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He was the son of King Henry VI of England and his consort, Margaret of Anjou. Their only child, he was born at the Palace of Westminster. His father was at the time suffering from mental illness, and there were widespread rumours that the prince was the result of an affair between his mother and some unnamed lover. However, there is no real evidence for this. Edward was invested as Prince of Wales at Windsor Castle in 1454.

When King Henry VI signed away his son's birthright by agreeing to make Richard, Duke of York his heir, Queen Margaret immediately raised an army and attempted to fight the Yorkists. She and her young son went on the run, spending some time in both Scotland and Wales, before taking refuge in France. Margaret allied herself with the renegade Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, and Prince Edward was married off to Anne NevilleAnne Neville ( June 11, 1456 March 16, 1485) was queen consort of King Richard III of England 1483- 1485. Anne was born on June 11, 1456, at Warwick Castle, the younger daughter of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick and Anne Beauchamp. Throughout her short, Warwick's younger daughter, in December 1470Events May 15 Charles VIII of Sweden who had served three terms as King of Sweden dies. Sten Sture the Elder becomes Regent of Sweden. October A rebellion orchestrated by King Edward's former ally, the Earl of Warwick, forces the King to flee England to s -- although there is some doubt as to whether the marriage was ever solemnised.

Warwick succeeded in putting King Henry VI back on the throne. However, by the time Margaret and her son and daughter-in-law arrived back in EnglandEngland is the largest, the most populous, and the most densely populated of the four " Home Nations" which make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK). Occupying the south-eastern portion of the island of Great Britain, England, a reversal of fortunes had taken place. Warwick had been defeated and killed at the Battle of BarnetThe Battle of Barnet which took place on April 14, 1471, was a decisive battle of the Wars of the Roses, near the town of Barnet, 10 miles north of London. The main protagonists were King Edward IV of England and Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, former f, Edward IVEdward IV ( April 28, 1442 April 9, 1483) was King of England 1461- 1483, with a break of a few months in the period 1470- 1471. Biography Edward was born on April 28, 1442, at Rouen in France, the eldest son of Richard, Duke of York (a leading claimant t was back on the throne, and the inexperienced prince and his mother led the remnant of their forces at the Battle of TewkesburyThe Battle of Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire, which took place on May 4, 1471, completed one phase of the Wars of the Roses, and temporarily put an end to Lancastrian hopes of regaining the throne of England. There would be fourteen years of peace before a with little real hope of success. The prince died either in the battle, or, according to rumour, during a later massacre of prisoners. He is buried at Tewkesbury AbbeyThe Abbey of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, is the second largest parish church in England. The Abbey Chronicle records that the first Christian worship was brought to the area by a missionary, Theoc, from Northumbria, who built his.