Succession
Authors: Livi Michael
Livi Michael
9. February 1447: The Duke of Gloucester is Summoned to a Parliament
To Anna Pollard,
a writer’s friend
Margaret of Anjou
, wife of Henry VI; daughter of René of Anjou and Isabella of Lorraine; niece of Charles VII of France
Edmund Beaufort
, Earl, later 2nd Duke of Somerset; brother of John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset; uncle of Margaret Beaufort
Margaret Beaufort
, daughter of John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, and Margaret Beauchamp; great-granddaughter of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster; great-great-granddaughter of Edward III
Elizabeth Carew
(
Betsy
), Margaret Beaufort’s nurse
Alice Chaucer
, wife of William de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk; granddaughter of Geoffrey Chaucer
Edward, Prince of Wales
, son of Henry VI and Queen Margaret; also nephew of Margaret Beaufort and Edmund Tudor
Henry VI
of England and France; descended from John of Gaunt, who was the third son of King Edward III
Humphrey
, Duke of Gloucester, uncle of Henry VI; brother of Henry V
Anne Neville
, Duchess of Buckingham; wife of Humphrey Stafford, Duke of Buckingham; sister of Cecily Neville, Duchess of York
Cecily Neville
, Duchess of York; wife of Richard, Duke of York
Richard Neville
, Earl of Salisbury; brother of Cecily Neville, Duchess of York; father of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick
Richard Neville
, Earl of Warwick; son of the Earl of Salisbury; nephew of Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, and Anne Neville, Duchess of Buckingham
Edward Plantagenet
, Earl of March, later King Edward IV; son of Cecily Neville and Richard, Duke of York
Richard Plantagenet
, Duke of York; descended on his mother’s side from Lionel of Antwerp, second son of King Edward III, and on his father’s side from Edmund of Langley, fourth son of King Edward III
John de la Pole
, son of William de la Pole and Alice Chaucer; m. (1) Margaret Beaufort, (2) Elizabeth, daughter of Richard of York
William de la Pole
, Earl, later Duke of Suffolk; m. Alice Chaucer
Henry Stafford
, son of Duke and Duchess of Buckingham; m. Margaret Beaufort
Humphrey Stafford
, 1st Duke of Buckingham; m. Anne Neville, sister of Cecily Neville and the Earl of Salisbury
Edmund Tudor
, Earl of Richmond; half-brother of King Henry VI; m. Margaret Beaufort
Henry Tudor
, son of Edmund Tudor and Margaret Beaufort, later King Henry VII
Jasper Tudor
, Earl of Pembroke; half-brother of Henry VI; Edmund Tudor’s younger brother
Owen Tudor
, father of Edmund and Jasper; m. Katherine of Valois, widow of King Henry V