Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle, illegitimate son of Edward IV

Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle

Illegitimate son of King Edward IV of England

Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle, KG was an illegitimate son of the English king Edward IV, half-brother-in-law of Henry VII, and an uncle of Henry VIII, at whose court he was a prominent figure and by whom he was appointed Lord Deputy of Calais (1533–40). The survival of…