Edmund, Earl of Rutland, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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English earl
Date of Birth: 17-May-1443
Place of Birth: Rouen, Normandy, France
Date of Death: 30-Dec-1460
Profession: judge
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Edmund, Earl of Rutland
- Edmund, Earl of Rutland (17 May 1443 – 30 December 1460) was the fourth child and second surviving son of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, and Cecily Neville.
- He was born in Rouen.
- At the time Rouen was the capital of English-occupied France and his father held the office of Lieutenant of France.
- He was killed at the age of 17 either during or shortly after the Battle of Wakefield, during the Wars of the Roses. He was created Earl of Rutland by Henry VI probably some time before 1454.
- No record of the creation has been preserved; Edmund and his older brother Edward, then the Earl of March, signed a letter to their father on 14 June 1454 as "E.
- Rutland" and "E.
- Marche".
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