CHILDREN OF RICHARD, DUKE OF YORK 1. Anne. Born at Fotheringhay, August 11, 1439. (Duchess of Exeter.) 2. Henry. Born at Hatfield, February 10,1441. (Died in infancy.) 3. Edward. Born at Rouen,[9] April 28, 1442. (Earl of March. King.) 4. Edmund. Born at Rouen, May 17, 1443. (Earl of Rutland.) 5. Elizabeth. Born at Rouen, April 22,1444. (Duchess of Suffolk.) 6. Margaret. Born at Fotheringhay, May 3, 1446. (Duchess of Burgundy. Died 1503.) 7. William. Born at Fotheringhay, July 7, 1447. (Died young.) 8. John. Born at Neath, November 7, 1448. (Died in infancy.) 9. George. Born at Dublin, October 21, 1449. (Duke of Clarence.) 10. Thomas. Born at Fotheringhay, 1450. (Died in infancy.) 11. Richard. Born at Fotheringhay, October 2, 1452.[10] (Duke of Gloucester. King.) 12. Ursula. Born at Fotheringhay, July 20,1455. (Died in infancy.) W. WYRCESTER, _Annales_, 460-477. [Illustration: SEIZE QUARTIERS OF EDWARD IV. AND RICHARD III.] Their father, the Duke of York, first Prince of the blood royal, was the most powerful and wealthy, as well as one of the ablest noblemen in the kingdom. He was moderate and prudent, and was unwillingly driven into resistance to the misgovernment of the corrupt faction which misused the powers they had seized, owing to the imbecility of Henry VI. His original object was not to assert his own undoubted title to the throne, but to obtain just and reasonable government by the removal of corrupt and incapable ministers. 'After repeated experience of bad faith, and after {7} fruitlessly endeavouring to bind Henry by pledges, the Duke was at length forced into advancing his own claim.'[11] Disaster followed the first attempt of the Duke of York at open resistance. He was overpowered by the Lancastrian forces at Ludlow, in October 1459, and his followers were scattered. The Duke himself, with his son Edmund, fled to Ireland. His eldest son, Edward Earl of March, escaped to Calais with the Earl of Warwick. The Duchess of York, and her three young children, Margaret, George and Richard, were taken prisoners at Wigmore. They were sent to Tunbridge Castle in the custody of their mother's sister, the Duchess of Buckingham, who had married a Lancastrian husband. Little Richard was only seven years of age when he became a prisoner of war. The detention was of short duration. His eldest brother landed in Kent and marched to London. Troops flocked to the standard of the gallant youth, and he advanced northwards against his enemies. The Duchess of York then escaped from Tunbridge, and found an asylum for her little children at the chambers of John Paston, in the Temple.[12]