George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence
Third son of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, and Cecily Neville, and the brother of English Kings Edward IV and Richard III (1449-1478)
- Fame55.0
- Momentum0.0
- United Kingdom rank#249
Source-basedStable
- Fame55.0
- Momentum0.0
- United Kingdom rank#249
- Wikipedia14.2K
Lived 1449–1478, aged 29United Kingdom
United KingdomNetwork
In their orbit
People connected to George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence
Summary
Updated 2026-06-08
Brother to two kings, traitor to both sides, drowned—so the story goes—in a barrel of sweet wine. George Plantagenet's execution remains one of the stranger exits from the Wars of the Roses, and Shakespeare made sure no one forgot it.
Biography
About
George Plantagenet was born 21 October 1449, the third surviving son of Richard, 3rd Duke of York, and Cecily Neville. His brothers would become Edward IV and Richard III; he would become the one who couldn't pick a side. Though born into the House of York, George switched allegiance to the House of Lancaster during the Wars of the Roses before swinging back to the Yorkists. The reversals caught up with him. Convicted of treason against Edward IV, he was executed on 18 February 1478, allegedly by drowning in malmsey wine. Shakespeare cast him in Henry VI, Part 3 and Richard III, pinning the de…
Gallery
Photos
6 images · refresh overdue
Where to find them
Platforms
No platforms connected yet.
By the numbers
Score breakdown
The six component signals behind the Fame score, and their ranks across the leaderboards.
Fame
Stable55.0
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Historical22.8
Source confidence60.0
Completeness70.0
Receipts
Sources
- WikidataHigh confidencewikidata · wikidata.org
- WikipediaHigh confidencewikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
- Pantheon 2.0High confidencedatabase · pantheon.world
Discover
You might know
Similar profiles worth watching
.jpg)
