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Edward IV of England

1442 - 1483

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Edward IV (28 April 1442 – 9 April 1483) was King of England from 4 March 1461 to 3 October 1470, then again from 11 April 1471 until his death in 1483. He was a central figure in the Wars of the Roses, a series of civil wars in England fought between the Yorkist and Lancastrian factions between 1455 and 1487. Edward inherited the Yorkist claim to the throne at the age of eighteen when his father, Richard, Duke of York, was killed at the Battle of Wakefield in December 1460. After defeating Lancastrian armies at Mortimer's Cross and Towton in early 1461, he deposed King Henry VI and took the throne. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edward IV of England is the 81st most popular politician (up from 410th in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from France (up from 171st in 2019) and the 7th most popular French Politician.

Edward IV of England is most famous for being the first king of the House of York and for his marriage to the widowed Lady Elizabeth Grey.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Edward IV of England ranks 81 out of 19,576. Before him are Nero, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, Henry VI of England, Louis XV of France, and William IV of the United Kingdom. After him are Cyrus the Great, Peter the Great, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Haile Selassie, Hammurabi, and Ho Chi Minh.

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Among people born in 1442, Edward IV of England ranks 1. After him are Vannozza dei Cattanei, Charlotte, Queen of Cyprus, Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado, Benedetto da Maiano, Tamás Bakócz, and Lê Thánh Tông. Among people deceased in 1483, Edward IV of England ranks 1. After him are Edward V of England, Louis XI of France, Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, Charlotte of Savoy, Francis Phoebus of Navarre, Yolande, Duchess of Lorraine, Margaret of Bourbon, Fernando II, Duke of Braganza, Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, Elizabeth of Nevers, and Pedro Pardo de Cela.

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In France

Among people born in France, Edward IV of England ranks 18 out of 6,770. Before him are Molière (1622), Montesquieu (1689), Maximilien Robespierre (1758), Jean-Paul Sartre (1905), Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807), and Louis XV of France (1710). After him are Alexandre Dumas (1802), Charles de Gaulle (1890), Nostradamus (1503), Honoré de Balzac (1799), Henri Matisse (1869), and Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Edward IV of England ranks 7. Before him are Napoleon (1769), Louis XIV of France (1638), Louis XVI of France (1754), Maximilien Robespierre (1758), Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807), and Louis XV of France (1710). After him are Caracalla (188), Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor (1122), Louis XIII of France (1601), Napoleon III (1808), Louis XVIII of France (1755), and Claudius (-10).

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