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Edward V, king of England from April to June 1483, who was deposed and possibly murdered (alongside his younger brother) by King Richard III. Responsibility for the crime has also been attributed to the powerful Henry Stafford, duke of Buckingham, and to Richard’s successor, King Henry VII.
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Edward V © King of England from April to June 1483, he was deposed and probably murdered by Richard III, before his coronation.
At the age of twelve Prince Edward had already had his fate sealed when one fateful day, on Monday 14th April 1483, he heard news of his father’s death. And so in the midst of conflict he became Edward V, a young king who would have the shortest reign of any English monarch, lasting only two months and seventeen days.
On the death of Edward IV in April 1483, the twelve-year-old proceeded to London, but at Stony Stratford the followers of his paternal uncle, Richard of Gloucester, took the boy into their keeping, while Rivers was arrested at Northampton.
Jun 28, 2017 · However, he was suspicious of the Woodville faction, possibly believing they were the cause of Clarence's death. In response to an attempt by Elizabeth Woodville to take power, Richard and Edward V entered London in May, with Edward's coronation fixed for 22 June. However, in mid-June Richard assumed the throne as Richard III (reigned 1483-85).
Edward V (2 November 1470 – c. mid-1483) [1][2] was King of England from 9 April to 25 June 1483. He succeeded his father, Edward IV, upon the latter's death.
