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Edward IV

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Edward IV 1442-1483.
King of England (1461-1470 and 1471-1483) who was crowned after leading the Yorkists to victory in the Wars of the Roses. In 1470 he was dethroned in a rebellion but won back the crown in a battle at Tewkesbury (1471).
Edward IV
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(Biographies / Edward IV (1442-1483) M, English, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) 1442-83, king of England (1461-70; 1471-83); son of Richard, duke of York. He defeated Henry VI in the Wars of the Roses and became king (1461). In 1470 Henry was restored to the throne, but Edward recovered the crown by his victory at Tewkesbury
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Noun1.Edward IVEdward IV - King of England from 1461 to 1470 and from 1471 to 1483; was dethroned in 1470 but regained the throne in 1471 by his victory at the battle of Tewkesbury (1442-1483)
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All that troubled him but little; and he gave a warm reception every evening to the wine of the royal vintage of Chaillot, without a suspicion that several flasks of that same wine (somewhat revised and corrected, it is true, by Doctor Coictier), cordially offered to Edward IV.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
King Edward (we are not told which among the monarchs of that name, but, from his temper and habits, we may suppose Edward IV.
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