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6 days ago · 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 .
3 days ago · For over five centuries, the disappearance of the Princes in the Tower has stood as one of history‘s most haunting unsolved mysteries. In 1483, 12-year-old King Edward V and his 9-year-old brother Richard, Duke of York, vanished within the walls of the Tower of London, where they had been sent by their uncle Richard, Duke of Gloucester.
3 days ago · Plantagenet. Henry II (1154–1189) is considered by some to be the first Plantagenet king of England, and the first Angevin. In the 15th century, near the end of the dynastic line, Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York, adopted Plantagenet as his family name.
6 days ago · Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York led a force of around 3,000–7,000 troops south toward London, where they were met by Henry's force of 2,000 at St Albans, north of London, on 22 May 1455. Though the ensuing struggle resulted in fewer than 160 casualties combined, [90] it was a decisive Yorkist victory. [91]
May 15, 2024 · The second battle at St. Albans occurred some six years later, after the death of Richard, Duke of York, when Queen Margaret, with Lancastrian forces, and York’s son Edward each sought to gain possession of London. Queen Margaret was met at St. Albans by the forces of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, who was at that time on the Yorkist side.
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6 days ago · The Act of Accord identifies Richard, Duke of York as the official heir of Henry VI of England. 30 Dec 1460 Richard, Duke of York is killed at the Battle of Wakefield.
May 16, 2024 · By this time opposition in England had gathered around Richard, Duke of York, Edward IV's father. Duke Richard possessed a strong claim to the throne in his own right; he was descended from the Mortimer family, whose claim had been passed over when Henry VI's grandfather, Henry IV, had seized the crown.
