Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick

Edward Plantagenet, also Edward of York, ( born February 21, 1474/75 in Warwick Castle; † beheaded on November 28, 1499 on Tower Hill in London) was the 17th Earl of Warwick and 7th Earl of Salisbury.

He was the son of George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, (* 1449 in Dublin, † drowned in 1478 in the Tower of London) and his wife Isabella Neville ( 1451-1476 ), the daughter of " kingmaker " Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick. He was the nephew of two of the three English kings from the house of York, Edward IV and Richard III. , And after the death of Richard III. probably the last male descendant of the house of Plantagenet.

The House of York was followed by Richard's death in 1485 Henry VII from the House of Tudor to the English throne. This put to death Edward in 1499 because he feared that he could make his rightful claim to the English crown claimed.