Historical person
Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick
1475–1499
Edward Plantagenet, Earl of Warwick, was the son of George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, and Isabel Neville. His descent from the House of York made him a potential claimant to the English throne after the death of Richard III. Henry VII confined the young earl in the Tower of London, where his existence remained politically dangerous because opponents of the Tudor regime could invoke his name or identity.
Lambert Simnel’s supporters claimed in 1487 that their pretender was Warwick escaped from captivity, forcing Henry to display the real earl publicly. Warwick remained imprisoned and was executed for treason in 1499 after being implicated in an attempted escape with Perkin Warbeck.
Nathen Amin’s Henry VII and the Tudor Pretenders examines the conspiracies, rumours and Yorkist networks that challenged the first Tudor king, concentrating on Lambert Simnel, Perkin Warbeck and the imprisoned Edward Plantagenet, Earl of Warwick.
Non Fiction
Non Fiction featuring Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick (1 book)
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