Richard of Conisburgh, 1st Earl of Cambridge
Richard of Conisburgh (* 1375 Conisburgh Castle, Yorkshire ; † August 5, 1415 Southampton Green, Hampshire ) was the first Earl of Cambridge in the third award.
Origin and work
Richard's parents were Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York , fourth son of the English King Edward III. , and his wife Isabella of Castile , daughter of the Castilian king Peter I the Cruel.
His older brother was Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York . When he returned the title of Earl of Cambridge , Richard took it over in 1414.
In 1406, Cambridge had a politically important wedding when he married Anne Mortimer , the great-granddaughter of his uncle Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence . Half a century later, this marriage was to trigger the Wars of the Roses , as they claimed the throne of the second and fourth sons of Edward III. united against the Lancaster kings descended from the third son, John of Gaunt .
After Anne's death in 1411, Cambridge married Matilda Clifford before he wanted to accompany King Henry V on his campaign to France in 1415. But shortly before leaving England, Cambridge was accused of treason against the king. He had planned to secure the throne for his brother-in-law Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March , a descendant of the second son of Edward III, but this pretender to the throne was only included in the planning in the final phase of the conspiracy . After a brief consideration, Mortimer, remaining loyal, decided to reveal the revolt to the king. Cambridge was stripped of all titles and possessions. Shortly before the English fleet left for France, he was executed in Southampton Green.
His son Richard was to continue the line of the York after the Duke of York, leaving no legitimate heirs, at the Battle of Azincourt in 1415 , and was ultimately the trigger for the Wars of the Roses.
progeny
The marriage to Anne Mortimer has two children:
- Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York (September 21, 1411; † December 30, 1460) ∞ Cecily Neville . Her sons Edward IV and Richard III. both ascended the English throne
- Isabella
Individual evidence
- ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, 419
- ↑ H. Vollrath & N. Fryde (eds.): The English Kings in the Middle Ages; From William the Conqueror to Richard III . Beck, 2004, ISBN 3-406-49463-3 , from page 175
- ^ Royle, Trevor: The Wars of the Roses; England's first civil war. Abacus, London, 2009, ISBN 978-0-349-11790-4 , p. 440
Web links
- Richard of York, 1st Earl of Cambridge on thepeerage.com , accessed July 26, 2015.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Richard of Conisburgh, 1st Earl of Cambridge |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Conisburgh, Richard of, 1st Earl of Cambridge |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | 1st Earl of Cambridge |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1375 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Conisburgh Castle Yorkshire |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 5, 1415 |
| Place of death | Southampton Green Hampshire |