In 1478, George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, brother of King Edward IV, was privately executed for treason in the Tower of London

In 1478, George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, brother of King Edward IV, was privately executed for treason in the Tower of London.

 

After the death of his wife, Isabel Neville, in 1476, George's mental health seems to have suffered. He became convinced that his wife had been poisoned and ended up accusing one of her ladies-in-waiting, Ankarette Twynho, of the “murder”.

George had poor Ankarette hanged immediately, without having the propper authority to do so. 

Historians, however, believe Isabel actually died of either consumption or childbed fever.

George then went on to accuse the Queen, Elizabeth Woodville, of witchcraft.

He also kept a document, granted to him when King Henry VI had been restored to the throne, declaring George heir to the Lancastrian line if it happened to fail.

It's also been said that he tried to predict the deaths of the King and his eldest son by hiring someone who practised black magic.

When put on trial for treason, it also came to light that George had allegedly tried to smuggle his son to Ireland or Burgundy as part of a plot against the King. 

His execution— though this is often speculated to be a myth— wouldn't be a hanging or decapitation. George was instead drowned in a barrel of Malmsey wine. 

There have been multiple reasons given for this:

One account claims it was in mockery of his alcoholism. 

Another states that George chose the means of his execution himself, and that he selected Malmsey specifically because it was favoured by the Queen. 

But whether a myth or not, in a portrait of his daughter, Margaret Pole, a barrel charm hangs from her wrist, which many believe to be a nod to her father's death. 

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