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-'''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a [[King]] of [[England]] central to the [[Wars of the Roses]].  He was the husband of [[Elizabeth Woodville]], brother of [[Richard III of England]] and [[George, Duke of Clarence]], and father of the so-called "[[Princes in the Tower]]".  His elder "son" was known as the un-[[coronation|crowned]] "[[Edward V of England]]".  After his unexpected death, his marriage to Elizabeth was ruled improper by Richard and his sons declared necessarily illegitimate.
+{{wikipediainfo}}
+{{Infobox Individual
+|species       = Human
+|origin        = [[Earth]]
+|spouse        = Elizabeth Woodville
+|father        = Richard of York
+|child         = Elizabeth of York
+|child2        = Princes in the Tower
+|grandchild    = Henry VIII
+|grandchild2   = Arthur Tudor
+|grandchild3   = Margaret Tudor
+|grandchild4   = Mary Tudor
+|brother       = Richard III of England
+|brother2      = George, Duke of Clarence
+|first mention = The Kingmaker (audio story)
+}}
+'''Edward IV''' was the [[King of England]] from [[1471]] to [[1483]] and the first person from the [[York family]] to hold the title.
+== Biography ==
+He was one of the [[son]]s of [[Richard of York]], along with [[George, Duke of Clarence]] and the future [[King]] [[Richard III of England|Richard III]]. Edward was central to the [[Wars of the Roses]], succeeding [[Henry VI]] after defeating his [[House of Lancaster|Lancastrian]] forces in [[battle]].
+Edward knew it was important to keep his line going for the stability of [[crown]] and [[country]]. When his first-[[Birth|born]] with his [[consort]] [[Elizabeth Woodville]] was a [[daughter]], also named [[Elizabeth of York|Elizabeth]], he did not worry too much. However, according to one account, his second child was also a girl, causing him to panic. As put by his [[brother]] Richard, the ascension of a [[queen]] to the throne was not feasible as England was a "country stuffed with [[power]]-[[Hunger|hungry]] knobs with their own private [[Army|armies]] just waiting for their chance to make it their own do-it-yourself [[monarchy]]". Not wanting a repeat of the [[decade]]s of fighting that made up the Wars of the Roses, Edward [[Lying|lied]] and announced to the [[world]] that his second-born daughter was a [[son]] in order to "stop the jitters going through the [[kingdom]]". When his third-born was another girl, Edward carried on the pretence to have two, "one for the succession and one for a spare". He also had [[birth certificate]]s for his two "sons" forged. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Kingmaker (audio story)}}) According to another account, there had been no such deception; Edward's final two children were not daughters named [[Susan (The Kingmaker)|Susan]] and [[Judith (The Kingmaker)|Judith]] but really were sons called [[Edward V of England|Edward]] and [[Richard (Sometime Never...)|Richard]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Sometime Never... (novel)}}) as [[history]] recorded. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Sometime Never... (novel)}}, [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Kingmaker (audio story)}}, {{cs|The Battle of the Tower (audio story)}})
-This ruse was necessary in order to maintain his house through his brother, since the truth was that he and Elizabeth had never produced a male heir. The person whom everyone believed was "Edward V" was in fact a serving wench called "[[Susan (The Kingmaker)|Susan]]" and her "brother" was really a girl called "[[Judith (The Kingmaker)|Judith]]".
+During Edward's reign, his brother George led an uprising against him, eventually being caught and [[Death sentence|sentenced to death]]. Their brother Richard later claimed George had not been malicious in his actions, simply an [[idiot]], with it being [[Woodville family|the family]] of his [[wife]] who had forced Edward into delivering the sentence. Richard helped George escape and allowed him to live out his days in relative anonymity as the [[landlord]] of [[the Kingmaker]] [[tavern]].
+Edward [[Death|died]] suddenly on [[9 April]] [[1483]] after catching a chill, paving the way for his second-born child to succeed him as Edward V and, later, his brother Richard as Richard III.
+Edward IV was featured as a character in [[William Shakespeare]]'s [[play]] ''[[Richard III (play)|Richard III]]'', being referenced by Richard in the line "His royal grace cannot be scarce of [[breathing]] while you trouble him with lewd [[complaint]]s" during a conversation with Elizabeth Woodville. The play mainly dealt with Richard's rise to power and short reign following Edward's death and the brief accession of his son to the throne. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Kingmaker (audio story)}})
+== Behind the scenes ==
+* He has been portrayed by [[Julian Glover]] and [[Brian Protheroe]] in various BBC series.
+{{Monarchs of England and Great Britain}}
+{{House of York}}
+{{Shakespeare}}
-Edward IV's eldest child was also called [[Elizabeth of York|Elizabeth]]. <!--This is a rare case of needing to violate T:NO RW in order to have a reasonable page name--> ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Kingmaker (audio story)|The Kingmaker]]'')
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