Richard Earl of Cambridge

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Feb 28, 2015

genealogy

“Beauforts”, “Tudors”, Anne Mortimer, Anne Neville, Barons Bergavenny, Constance of York, de la Pole, DNA evidence, Earl of Kent, Earls of Essex, Edward III, Isobel of York, Portugal, Richard Earl of Cambridge, Richard III, Staffords

On Thursday, someone enquired: “Who had a better claim to the throne than Henry VII”? The short answer (excluding the right by conquest): almost anyone. Conventionally, his mother was descended from Edward III through the Beaufort line, but they were only legitimised “excepta dignitate regali”. However, the balance of evidence suggests that his parents were…
DUKE RICHARD OF YORK (1) : the man who would be king

Jan 15, 2015

genealogy

“Beauforts”, Cecily Neville, Edward IV, Edward of Norwich, Gascony, Henry V, Henry VI, John, John Duke of Bedford, John Duke of SomersetCharles VII, John Earl of Shrewsbury, Lancastrians, Margaret of Anjou, Normandy, Order of the Garter, Ralph Earl of Westmorland, Richard Duke of York, Richard Earl of Cambridge, William Duke of Suffolk

On the 10th of October 1460, Richard Plantagenet 3rd duke of York walked into Westminster Hall wearing the full arms of England undifferenced. After a moment, he put his hand on the empty throne. When asked if he wished to see the king, he replied “I know of no one in the realm who would…
Who’s the great-granddaddy then…?

Dec 3, 2014

genealogy

Edmund of Langley, Elizabeth of Lancaster, Henry IV, John Duke of Exeter, John of Gaunt, Richard Earl of Cambridge, Richard II, Richard III, summary executions, Y-chromosome

Following on from the blog A Big Development below…. It is interesting that the latest scientifically gleaned results to come out from the tests made on the remains of King Richard III, have raised in a question mark over the line of legitimacy on his paternal side. Someone, somewhere, somewhen committed adultery, and the resultant…

Richard Earl of Cambridge

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