Edward IV Roll: Difference between revisions

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A genealogy of the first Yorkist king Edward IV of England, it includes the arms of his historical and legendary ancestors, with actual and attributed arms. The main function of the manuscript was as a propaganda to legitimize Edward IV's claim as the rightful King of England.

Banners on the Left
1. St. George
Patron Saint of England
2. Brutus and Pandrasus
3. Verdon
4. Badelsmere
5. Leicester
6. Edmund Plantagenet
Duke of York
7. Warenne
Earls of Surrey
8. Llewelyn ap Gruffyd Prince of Wales

8. Llewelyn ap Gruffyd
Prince of Wales
9. Princes of Powis
10. Lords of Ireland

10. Lords of Ireland
11. Edmund Crouchback
Earl of Lancaster
12. Cinque Ports
13. Brutus
14. Princes of Wales
15. King Arthur

15. King Arthur
16. Earl of Cornwall

16. Earl of Cornwall
17. Oswald King of Northumbria

17. Oswald
King of Northumbria
18. Dukes of Aquitaine

18. Dukes of Aquitaine
19. Edgar the Pacific

19. Edgar the Pacific
20. Richard the Fearless
Duke of Normandy
21. St. Edmund the Martyr
22. De Burgh
Earls of Ulster
23. St. Edward the Confessor
24. De Bohun
Earls of Hereford
25. William the Conqueror
26. De Braose
27. Final Banner

27. Final Banner

Banners on the Right
1. Sebbi
King of Essex
2. Duke of Cornwall
3. De Clare

3. De Clare
4. Lacy
5. Holland
Earls of Kent
6. Mortimer and Normandy
7. Earls of Chester
8. Brecknock

8. Brecknock
9. Richard Plantagenet
Earl of Cambridge
10. ?
11. Bohun
Earls of Northampton
12. Staple of Calais
13. King Ethelbert

13. King Ethelbert
14. Cadwaladr
King of Gwynedd
15. King Arthur

15. King Arthur
16. Dukes of Normandy
17. ?
18. Lords of Ireland
19. Constantine
Emperor of Rome
20. Ralph Mortimer
Lord of Wigmore
21. Ethelred

21. Ethelred
22. De Clare
Earls of Gloucester
23. St. Louis IX
King of France
24. De Geneville
25. Castile and Leon
26. Hampton
27. England

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 Image: Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster.svg|11. Edmund Crouchback<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Earl of Lancaster</span>
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+Image: Cinque Ports.svg|12. Cinque Ports<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
 Image: Brutus.svg|13. Brutus<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
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