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Anne Mortimer. 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 ...
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Elizabeth of York, Duchess of Suffolk also known as...
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- Richard III
Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was King of...
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Apr 29, 2024 · You could call it a story of three brothers. They’re Edward, George and Richard, sons to Richard Duke of York, the tragic anti-hero of Shakespeare’s earlier play Henry VI Part III. At the end of that play, the Yorkists seize the English crown.
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Richard III, formerly duke of Gloucester, son of Richard Plantagenet, duke of York, in Shakespeare’s Henry VI, Part 2 and Henry VI, Part 3; later king of England in Richard III. One of Shakespeare’s finest creations, the physically deformed Richard is among the earliest and most vivid of the.
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This play has been one of Shakespeare's most popular, entirely because of the evil brilliance of its villain hero, Richard Duke of Gloucester, later King Richard III. Inheriting the Tudor blackening of the king whom Henry VII overthrew, Shakespeare turned him into the evil genius epitomising the vices that led to the self-destruction of the ...
Occupation. Duke. Richard Plantagenet was a leading English magnate and claimant to the throne during the Wars of the Roses. He was a member of the House of Plantagenet by virtue of being a male-line descendant of King Edward III.
Richard III is a play by English playwright William Shakespeare. Richard III is a history play, which means it is based on real people and events from history, but fictional elements have...