33-444: Prince George may refer to: People [ edit ] British princes [ edit ] George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence (1449-1478), middle brother of Edward IV and Richard III. Prince George Augustus, later George II of Great Britain (1683–1760) Prince George William of Great Britain (1717–1718), son of George II Prince George William Frederick, later George III of
66-560: A 19th-century barque Prince George (HBC vessel) , operated by the Hudson's Bay Company from 1834–1837, see Hudson's Bay Company vessels Other [ edit ] Mr. PG , a mascot and monument located in Prince George, British Columbia Prince George (racehorse) , favourite for the 1849 Grand National Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
99-560: A census-designated place Hyattsville Crossing station , formerly Prince George's Plaza station, station on the Washington Metro in Hyattsville, Maryland Ships [ edit ] HMS Prince George , four Royal Navy ships SS Prince George , sister ship of SS Prince Rupert SS Prince George (1947) , successor to SS Prince George , launched in 1947. Prince George (ship) ,
132-513: A document signed by Henry VI, specifying that Clarence was to become king in the event of his death. In 1477 Clarence was again a suitor for the hand of Mary, who had just become duchess of Burgundy . Edward objected to the match, and Clarence left the court. The arrest and committal to the Tower of London of one of Clarence's retainers, an Oxford astronomer named John Stacey, led to his confession under torture that he had "imagined and compassed"
165-790: A provincial electoral district in British Columbia Prince George North , a provincial electoral district in British Columbia Prince George–Omineca , a provincial electoral district in British Columbia South Africa [ edit ] Prince George Circuit , motorsport circuit in East London United States [ edit ] Prince George's County, Maryland Prince George County, Virginia Prince George, Virginia ,
198-467: A son, Edward , later Earl of Warwick . Isabel died on 22 December 1476, two months after giving birth to a short-lived son named Richard (5 October 1476 – 1 January 1477). George and Isabel are buried together at Tewkesbury Abbey in Gloucestershire . Their surviving children, Margaret and Edward , were cared for by their aunt, Anne Neville , until she died in 1485 when Edward
231-584: A soothsayer to sow doubt in the King's mind about his brother, and in the first scene Clarence is arrested and taken to the Tower. Gloucester nimbly stage-manages Clarence's death, fast-tracking the order of execution and intercepting the King's pardon when Edward changes his mind. In Act One Scene Four, Clarence recounts a terrifying nightmare in which he has been pushed (accidentally) into the ocean by Gloucester and drowns, then finds himself in hell, accused of perjury by
264-639: Is a race circuit in East London in Eastern Cape Province , South Africa . On this course the South African Grand Prix was hosted in 1934, and 1936 to 1939 when racing was halted due to World War II , and then in 1960–1966. The original circuit was 24.461 km (15.199 mi) long and was run on streets through different populated areas. The start and finish straight ran along the sea shore. After three fast corners
297-588: Is attributed to the machinations of Richard. George was born on 21 October 1449 in Dublin at a time when his father, the Duke of York, had begun to challenge Henry VI for the crown. His godfather was James FitzGerald, 6th Earl of Desmond . He was the second of the three sons of Richard and Cecily who survived their father and became a potential claimant for the crown. His father died in 1460. In 1461 his elder brother, Edward, became King of England as Edward IV and George
330-446: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence (21 October 1449 – 18 February 1478), was the sixth child and third surviving son of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York , and Cecily Neville , and the brother of English kings Edward IV and Richard III . He played an important role in
363-474: Is now the East London Airport (not built at the time), the course turned south at the far west point onto Prince George Street and led with a relatively long series of twisty turns and one hairpin at the end back to the main straight. The circuit was shortened to 18.619 km (11.569 mi) in 1936. Instead of taking Molteno Drive east, the course followed Potters Pass north to get back onto
SECTION 10
#1732765964306396-579: The Battle of Bosworth Field, cursing his brother and encouraging Henry. Clarence married Isabel Neville in Calais, at that time controlled by England , on 11 July 1469. Together they had four children: Dukes (except Aquitaine ) and Princes of Wales are noted, as are the monarchs' reigns. † =Killed in action; [REDACTED] =Executed See also Family tree of English monarchs Prince George Circuit Prince George Circuit
429-1344: The British throne Fictional [ edit ] George (Blackadder) , a fictional caricature of George IV while he was Prince Regent Other princes [ edit ] George Kastrioti Skanderbeg (1405–1468), Albanian prince and national hero George, Duke of Coimbra (1481–1550), Portuguese Infante, natural son of King John II of Portugal George of Lencastre, 2nd Duke of Aveiro (1548–1578), Portuguese Prince George of Lencastre, 1st Duke of Torres Novas (1594–1632), Portuguese Prince Prince George of Denmark (1653–1708), husband of Anne of Great Britain Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt (1669–1705) Prince George of Prussia (1826–1902) George Albert, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1838–1890) Prince George of Greece and Denmark (1869–1957) George, Crown Prince of Serbia (1887–1972) Prince George William of Hanover (1915–2006) Prince Georg of Denmark (1920–1986), second cousin of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Giorgi Bagration Bagrationi (born 2011), Georgian prince Places [ edit ] Canada [ edit ] Prince George, British Columbia , largest city in northern British Columbia Prince George-Mount Robson ,
462-617: The United Kingdom (1738–1820) Prince George Augustus Frederick, later George IV of the United Kingdom (1762–1830) Prince George, Duke of Cambridge (1819–1904), grandson of George III Prince George of Cumberland, later George V of Hanover (1819–1878), grandson of George III Prince George Frederick Ernest Albert, later George V of the United Kingdom (1865–1936) Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902–1942), fourth son of George V Prince George of Wales (born 2013), first son of William, Prince of Wales and second in line to
495-516: The course followed a road – which is now called Molteno Drive – that would later also be part of the shorter new circuit. Moving further east the course entered the West Bank Village on Strand Street before turning north onto Bank Street and then west on Military Road. There the track moved through the areas Fort Glamorgan and Gately. Military Road changed into Settlers Way at the height of Woodbrook and Greenfields. After driving through what
528-427: The death of the king, and used the black arts to accomplish this. He implicated Thomas Burdett, and Thomas Blake, a chaplain at Stacey's college ( Merton College, Oxford ). All three were tried for treason, convicted, and condemned to be drawn to Tyburn and hanged. Blake was saved at the eleventh hour by a plea for his life from James Goldwell , Bishop of Norwich, but the other two were put to death as ordered. This
561-827: The dynastic struggle between rival factions of the Plantagenets now known as the Wars of the Roses . Though a member of the House of York , he switched sides to support the House of Lancaster , before reverting back to the Yorkists. He was later convicted of treason against his elder brother, Edward IV, and executed, allegedly by drowning in malmsey wine. He appears as a character in William Shakespeare 's plays Henry VI, Part 3 and Richard III , in which his death
594-415: The entire Warwick estate as his younger brother, Richard, Duke of Gloucester , had married ( c. 1472 ) Anne Neville, who had been widowed in 1471. Edward intervened and eventually divided the estates between his brothers. Clarence was created, by right of his wife, first Earl of Warwick on 25 March 1472, and first Earl of Salisbury in a new creation. In 1475 Clarence's wife Isabel gave birth to
627-462: The family of his queen Elizabeth Woodville. Despite several speeches proclaiming loyalty to Warwick, and to Henry VI, Clarence defects back to Edward's side when he sees his brothers again; it takes only a few lines for his brothers to shame him into rejoining the Yorkist party. Several lines reference his penchant for wine. Richard III opens with Gloucester having framed Clarence for treason, using
660-427: The ghosts of Warwick and Prince Edward. When he is attacked by assassins sent by Gloucester, he pleads eloquently and nobly but is stabbed and drowned in a butt of Malmsey wine. It is Clarence's death that sends Edward into a fatal attack of remorse. Clarence is the first character to die in the play; his ghost later appears to Gloucester, then already Richard III, and Henry Tudor, the future Henry VII of England , before
693-407: The kingdom to stir up rebellion against Edward, claiming that Edward intended to disinherit him and that he had used witchcraft to poison his subjects. It was also alleged that he had plotted to have a "strange child" pose as his son, while he intended to send his son into Ireland or Flanders to get assistance against Edward, but this plan was not successful. Clarence was also said to have secretly kept
SECTION 20
#1732765964306726-510: The original circuit at the begin of Settlers Way. Modified to meet Formula One regulations in 1959, the track was built into a seaside amphitheatre with a length of 3.920 km (2.436 mi). It hosted three rounds of the F1 South African Grand Prix in the 1960s. It was later deemed too small for Formula One cars, and the race was moved to Kyalami . As of August 2022, the fastest official race lap records at
759-413: The secret of the precontract " for Edward's marriage with Lady Eleanor Talbot , although others dispute this. Clarence is a principal character in two of William Shakespeare 's history plays: Henry VI, Part 3 and Richard III . Shakespeare portrays Clarence as weak-willed and changeable. His initial defection from Edward IV to Warwick is prompted by resentment at the favors bestowed by Edward to
792-530: The throne after his own son , justifying the exclusion of Edward IV both by attainder for his treason against the House of Lancaster as well as his alleged illegitimacy . After a short time, Clarence realized that his loyalty to his father-in-law was misplaced: Warwick had his younger daughter, Anne Neville , Clarence's sister-in-law, marry Henry VI's son in December 1470. This demonstrated that his father-in-law
825-579: The throne, but when his father-in-law (known as "the Kingmaker") deserted Edward IV to ally with Margaret of Anjou , consort of the deposed King Henry, Clarence supported him and was deprived of his office as Lord Lieutenant. Clarence joined Warwick in France , taking his pregnant wife. She gave birth to their first child, a girl, on 16 April 1470, in a ship off Calais . The child died shortly afterwards. Henry VI rewarded Clarence by making him next in line to
858-444: The title Prince George . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prince_George&oldid=1248578239 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Title and name disambiguation pages Ship disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
891-509: Was "privately executed" at the Tower on 18 February 1478, by tradition in the Bowyer Tower, and soon after the event, a rumour spread that he had been drowned in a butt of Malmsey wine. A reason for Edward to have his brother executed may have been that George had "threatened to question the legality of the royal marriage" and he may have discovered from Bishop Robert Stillington of Bath and Wells that George "had probably let slip
924-451: Was 10 years old. Though most historians now believe Isabel's death was a result of either consumption or childbed fever , Clarence was convinced she had been poisoned by one of her ladies-in-waiting, Ankarette Twynyho , whom, as a consequence, he had judicially murdered in April 1477, by summarily arresting her and bullying a jury at Warwick into convicting her of murder by poisoning. She
957-480: Was a clear warning to Clarence, which he chose to ignore. He appointed John Goddard to burst into Parliament and regale the House with Burdett and Stacey's declarations of innocence that they had made before their deaths. Goddard was a very unwise choice, as he was an ex-Lancastrian who had expounded Henry VI's claim to the throne. Edward summoned Clarence to Windsor, severely upbraided him, accused him of treason, and ordered his immediate arrest and confinement. Clarence
990-437: Was hanged immediately after trial with John Thursby, a fellow defendant. She was posthumously pardoned in 1478 by King Edward. Clarence's mental state, never stable, deteriorated from that point and led to his involvement in yet another rebellion against his brother Edward. According to the bill of attainder passed against him, Clarence made a number of his servants swear personal loyalty to him and sent them into various parts of
1023-459: Was imprisoned in the Tower of London and put on trial for treason against his brother Edward IV. Clarence was not present – Edward himself prosecuted his brother, and demanded that Parliament pass a bill of attainder against his brother, declaring that he was guilty of "unnatural, loathly treasons" which were aggravated by the fact that Clarence was his brother, who, if anyone did, owed him loyalty and love. Following his conviction and attainder, he
Prince George - Misplaced Pages Continue
1056-559: Was less interested in making him king than in serving his own interests and, since it now seemed unlikely that Warwick would replace Edward IV with Clarence, Clarence was secretly reconciled with Edward. Warwick's efforts to keep Henry VI on the throne ultimately failed and Warwick was killed at the battle of Barnet in April 1471. The re-instated King Edward IV restored his brother Clarence to royal favour by making him Great Chamberlain of England. As his father-in-law had died, Clarence became jure uxoris Earl of Warwick, but did not inherit
1089-652: Was made Duke of Clarence . Despite his youth, he was appointed as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in the same year. Having been mentioned as a possible husband for Mary , daughter of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy , Clarence came under the influence of his first cousin Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick , and in July 1469 was married in Église Notre-Dame de Calais to the earl's elder daughter Isabel Neville . Clarence had actively supported his elder brother's claim to
#305694