Richard III of England
Monarch
1452 – 1485
Who was Richard III of England?
Richard III was King of England for two years, from 1483 until his death in 1485 in the Battle of Bosworth Field. He was the last king of the House of York and the last of the Plantagenet dynasty. His defeat at Bosworth Field, the last decisive battle of the Wars of the Roses, symbolises the end of the Middle Ages in England. He is the subject of the play Richard III by William Shakespeare.
When his brother Edward IV died in April 1483, Richard was named Lord Protector of the realm for Edward's son and successor, the 12-year-old King Edward V. As the young king travelled to London from Ludlow, Richard met and escorted him to lodgings in the Tower of London where Edward V's brother Richard joined him shortly afterwards. Arrangements were made for Edward's coronation on 22 June 1483, but before the young king could be crowned, his father's marriage to his mother Elizabeth Woodville was declared invalid, making their children illegitimate and ineligible for the throne. On 25 June, an assembly of lords and commoners endorsed the claims. The following day, Richard III began his reign, and he was crowned on 6 July 1483.
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- Born
- Oct 2, 1452
Fotheringhay Castle - Also known as
- Richard III
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Anne Neville
(1472 - 1485/03/16)
- Anne Neville
- Children
- Nationality
- Kingdom of England
- Died
- Aug 22, 1485
Ambion Hill - Resting place
- Greyfriars, Leicester
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on July 23, 2013
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