Born: 2nd October, 1452
Place of birth: Fotheringhay Castle
Parents: Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York and Cecily Neville
Spouse: Anne Neville.
Siblings: Edward IV of England, George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence,Margaret of York, Anne of York,Duchess of Exeter, Elizabeth of York, Duchess of Suffolk,Edmund, Earl of Rutland, and Henry of York, John of York, Thomas of York and William of York.
Title: 1461: Duke of Gloucester, Knight of the Garter and knight of the Bath. 1464: Commissioner of Array. 1st November 1461: Duchy of Gloucester. 1462: Constable of Gloucester, Chief Justice of North Wales. 1463: chief Stewart and Chamberlain of Wales. 18 May, 1471: Great chamberlain and lord high admiral of England, followed by High sheriff of Cumberland for life, lieutenant of the North and Commander-in chief.
Castles: July 14, 1471: gained lordship of the strongholds Sheriff Hutton, Middleham in Yorkshire and Penrith in Cumberland which had belonged to Warwick the kingmaker, from the marriage to Anne Neville.