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House of York
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House of York
The
House of York
was a
cadet branch
of the English royal
House of Plantagenet
. Three of its members became
Kings of England
in the late 15th century. The House of York was descended in the
male line
from
Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York
, the fourth surviving son of
Edward III
, but also represented Edward's senior line, being
cognatic
descendants of
Lionel, Duke of Clarence
, Edward III's second surviving son. It is based on these descents that they claimed the English crown. Compared with the
House of Lancaster
, it had a senior claim to the throne of England according to cognatic primogeniture but junior claim according to the
agnatic primogeniture
. The reign of this dynasty ended with the death of
Richard III of England
in 1485. It became extinct in the male line with the death of
Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick
in 1499.
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