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RICHARD, Earl of Cambridge

HUSBAND:
RICHARD, Third Earl of Cambridge. (Richard of Conisburgh). [CHART A1].
Born about September 1376 in Coinsborough Castle, Yorkshire, England; younger son of EDMUND of Langley, Duke of York, and Isabella of Castile. He married Anne de MORTIMER [F974233]. He was executed on 5 AUG 1415 at Southampton Green, Hampshire, England.

His paternal grandparents were Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault. His maternal grandparents were Pedro of Castile and Marķa de Padilla.

He was confirmed in the Earldom of Cambridge, which had been resigned by his brother, in 1414. In 1406, he married his cousin, Anne Mortimer, also a descendant of Edward III (his great great granddaughter), through his son Lionel of Antwerp. It was through her that the Yorkist faction in the Wars of the Roses claimed the throne. Their marriage produced a daughter, Isabel Plantagenet, and a son, Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York.

Following Anne's death, Cambridge married Matilda Clifford, but they were probably married a very short time before he was discovered fomenting the Southampton Plot against King Henry V immediately prior to departure on the French campaign. (His elder brother, Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York, would die at the Battle of Agincourt, less than three months later.) He was stripped of all his titles and estates and was executed at Southampton before the fleet set sail.

WIFE (1):
Anne de MORTIMER. [CHART A1].
Born 27 DEC 1390 in New Forest, West Maeth, Ireland; daughter of Roger de MORTIMER, Earl Of March, and Eleanor HOLAND. She married Richard, Earl of Cambridge. She died after 20 SEP 1411.

CHILDREN of RICHARD, Earl of Cambridge, and Anne de MORTIMER:
  1. RICHARD, Duke of York. Born 20 SEP 1411 in Conisborough Castle, Yorkshire, England. He married Cecily NEVILLE. He was killed on 30 DEC 1460 at the Battle of Wakefield in Yorkshire, England.


WIFE (2):
Matilda Clifford


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