To this end, he was made Duke of York when he was one year old, and this began a tradition among the royal family that continues to this day of making the second son of the king and queen the Duke of York. As the “spare heir,” his main job was to make a successful marriage to a rich heiress who would bring a fortune to the kingdom’s coffers and become an accomplished noble who would bring honor and leadership to the court. The younger boy, Richard, Duke of York, stayed with his parents and took a slightly different path. From the time Edward was three until he was twelve, Sir Anthony and Sir Richard oversaw every aspect of his education and upbringing, with occasional visits from or to his parents. Edward was sent to Ludlow with the queen’s brother, Sir Anthony Woodville, and her younger son by her first marriage (and, thus, Edward’s half-brother), Sir Richard Grey, as his royally appointed caretakers. It was traditional at that time for the primary heir of the English monarch to go live at Ludlow Castle on the Welsh border when he was young enough to be away from his mother, to keep a royal presence in Wales, and get the young prince used to govern an area of his own. Edward, as the elder one, was designated Prince of Wales and was set up with his own household when he was only three years old. Their 8th of the 10 children they had together was also a boy, named George, but he died of plague at two years old in 1479.Įdward and Richard were the king and queen’s heirs. The younger boy, Richard, Duke of York, was born in 1473 and was the king and queen’s 6th child together. The older boy, Edward, Prince of Wales, was born in 1470 and was the fourth child and first son the king and queen had together (the queen having two older sons by her first marriage to Sir John Grey).
They were younger brothers to Elizabeth of York, who became the first Tudor queen through her marriage to Henry Tudor, and thus, uncles to the infamous Henry VIII.
They were brothers, three years apart in age, and the sons of King Edward IV of England and his queen, Elizabeth Woodville. They are known as the Princes in the Tower now, but they had other names.
This is the real story behind these two young royals, and how the Wars of the Roses affected their entire known childhoods, as well as some possible explanations for what may have really happened to them. Yet, how many people know the story of the Princes is intimately tied to the Wars of the Roses? How many know when, exactly, they disappeared? How many know who their parents were? These two boys were just as crucial to the events of the Wars of the Roses as any of the other major players, even though they may not be discussed much except in terms regarding their disappearance. Most people have heard of them and know there is a mystery surrounding their disappearance at the Tower of London, where they were supposedly being kept for their own safety.
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