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Monday, April 9, 2012

[April 9] Edward IV, king of England

Parents: Richard, duke of York, and Cecily Neville
Date of Birth: 28 April 1442
House: Plantagenet-York
Spouse: Elizabeth, daughter of  Richard Woodville, earl Rivers, and Jacquetta of Luxembourg
Predecessor: Henry VI
Reign: 1461 – 1470, 1471 – 1483
Date of Death: 9 April 1483
Successor: Edward V

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Zeno, emperor of Constantinople (491)
Constantine, pope of Rome (715)
Benedict VIII, pope of Rome (1024)
William X, duke of Aquitaine (1137)
Lorenzo, patriarch of Florence (1492)
Matei, prince of Wallachia (1654)
William V, king of the Netherlands (1806)
Zog I, king of Albania (1961)

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