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5 days ago · The Princes in the Tower refers to the mystery of the fate of the deposed King Edward V of England and his younger brother Prince Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, heirs to the throne of King Edward IV of England.
2 days ago · Duke of Edinburgh: Prince Richard b. 1944 2nd Duke of Gloucester, 2nd Earl of Ulster, 2nd Baron Culloden: Dukedom of Edinburgh (3rd creation) merged in the Crown, 2022: Dukedom of Edinburgh (4th creation) is a life peerage and therefore not hereditary: Alexander Windsor b. 1974 styled Earl of Ulster: Heir-apparent to the Dukedom of Gloucester
5 days ago · Perkin Warbeck ( c. 1474 – 23 November 1499) was a pretender to the English throne claiming to be Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, who was the second son of Edward IV and one of the so-called "Princes in the Tower".
5 days ago · Richard’s rule, based on fear rather than consent, became increasingly tyrannical. Three of the Lords Appellant of 1388 were arrested in July and tried in Parliament. The Earl of Arundel was executed and Warwick exiled. Gloucester, whose death was reported to Parliament, had probably been murdered.
6 days ago · Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester Prince Richard inherited this dukedom in 1974 when his elder brother William passed away, and worked as an architect prior to taking on his royal obligations...
Jul 31, 2024 · Edward’s promiscuity enabled Richard of Gloucester, after his death, to question the validity of his marriage and so to ruin his sons. As a young man Edward had been trustful and openhanded, but his experiences made him increasingly suspicious, leading him in 1478 to execute his brother George, duke of Clarence , who in former years had sided ...
Jul 31, 2024 · The castle and the farm of the town were granted in 1462 to the infant Richard, duke of Gloucester, but the grant was apparently rescinded within a few years and the castle was held during Edward IV's reign by successive constables Thomas Herbert the elder and Richard Beauchamp.
5 days ago · A royal shipwreck has been discovered off the English coast. The wreck is of one of the most famous ships of the 17th century -- The Gloucester -- which sank 340 years ago while carrying the...
Jul 31, 2024 · Richard III follows Richard, Duke of Gloucester, on his deadly ascent to the throne. Tickets for Richard III at the Globe Theatre are available to book today!
6 days ago · After Suffolk’s fall (1449) the contenders for power were the Lancastrian Edmund Beaufort, duke of Somerset, and Richard, duke of York, a cousin of the King whose claim to the throne, by strict primogeniture, was better than Henry’s.
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