Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York
Duke of York (1341–1402)
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Updated 2026-05-29
Fifth son of Edward III who founded the House of York, though his real fame came through his descendants' claim to the English throne during the Wars of the Roses—a dynastic feud that made his name stick for centuries.
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Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York was the fifth son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault. Like many medieval English princes, Edmund gained his nickname from his birthplace: Kings Langley Palace in Hertfordshire. He was the founder of the House of York, but it was through the marriage of his younger son, Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge, to Anne de Mortimer, great-granddaughter of Edmund's elder brother Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence, that the House of York made its claim to the English throne in the Wars of the Roses. The other party in the Wars of the Ros…
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