Richard, Earl of Cambridge (d. 1415) - illegitimate??

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John Higgins

Richard, Earl of Cambridge (d. 1415) - illegitimate??

Legg inn av John Higgins » 03 jan 2007 02:26:44

The grandfather of King Edward IV was Richard "of Conisburgh", Earl of Cambridge, who was executed in 1415 after being implicated in a plot against King Henry V shortly before the battle of Agincourt. A recently published history of that battle, written by Juliet Barker, discusses the "Southampton plot" in which Richard was involved, and an endnote in the book mentions (rather off-handedly) that Richard was "probably illegitimate". I hadn't heard of this conjecture before, and I'm not presently able to check out the limited sources mentioned by the author. Is anyone familiar with this story - or what the basis for it is?

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