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) · United Kingdom · Politicians · Died at 28
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Something wrong?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.
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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 death on Richard's scheming and sealing George's place in the canon of memorable royal ends.
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