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  2. Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York (21 September 1411 – 30 December 1460), also named Richard Plantagenet, was a leading English magnate and claimant to the throne during the Wars of the Roses. He was a member of the ruling House of Plantagenet by virtue of being a direct male-line descendant of Edmund of Langley, King Edward III 's fourth ...

  3. Apr 26, 2022 · Son of Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge and Anne de Mortimer, Countess of Cambridge. Husband of Cecily Neville, Duchess of York. Father of Joan Plantagenet, of York; Anne Leger, Duchess of Exeter; Henry Plantagenet, of York; Edward IV of England; Edmund Plantagenet, Earl of Rutland and 8 others.

  4. Apr 16, 2024 · son George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence. son Edward IV. son Richard III. Richard, 3rd duke of York (born Sept. 21, 1411—died Dec. 30, 1460, near Wakefield, Yorkshire, Eng.) was a claimant to the English throne whose attempts to gain power helped precipitate the Wars of the Roses (1455–85) between the houses of Lancaster and York.

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  5. Feb 15, 2020 · Richard, 3rd Duke of York (l. 1411-1460 CE) was the richest man in England and one of the nobles who sparked off the Wars of the Roses (1455-1487 CE), a dynastic dispute that rumbled on for four decades between several English kings, queens, and barons.

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  6. 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 .

  7. Oct 1, 2021 · Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, father of the Yorkist kings Edward IV and Richard III, is frequently mistaken for his youngest son and namesake, who went on to become King Richard III. Contemporary sources remark that the two Richards bore a strong physical resemblance to each other but, as writer Matthew Lewis argues, the similarities ...

  8. May 21, 2019 · Here are ten facts about Richard, Duke of York. 1. He had royal blood. Richard had multiple connections to the English warrior-king Edward III. He was the king’s great-grandson through his father Richard, Earl of Cambridge; meanwhile through Anne de Mortimer, his mother, Richard was the great-great-great-grandson of the same king. 2.

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