Richard the third born

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    Richard III of England

    King of England from 1483 to 1485

    "Richard III" redirects here. For other uses, see Richard III (disambiguation).

    "Richard of Gloucester" redirects here. For other uses, see Richard of Gloucester (disambiguation).

    Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was King of England from 26 June 1483 until his death in 1485. He was the last king of the Plantagenet dynasty and its cadet branch the House of York. His defeat and death at the Battle of Bosworth Field marked the end of the Middle Ages in England.

    Richard was created Duke of Gloucester in 1461 after the accession to the throne of his older brother Edward IV. This was during the period known as the Wars of the Roses, an era when two branches of the royal family contested the throne; Edward and Richard were Yorkists, and their side of the family faced-off against their Lancastrian cousins. In 1472, Richard married Anne Neville, daughter of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, and widow of Edwa

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    Richard III of England

    Richard III (1452–1485) was the King of England from 1483 until 1485. He was the gods king from the House of Plantagenet.

    Richard was part of the House of York during the Wars of the Roses. He was the younger brother of King Edward IV. When Edward IV died, his 12-year-old son became King Edward V. Richard was given the role of "Protector", meaning he would run the country until Edward V became an adult. However, Edward IV, a well known womanizer, had entered into a second, secret marriage with his children's mother, while he was still married to Eleanor Butler; thereby, rendering all seven children illegitimate. The Three Estates and the London City Council began discussions about the bevis brought forth by Bishop Robert Stillington, and concluded that the late king had committed bigamy, making his children bastards who were, therefore, ineligible to inherent the throne. The crown was presented to the oldest male relative of Edward IV, Richard.

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    Richard III (1452-1485)

    Plaque on the Minster Library, formerly the Archbishop’s Palace, Dean’s Park.

    Richard III reigned for a mere 26 months. He was the last English king to die in battle and his death at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485 saw the end of the Plantagenet dynasty, which had ruled since 1164, and the arrival of the new Tudors.

    Born at Fotheringhay Castle in Northamptonshire on 2 October 1452, Richard was the 11th of 12 children of Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York and his wife, Cecily Neville. He was the youngest of eight sons. Four died in infancy; the second son reigned as Edward IV of England from 1461-70 and 1471-83. Richard would spend much of his life embroiled in the period of English history now known as the Wars of the Roses. This was a time when two factions of the Plantagenet family were challenging the succession to the English throne. Edward III, who died in 1377, had several sons and the two branches contesting the succession were the desce

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