Prince of Wales, Earl of Chester, Duke of Cornwall Prince Edward of Lancaster

1453 - 1471  (17 years)

• Name	Prince Edward of Lancaster  [1]
  Title	Prince of Wales, Earl of Chester, Duke of Cornwall
  Birth	13 Oct 1453	Westminster, London, England   [1]
  	Westminster Palace
  Gender	Male
  Military - Old World	He was killed at the Battle of Tewkesbury, making him the only heir apparent to the English throne ever to die in battle.  [2]
  		War-Battle of Tewkesbury (Roses) The Battle of Tewkesbury, which took place on 4 May 1471, was one of the most decisive battles of the Wars of the Roses in England. King Edward IV and his forces loyal to the House of York completely defeated those of the rival House of Lancaster. The Lancastrian heir to the throne, Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales, and many prominent…
  Death	4 May 1471	Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England   [1]
  	According to some accounts, shortly after the rout of Lancastrians at Tewkesbury, a small contingent of men under the Duke of Clarence found the grieving prince near a grove where he was immediately beheaded on a makeshift block, despite his pleas.
  Burial	Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England   [1, 2, 3]
  	(a brass plate on the floor in the choir marks the grave of the only Prince of Wales ever to die in battle)/Tewksberry Abbey
  		Church - Abbey Tewkesbury The Abbey of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Tewkesbury, in the English county of Gloucestershire, is the second largest parish church in the country and a former Benedictine monastery. It is one of the finest examples of Norman architecture in Britain, and has probably the largest Romanesque crossing tower in Europe. The Chronicle of Tewkesbury…
  Person ID	I9301	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	King of England and King of France Henry of Lancaster, VI,   b. 6 Dec 1421, Windsor, Berkshire, England d. 21 May 1471, Tower of London, London, England (Age 49 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Queen Consort of England and France Margaret d'Anjou,   b. 23 Mar 1430, Mousson, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, France d. 25 Aug 1482, Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France (Age 52 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	22 Apr 1445	Titchfield, Hampshire, England   [1]
  		Church - Abbey Titchfield Titchfield Abbey is a medieval abbey and later country house, located in the village of Titchfield near Fareham in Hampshire, England. The abbey was founded in 1222 for Premonstratensian canons, an austere order of priests. The abbey was a minor house of its order, and became neither wealthy nor influential during its three centuries +…
  Family ID	F3018	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Queen Consort of England Anne Neville,   b. 11 Jun 1456, Warwick, Warwickshire, England d. 16 Mar 1485, Westminster, London, England (Age 28 years)
  Marriage	13 Dec 1470  [1, 2]
  	(Angers)
  Marriage End	1471
  	Death of Edward
  Family ID	F3241	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 13 Oct 1453 - Westminster, London, England Death - 4 May 1471 - Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England Burial - - Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Old World

  _Edward, Prince of Wales Edward of Westminster (13 Oct 1453 – 4 May 1471), also known as Edward of Lancaster, was the only son of Henry VI of England and Margaret of Anjou. He was killed aged seventeen at the Battle of Tewkesbury.

  
  

  Places

  Church - Abbey Tewkesbury The Abbey of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Tewkesbury, in the English county of Gloucestershire, is the second largest parish church in the country and a former Benedictine monastery. It is one of the finest examples of Norman architecture in Britain, and has probably the largest Romanesque crossing tower in Europe. The Chronicle of Tewkesbury…

  
  

  Wars & Battles

  War-Battle of Tewkesbury (Roses) The Battle of Tewkesbury, which took place on 4 May 1471, was one of the most decisive battles of the Wars of the Roses in England. King Edward IV and his forces loyal to the House of York completely defeated those of the rival House of Lancaster. The Lancastrian heir to the throne, Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales, and many prominent…

  
  

• Sources

  [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. [S963] Wikipedia: Edward of Westminster, (Name: Wikipedia;), Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales. Edward of Westminster (13 October 1453 – 4 May 1471), also known as Edward of Lancaster, was the only son of Henry VI of England and Margaret of Anjou. He was killed aged seventeen at the Battle of Tewkesbury. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_of_Westminster,_Prince_of_Wales [S10709] FindAGrave Old World (Famous), Edward of Westminster 1453-1471 - Prince of England. English Royalty. Born at the Palace of Westminster, the only child of Margaret of Anjou and Henry VI. At birth he became heir apparent and was created the Duke of Cornwall. He was created Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester 15 March 1454; and was invested at Windsor 9 June 1454. Unfortunately, his father, the King, was captured by opposition forces in 1460 and they forced him to acknowledge Richard, Duke of York as heir to the throne, effectively signing away his son's birthright. The queen and Prince Edward became fugitive, spending some time in both Scotland and Wales, before taking refuge in France where they tried to rally a counter revolution. Margaret then bought the Earl of Warwick's services in December 1470 by either hastily betrothing or marrying Edward to Anne Neville, the Earl's younger daughter. The Lancastrians under Warwick succeeded in putting King Henry back on the throne, but the victory was transitory. By the time Prince Edward returned to England, Warwick had been defeated and killed at the Battle of Barnet some three weeks before the Prince's arrival, and the Yorkist claimant, Edward IV, was holding the king and the throne. Queen Margaret and Prince Edward rallied the remnant of the Lancastrian force at Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire. The inexperienced force was out-manned and out-maneuvered by the young Duke of Gloucester, and the Lancastrian forces panicked and fled the battlefield, now known as the "Bloody Meadow." Prince Edward died in battle. He was buried at Tewkesbury Abbey, a brass plate on the floor in the choir marks the grave of the only Prince of Wales ever to die in battle. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11606578/edward_of_westminster