Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales [SEP] father
Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales
Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales, Earl of Chester, Duke of Cornwall, 1st Earl of Salisbury (December 14739 April 1484), was the heir apparent of King Richard III of England and his wife, Anne Neville. He was Richard's only legitimate child and died aged ten.
Birth and titles.
Edward was allegedly born in December 1473 at Middleham Castle, a stronghold close to York that became Richard and Anne's principal base in northern England. The date
III after Edward V is declared to be illegitimate by Parliament.
- 6 July – coronation of Richard III at Westminster Abbey following a procession on the Thames.
- Late Summer – disappearance of the Princes in the Tower, Edward V and Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York.
- 8 September – Edward of Middleham is invested as Prince of Wales by his father the king at the Archbishop's Palace in York.
- October – a rebellion by Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham is crushed by