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Richard III (997/1001 – 6 August 1027) was the duke of Normandy who reigned from August 1026 to his death. His brief reign opened with a revolt by his brother. His brief reign opened with a revolt by his brother.
Apr 4, 2024 · Richard III (died Feb. 3, 1027) was the duke of Normandy (1026–27, or 1027), son of Richard II the Good. He was succeeding in quelling the revolt of his brother, Robert, when he died opportunely, perhaps of poison, making way for his brother’s succession as Robert I. This article was most recently revised and updated by Encyclopaedia ...
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1415. Richard, Earl of Cambridge (brother to the Duke of York) is executed for plotting to replace Henry V with Edmund Mortimer in the Southampton Plot. Henry V reignites the Hundred Years’ War and, in October, wins the Battle of Agincourt. Edward, Duke of York is killed at the Battle of Agincourt.
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Richard III was the oldest son of Richard II, Duke of Normandy and his wife Judith of Brittany. [1] He was born c. 1001. [1] Around the year 1120, Richard's father sent him in command of a large army to rescue his brother-in-law, Reginald I, Count of Burgundy. [2] It was a distance of about 250 miles (400 kilometers) from Normandy. [3]
May 24, 2016 · In 2015, The coffin of Richard III, the last Plantagenet king, visited locations in Leicestershire associated with his final days, ahead of the reinterment at Leicester Cathedral. More than 5,000 white, hand-made roses were placed along the route of Richard III's cortege to raise awareness of missing people. In one of our first podcasts, former ...
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Reign: 26th June 1483 – 22nd August 1485. Parents: Richard, Duke of York and Cecily Neville. Predecessor: Edward V (nephew) Successor: Henry VII (cousin) Spouse: Anne Neville (1472-1485) Children: Edward of Middleham and also John of Gloucester and Katherine, both illigitimate. Royal House: Plantagenet, York branch.
Jun 28, 2017 · Richard III (r. 1483-1485) Richard III deposed his nephew, the young Edward V, on receiving evidenced that Edward IV had a marriage contract with Lady Eleanor Butler before his marriage to Elizabeth Woodville, thus making all of Edward and Elizabeth's children illegitimate. Edward V and his younger brother Richard were housed in the tower ...
