Richard Duke Of York

Richard Duke Of York

Born - 21 September 1411

Died - 30 December 1460 (aged 49)

1436-7          Served as a soldier in France

1438             Married Cecily, daughter of Ralph Neville, first Earl of Westmorland

1440-5          Served as Henry VI’s lieutenant in France

1447-50        Served as Henry VI’s lieutenant in Ireland

1452          Retired from politics after failing to remove the king’s chief adviser, Duke of Somerset

1453-4          Returned to politics and…