George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Bedford

George of York
1st Duke of Bedford
Born	March 1477 Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England
Died	March 1479 (aged 2) Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England
Burial	St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
House	York
Father	Edward IV of England
Mother	Elizabeth Woodville

George of York, 1st Duke of Bedford (March 1477 – March 1479) was the eighth child and third son of Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville.

He was a younger brother of Elizabeth of York, Mary of York, Cecily of York, Edward V of England, Margaret Plantagenet, Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York and Anne of York. He was also an older brother of Catherine of York and Bridget of York.

He was born in Windsor Castle in March 1477, and was created Duke of Bedford in infancy, probably in 1478, after the former holder of the title, George Neville, was deprived of the title by act of Parliament, ostensibly for lack of money to maintain the style of a Duke. He was appointed the lord lieutenant of Ireland in 1478, one of a series of nominal and largely absent lieutenants.^[1]

George died aged two, reportedly due to the plague. This is considered likely to have been an outbreak of bubonic plague.^[2] He was buried in St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.

Ancestry

Ancestors of George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Bedford

16. Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York               8. Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge                       17. Isabella of Castile, Duchess of York               4. Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York                             18. Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March               9. Lady Anne de Mortimer                       19. Lady Alianore Holland               2. Edward IV of England                                   20. John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville de Raby               10. Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland                       21. Maud Percy               5. Lady Cecily Neville                             22. John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster               11. Lady Joan Beaufort                       23. Katherine Swynford               1. George Plantagenet, Duke of Bedford                                         24. Richard Wydeville               12. Sir Richard Wydevill                       25. Elizabeth Lyons               6. Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers                             26. John Bodulgate               13. Elizabeth Bodulgate                       27. Joan Beauchamp               3. Elizabeth Woodville                                   28. Jean I de Luxembourg, Comte de Brienne               14. Peter of Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol                       29. Marguerite d'Enghien, Comtesse de Brienne               7. Jacquetta of Luxembourg                             30. Francesco del Balzo, 1st Duke of Andria               15. Margherita del Balzo                       31. Sueva Orsini

Notes

1. Edward IV by Charles Ross (Univ. of California, 1974, ISBN 0-520-02781-7) p. 204.
2. Lundy, Darryl. "p. 10165 § 101649". The Peerage. Retrieved 15 October 2011.

References

• Weir, Alison (1999). Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy. The Bodley Head London, U.K. pages 139-140.