Malvasia Malmsey was one of the three major wines exported from Greece in medieval times. (For other examples, see Rumney wine and Cretan wine). It is alleged that when Edward IV of England convicted his brother, George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, of high treason, his private execution consisted of being "drowned in a butt of Malmsey wine," which is dramatized in Shakespeare's "Richard III". Both Monemvasia and Candia have lent their names to modern grape varieties. In Greece, there is a variety known as Monemvasia, evidently named after the port, though now grown primarily in the Cyclades. In western Europe,
Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence his descendant. Lionel's arms were at some point those of the kingdom, differenced by a label argent of five points, with each point bearing a cross gules, thus presenting the flag of England's Saint George's cross on each point There are also suggestions, such as the above image, that at some point he bore a differentiating label argent of three points, each bearing a canton gules. Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, KG (; 29 November 133817 October 1368) was the third son, but the second son to survive infancy, of the