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1 day ago · Richard of York. Mother. Cecily Neville. Signature. 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 .
5 days ago · The Guardian - Richard III's scarred skeleton becomes a battlefield for academics (May 31, 2024) (Show more) Richard III (born October 2, 1452, Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire, England—died August 22, 1485, near Market Bosworth, Leicestershire) was the last Plantagenet and Yorkist king of England. He usurped the throne of his nephew ...
May 26, 2024 · After Henry VII‘s victory over Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, the Tudor dynasty sought to legitimize its claim to the throne by portraying Richard as a villainous usurper. This narrative was further reinforced by works such as Sir Thomas More‘s "History of King Richard III," written in the early 16th century.
5 days ago · Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199), known as Richard Cœur de Lion ( Norman French: Quor de Lion) [1] [2] or Richard the Lionheart because of his reputation as a great military leader and warrior, [3] [4] [5] was King of England from 1189 until his death in 1199. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Aquitaine, and Gascony; Lord of ...
May 26, 2024 · It was during the reign of Henry VII‘s granddaughter, Elizabeth I, that Shakespeare wrote his play Richard III around 1592. Shakespeare‘s main source was the chronicle The History of King Richard III by Sir Thomas More, written around 1513. More‘s account, based on testimony from those hostile to Richard, painted the king as a deformed ...
May 17, 2024 · Fotheringhay Castle. All that remains of Fotheringhay Castle today is a mound of earth on which the keep once stood and a lump of stone at its foot. In the late 11th or early 12th century, a castle loomed over the gentle bend in the River Nene. Rebuilt by Edmund, Duke of York, the fifth son of Edward III, it became the seat of the House of York.
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