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Edward V was King of England for only two months.

At only thirteen years of age, he met an untimely and tragic end at the Tower of London, imprisoned alongside his brother and later murdered in mysterious circumstances.

Born on 2nd November 1470, his father was the Yorkist king Edward IV, whilst his mother was Elizabeth Woodville. He was born at Cheyneygates, the adjoining house at Westminster Abbey where his mother had been shielding from the Lancastrians.

Young Edward had been born into tumultuous times, in the midst of the epic dynastic battle known as the Wars of the Roses.

His father, who at the time of his birth had been in exile in Holland, soon reclaimed the throne as Edward IV and entrusted his one year old son with the title Prince of Wales in June 1471.

At only three years of age, he was sent to Ludlow alongside his mother, where he would spend much of his childhood.

As a young boy, his father had entrusted Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers who was