cecily Neville, Duchess of York ⓘ
politicalSignificance removal of Yorkist claimant to secure Tudor dynasty ⓘ
reasonForConfinement perceived threat as Yorkist heir ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
royalLineage male-line grandson of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York ⓘ
sibling Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury ⓘ
titleInheritedFrom maternal grandfather Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick ⓘ
trialType treason trial ⓘ
uncle Edward IV of England ⓘ
Richard III of England ⓘ

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George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence → child → Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick ⓘ
George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Bedford → sibling → Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick ⓘ
Earl of Warwick → hasTitleHolder → Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick ⓘ
Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clarence → child → Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick ⓘ
Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick → nobleTitle → 17th Earl of Warwick ⓘ
linked to: Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick
George Plantagenet → child → Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick ⓘ