King Edward IV of Wessex

King Edward IV of Wessex is the current _ He was the eldest son of King Edward III and his wife Katherine of Damstadt.

Edward married Margaret of Flanders

Death of Father

Earl Marshal : Prince Richard of Wessex, The Duke of Chelsea

Earl Marshal Richard Beaumont, The Duke of Chelsea

Edward's recognized his brother Prince Edmund of Wessex, The Duke of Hampden has his heir presumptive, until his own son was to be born.

Death of the Earl Marshal, the position is inherited by Edward's only male-line cousin, The Earl of Conisburgh,

Edward's wife went gave birth at King's Langley Palace only an hour after the death of The Duke of Chelsea. Edward proclaimed that his son would be named Richard in honor of his late uncle. The couple, and the rest of the courtiers present at court, were _ when the royal birth resulted in the birth of a daughter instead of the much expected Prince. Edward named his daughter Princess Joan of Wessex.

Edward was the first King of Wessex to use Gatcombe Park as a personal Royal Estate.