IV. Edward ile kim çıktı?

IV. Edward (d. 28 Nisan 1442, Rouen, Normandiya, (günümüzde Fransa) - ö. 9 Eylül 1483, Westminster, Londra, İngiltere) 1461–1470 döneminde birinci kez ve 1471–1483 döneminde ikinci kez olmak üzere İngiltere kralı.

Kraliyet tahtını eline geçirmeden önce "4. York Dükü", "7. March (İngiltere-Galler Sınırı) Kontu", "5. Cambridge Kontu" ve "9. Ulster Kontu" unvanlarını taşımıştır. İngiltere Güller Savaşı dönemi içinde 1461'de Lancaster Hanedanı yerine gelen yeni York Hanedanı'ndan olan ilk İngiltere kralıdır.

York Hanedanı mensubu olan ilk İngiltere Kralı idi. Hükümdarlık döneminin ilk yarısında Güller Savaşı adı verilen Lancaster Hanedanı'nın yerine İngiltere krallık tahtına York Hanedanı'nın geçmesi ile ilişkili sosyal ve politik karışıklıklarla geçmiş olduğu için çok kötü geçmiştir. Fakat 1471'de Lancaster Hanedanı'nı tutanlara karşı kazandığı karar verici bir galibiyetten sonra İngiltere ülkesini nispeten sulh ve sükun içinde idareye başlamıştır ve bu barışçıl yıllarda saltanat sürmesi 1483'te aniden beklenmedik bir nedenle ölmesine kadar devam etmiştir.

Elizabeth "Jane" Shore (née Lambert; c. 1445 – c. 1527) was one of the many mistresses of King Edward IV of England. She became the best known in history by being later accused of conspiracy by the future King Richard III and compelled to do public penance. She was also a sometime mistress of other noblemen, including Edward's stepson, Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset, and William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings, but ended her life in bourgeois respectability.

Elizabeth Lucy, also known as Lady Lucy, Lady Elizabeth, and Elizabeth Wayte, daughter of Thomas Wayte of Hamptonshire, (born ca. 1445) was the possible mistress of King Edward IV of England, and possible mother of several children by him, including Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle. Arthur was known in his youth as Arthur Wayte. He was elevated to the title, Viscount Lisle, by Henry VII.

Lady Eleanor Talbot (c. 1436 – June 1468), also known by her married name Eleanor Butler (or Boteler), was an English noblewoman. She was a daughter of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury. After the death of Edward IV of England in 1483 it was claimed by Robert Stillington, Bishop of Bath and Wells, that she was legally married precontract to Edward, which invalidated the king's later marriage to Elizabeth Woodville. The evidence was examined and the Bishop was questioned by the Three Estates (informal sitting of parliament with the same members), who determined that Bishop Stillington's claim was valid. The finding rendered Edward IV's second secret marriage to Elizabeth Woodville bigamous, thereby making all seven children illegitimate, including Edward's sons, the so-called Princes in the Tower. As the oldest male blood relative of Edward IV, his brother Richard, Duke of Gloucester, was elected by the Three Estates to the throne as Richard III. Edward's sons remained in the royal apartments in the Tower and subsequently disappeared. Various explanations for their disappearance have been put forward.

After the death of Richard at the Battle of Bosworth Field, the new king Henry Tudor requested Parliament repeal the Titulus Regius and destroy all existing copies.