Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick and 7th Earl of Salisbury (25 February 1475 28 November 1499) was the son of George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence and a potential claimant to the English throne during the reigns of both Richard III (1483-1485) and his successor, Henry VII (1485-1509). He was also a younger brother of Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury. He was born on 25 February 1475, at Warwick, the family home of his mother, the Duchess of Clarence, formerly Lady Isabella Neville, elder daughter of the 16th Earl of Warwick ("Warwick the Kingmaker"). He was created Earl of Warwick in 1478, shortly after the attainder and execution of his father for treason. His potential claim to the throne following the deposition of his cousin, Edward V, in 1483, was overlooked because of the argument that the attainder of his father also barred Warwick from the succession (although that could have been reversed by an Act of Parliament).