Edmund, King of England and France

Edmund Plantagenet (2 February 1439 – 12 March 1449) was for nine years the King of England and France, over which he became monarch at three years old. For the rest of his life, he was a ward of his uncle, Edward, Duke of Gloucester, who was also Lord Protector of England and France and the future Edward IV.

For the majority of his reign, Edmund was plagued by rumours that he was actually the illegitimate son of his uncle Edward and his mother, Margaret of Anjou, although none of these ever reached his ears. The king was ten years old when he caught a winter chill and died at the Isle of Wight. He is buried at Westminster Abbey.

Edmund was succeeded by his uncle, Edward IV.