Edward IV
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Sep 12, 2026
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
Louis quarreled with the duke of Brittany about a question of homage, and the latter tried to bring into play that alliance between England and Burgundy, which had been such an important feature in the last part of the Hundred Years' War.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
The kingmaker Warwick was in favor of Louis' suggestion of a French marriage alliance for Edward IV.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
But the English king, without consulting anyone, chose to marry Elizabeth Woodville, St. Paul's niece, and thus arose between him and Warwick a coolness which soon became open hostility, and led England to play some part in the affairs of France and Burgundy in this reign.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
Meanwhile, Louis, determined to strike first at the rebels, found that most of the trained forces responded to his call, thus giving him an advantage over the feudal levies of the enemy led by Charolais.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
He even delayed to give up the sum towns till his brother's death in 1471 made it safe flatly to refuse to fulfill his promise.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
For several years before that event, however, Louis' relations with Brittany, Burgundy, and England continued to be full of difficulties.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
Since 1466, he had been allied with Warwick, who had quarreled with Edward IV.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
while the Yorkist party in England had definitely ranged itself on the side of Burgundy by the marriage of Edward's sister Margaret with Charles the Bold.
Jim MowatNARRATOR
Chapter fifty-six.
Jim MowatNARRATOR
Edward IV, the story of Queen Margaret and the robbers.
Jim MowatNARRATOR
It was in fourteen sixty-one AD that the people chose Edward IV as their king.
Jim MowatNARRATOR
And so there were two kings in England, Henry VI, the head of the Red Rose, and Edward IV, the head of the White Rose party.
Jim MowatNARRATOR
There could be no peace in the country so long as there were two kings, each claiming the throne.
Jim MowatNARRATOR
So, without waiting to be crowned, Edward marched to meet the Red Rose army and to fight for the crown.
5 MINS LATER
Kara ShallenbergNARRATOR
Our Island Story by H.E. Marshall.
Kara ShallenbergNARRATOR
Chapter 57.
Denny SayersVOICE_ACTOR
John Holland, a follower of Cade, read by Denny Sayers.
Denny SayersVOICE_ACTOR
King Edward IV, Plantagenet, read by
Aidan BrackVOICE_ACTOR
Dale Burgess.
Aidan BrackVOICE_ACTOR
Lord Clifford, read by Aidan Brack.
Matt LewisGUEST
It's the one that most people would imagine would be the next available heir, but they're also someone who can be supplanted by the arrival of an heir apparent.
Matt LewisGUEST
So if the King has an oldest son, and so Damon sits in that kind of, I mean, if we go back to the Wars of the Roses, it's a little bit of the George Duke of Clarence role, isn't it? Where George is heir to Edward IV for like 10 years.
Matt LewisGUEST
and doesn't react very well to being pushed out of the way by the arrival of a son for Edward IV.
Matt LewisGUEST
And you get a lot of that with Damon.
Matt LewisGUEST
I think that he's clearly viewed as the heir presumptive.
Tony RobinsonHOST
But what happens if the system goes wrong, if the chain gets broken? 500 years ago, that's exactly what happened, and this is the man responsible.
Tony RobinsonHOST
Edward IV was king, but his claim to the throne was fatally flawed.
Tony RobinsonHOST
I found evidence that he was conceived not by his royal father, but by a humble archer.
Tony RobinsonHOST
It was the summer of 1441.
Tony RobinsonHOST
While he was away fighting, she was rumored to have had a fling with an English archer based in the Rouen garrison.
Tony RobinsonHOST
Nine months later, Edward was born.
Tony RobinsonHOST
Within 20 years, Edward became Edward IV, but gossip about his parentage persisted in his lifetime and even after his death.
Tony RobinsonHOST
There were rumours flashing round the Tudor court that Edward was illegitimate, and William Shakespeare actually articulates those rumours.
speaker_7NARRATOR
Dramatis personae.
speaker_8VOICE_ACTOR
King Edward IV, read by David Cole.
Diana MilingerNARRATOR
Edward, Prince of Wales, read by Sandra.
speaker_10VOICE_ACTOR
Richard, Duke of York, read by Tricia G.
Matt LewisGUEST
Um, and I think his, his relationships with his brothers are really complex, and I'm gonna get onto, I'm gonna get onto Richard last because Richard is so often positioned as someone who is unfalteringly loyal to Edward, and I think that's a huge misunderstanding of what Richard does on several occasions.
Matt LewisGUEST
The m- the most obviously disloyal brother is George.
Matt LewisGUEST
So we start off kinda with, with four brothers York, who survived to, to teenage years.
Matt LewisGUEST
But in 1461, the second of those, Edmund, Earl of Rutland, is killed in Wakefield alongside their father, Richard, Duke of York, at the age of 17.
Matt LewisGUEST
And what we know is that Edward and Edmund, who are only just over a year apart in age, had been brought up together at Ludlow Castle.
speaker_5UNKNOWN
Mm.
Matt LewisGUEST
Because the problem is that when Edward becomes king in 1461, he's 18 years old.
Matt LewisGUEST
He's now lost his, his younger brother, and Edward is unmarried and has no children at this point.
Matt LewisGUEST
And although Nathan and I have different opinions, there is a lot that we agree on about Richard III, or at least that we can see
Alec MarshHOST
Okay, so on the kind of charge sheet, the Shakespeare history play charge sheet, did he murder Henry VI and conspire against Edward IV?
Matt LewisGUEST
I think, did he murder Henry VI? It's possible he's involved in it.
Matt LewisGUEST
His position as Constable of England makes it feasible that he is tasked with that job.
Matt LewisGUEST
But if there is someone who is responsible for the death of Henry VI, it's Edward IV.
Matt LewisGUEST
If Richard is involved, it's on the orders of Edward IV.
Matt LewisGUEST
And we don't really have any evidence that Richard did it.
Matt LewisGUEST
Is he involved in the death of Edward of Westminster? Probably not.
Jim MowatNARRATOR
Chapter fifty-six.
Jim MowatNARRATOR
Edward IV.
Jim MowatNARRATOR
The Story of Queen Margaret and the Robbers.
Jim MowatNARRATOR
It was in fourteen sixty-one AD that the people chose Edward IV as their king.
Jim MowatNARRATOR
And so there were two kings in England, Henry VI, the head of the Red Rose, and Edward IV, the head of the White Rose party.
Jim MowatNARRATOR
There could be no peace in the country so long as there were two kings, each claiming the throne.
Jim MowatNARRATOR
So, without waiting to be crowned, Edward marched to meet the Red Rose army and to fight for the crown.
5 MINS LATER
Kara ShallenbergNARRATOR
This reading by Kara Shallenberg.
Jeremy BoreingGUEST
All of Westminster Palace, if you've ever been there, is just statue.
Jeremy BoreingGUEST
I mean, if you stand at a urinal in Westminster Palace, like Edward IV is looking back at you, because every king and queen of Britain is represented in painting and in sculpture a hundred times throughout that building, every square inch.
Jeremy BoreingGUEST
But when the monarch prepares himself to do his constitutional duty, he's not surrounded by his actual predecessors.
Jeremy BoreingGUEST
He's surrounded on all sides by these wooden reliefs from the legend of King Arthur.
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