George duke of Clarence

George Clarence, duke of 1449-78, son of Richard, duke of York, and brother of Edward IV . In defiance of Edward, Clarence married Isabel Neville and joined her father, Richard Neville, earl of Warwick , in rebellion against the king in 1469-70. He deserted that party in 1471, however, and was reconciled with Edward. In 1478, exasperated by Clarence's continued factiousness, Edward had him attainted for treason by Parliament. He was sent to the Tower of London, where he was secretly executed. It was rumored that he was drowned in a butt of malmsey wine.

Clarence, George Plantagenet, Duke of (1449–78) One of EDWARD IV of England's younger brothers. He intrigued with the Burgundians and fell out with both Edward and his other brother, Richard, Duke of Gloucester (RICHARD III of England); he was found guilty of high treason and is supposed to have been drowned in a butt of malmsey wine.

Clarence, George, 1st duke of (1446–78). Reputed to have been drowned in a butt of malmsey, Clarence was the younger brother of Edward IV. He was enticed by a promise of the crown to support Warwick the Kingmaker (whose daughter Isabel he married) against his brother. After Henry VI had been restored in 1470, Clarence abandoned Warwick to help Edward IV recover the throne. In the early 1470s he was high in Edward's favour, but his truculence and insubordination exasperated the king. Arrested in 1477, he was executed secretly in the Tower, by means never officially revealed.