Edward Plantagenet, Duke of York

Also known as: Edward Plantagenet / Edward Plantagenet, Duke of Aumale / Edward Plantagenet, Earl of Rutland / Edward duke Yorke / Edward earle of Rutland / Edward, Earl of Rutland / duke of Aubemarle / duke of Aumarle / earle of Rutland / sonne and heire to the Duke of Yorke · Family: England · Role: earl of Rutland · First appears: Richard II 29

Around 1385, Richard II made Edward Plantagenet earl of Rutland and trusted him among the nobility. Around 1397, Edward and Thomas Holland, Earl of Kent were sent to arrest Richard FitzAlan, Earl of Arundel, and Edward was later named among the nobles indicted at Nottingham. He was closely involved with Richard II, and was thought to have persuaded the king to delay action on one occasion.

After Henry IV came to power around 1399, Edward faced accusations from Walter FitzWalter, Baron FitzWalter, who appealed him for treason and blamed him for the death of Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester. Edward challenged the charge, and also denied an allegation from Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk that he had sent servants to Calais to murder Gloucester. At Oxford, conspirators plotted to kill Henry IV and restore Richard II; at Windsor, Edward revealed the conspiracy to the king and obtained pardon. He was the son of Edmund Langley, Duke of York and brother of Richard of Conisburgh, Earl of Cambridge.

In 1412, Edward took part in an English expedition that landed in Normandy. In 1415, after Edward reported the approaching French army, Henry V appointed him captain of the vanguard, placing Beaumont, Willoughbie, and John Cornwall, Lord Fanhope with him. Edward died in the battle, and Henry V carried his body to Dover before having him buried at his college at Fodringhey.