YORKISTS:

Edward the Fifth, 1483

The Princes in the Tower

BORN: 4 November 1470, Westminter.
PARENTS: Edward IV (1442 - 83),
Elizabeth Woodville (1437 - 92).
MARRIED: Never married.
ACCEDED: 9 April 1483
CROWNED: Never crowned.
(deposed: 25 June 1483)
DIED: The exact date of death of Edward V and his brother, Richard, Duke of York, remains shrouded in mystery. Popular belief holds that they were murdered on the orders of their uncle, Richard III.
INTERRED: Remains found buried at the Tower of London and thought to be those of Edward V and his brother were reinterred at Westminster Abbey in 1678.
CHILDREN: None

COEVAL
PERSONS:
Scottish Crown:
James III (Stuart)

Archbishops of Canterbury:
Thomas Bourchier

Popes:
Sixtus IV

NOTABLE
EVENTS:



Contemporary illustration of Edward the Fifth