Edward IV was King of England from 4 March 1461 to 3 October 1470, then again from 11 April 1471 until he died in 1483. A member of the House of York, he was a central figure in the Wars of the Roses, a series of civil wars in England fought between the Yorkist and Lancastrian factions between 1455 and 1487. May 7, 1442 – April 18, 1483; died at 40. Alive at the same time as Leonardo da Vinci, Christopher Columbus, Albrecht Dürer, Erasmus, and François Villon. Wiki link