Back جورج بلانتيجينيه Arabic جورج بلانتيجينيه ARZ Jorge de Clarence AST Corc Plantagenet Azerbaijani جورج پلانتاژنه، نخستین دوک کلارنس AZB Jiří Plantagenet Czech Georg Plantagenet, 1. hertug af Clarence Danish George Plantagenet, 1. Duke of Clarence German Γεώργιος Πλανταγενέτης, 1ος δούκας του Κλάρενς Greek Georgo Plantaĝeneto (duko de Clarence) Esperanto
| George Plantagenet | |
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| Duke of Clarence | |
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| Born | 21 October 1449 Dublin Castle, Ireland |
| Died | 18 February 1478 (aged 28) Tower of London |
| Burial | 25 February 1478[1] |
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| House | York |
| Father | Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York |
| Mother | Cecily Neville |
George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence (21 October 1449 – 18 February 1478), was the sixth child and third surviving son of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, and Cecily Neville, and the brother of English kings Edward IV and Richard III. He played an important role in the dynastic struggle between rival factions of the Plantagenets now known as the Wars of the Roses.[2]
Though a member of the House of York, he switched sides to support the House of Lancaster, before reverting back to the Yorkists. He was later convicted of treason against his elder brother, Edward IV, and executed, allegedly by drowning in malmsey wine. He appears as a character in William Shakespeare's plays Henry VI, Part 3 and Richard III, in which his death is attributed to the machinations of Richard.
- ^ Visser-Fuchs, Livia (2021). "The King's Hat: Two Anecdotes about Louis XI and Edward IV's Embassy to France in 1477-1478". The Ricardian. XXXI: 102, note 32.
- ^ Hicks, Michael (15 March 2015). The Family of Richard III. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-4456-2134-0.