Perkin Warbeck [29651] 24
- Born: 1474, Tournai, Picardy
- Marriage: Catherine Gordon [29650] in Jan 1496
- Died: 23 Nov 1499, Tyburn at age 25
 Cause of his death was EXECUTED.
General Notes:
Pretender to the Kingdom of England. See Ashley, 1998, p.629.
http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal34974
Impostor said to be Earl of Warwick, then the illegitimate son of Richard III <http://tudorhistory.org/people/richard3/>, and finally Richard, Duke of York (son of Edward IV <http://tudorhistory.org/people/edward4/>). Acknowledged as Richard IV by Emperor Maximilian. Was eventually captured but was not executed at first. Further plotting against Henry VII <http://tudorhistory.org/henry7/> led to his execution.
http://tudorhistory.org/people/warbeck/
http://tudorhistory.org/secondary/henry7/c7.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perkin_Warbeck
Perkin married Catherine Gordon [29650] [MRIN: 13555], daughter of George of Huntly Gordon 2nd Earl of Huntly [17013] and Elizabeth Hay [29553], in Jan 1496.
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