All the known ancestors of Elizabeth of York, the last Plantagenet Queen of England, mother of Queen Elizabeth I and wife of Henry VII Tudor. Each reference source is given in the data.

Marlyn Lewis, the compiler of the data, is the Chief of Finance for the PublicDepartment of Health for the State of Oregon. Long interested in genealogy and royal connections, he began this project while tracing his own family connection to the Plantagenet dynasty. He has a master’s degree in accounting and language skills that enable him to take advantage of non-English genealogical source material. The Ancestry of Elizabeth of York is the product of his many years of research and countless hours of concentrated data entry. The quest for this information has led Mr. Lewis to research both American libraries and other specialized libraries in various countries around the world.

John Stuart is a resident of Southern California where he is an executive with a high-technology company. His interest in medieval genealogy was stimulated by a relative who also traced a branch of their family to the Plantagenet lineage. Reference to his computer database on this subject matter caused him to formulate a series of detailed and observant questions for Mr. Lewis as excerpts of the Elizabeth of York ahnenliste were published in The Plantagenet Connection. Mr. Lewis incorporated many of Mr. Stuart’s observations in subsequent versions of the file. Portions of the exchange between Mr. Lewis and Mr. Stuart have been published in The Plantagenet Connection. Mr. Stuart also played a central role in preparing The Ancestry of Elizabeth of York for publication.

Kenneth Harper Finton is a Colorado resident and publisher and editor of the afore-mentioned The Plantagenet Connection, published since 1993. He is also author of From Tribes to Nations, A Family Saga from the 6th to the 20th Centuries, a genealogically-oriented historical chronicle of the evolution of European royal houses. In addition to his passion for matters historical, Mr. Finton is a publisher, a recording artist and a songwriter. He can be reached through HT Communications.

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Elizabeth of York was one of the more interesting figures in the medieval world of royal politics. In April 1483, Edward IV, the first Plantagenet King of England from the House of York, died suddenly.

He left two sons, Edward and Richard, and five daughters, of whom Elizabeth of York was the eldest. Edward IV’s will named his brother, Richard, as protector of the two boys. Richard, who had enjoyed considerable power and influence while Edward IV was alive, saw that position threatened on his death by the influence of Anthony Woodville, Earl Rivers, brother of Edward IV’s wife, Elizabeth, and governor of the royal heirs. To forestall an immediate coronation of the young Edward as Edward V, which would have eliminated Richard’s role as protector, Richard concocted a theory under which the boys were considered illegitimate and declared himself, RichardIII, King of England. The boys were taken to the Tower of London, never to emerge, purportedly murdered in about September 1483 on the orders of Richard III.

THE ANCESTRY OF ELIZABETH OF YORK

All the known ancestors of Elizabeth of York, the last Plantagenet Queen of England, mother of Queen Elizabeth I and wife of Henry VII Tudor. Each reference source is given in the data.

1536 pages of reference work in PDF form, searchable, and indexed