EDWARD III. = Phillippa. | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | | EDWARD LIONEL JOHN EDMUND (The Black Prince). (Duke of Clarence). (Of Gaunt, (Duke of York). | | Duke of Lancaster). | | | | | RICHARD II. PHILLIPPA = Edward HENRY IV. RICHARD = Anne. | Mortimer. | (_See second column._) ROGER MORTIMER HENRY V. | Earl of Marche). | | | HENRY VI. RICHARD PLANTAGENET | | (Duke of York). | | | | | --------------- | | | | | ANNE = Richard EDWARD EDWARD GEORGE RICHARD of York. (Prince IV. (Duke III. (_See fourth column._) of Wales). of Clarence). The character = denotes marriage; the short perpendicular line | a descent. There were many other children and descendants in the different branches of the family besides those whose names are inserted in the table. The table includes only those essential to an understanding of the history. Henry of Lancaster, who ascended the throne as Henry the Fourth, and he and his successors in the Lancastrian line, Henry the Fifth and Henry the Sixth, held the throne for many years.