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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 III 's fourth ...
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Apr 26, 2022 · Birthdate: September 20, 1411. Birthplace: Conisbrough Castle, Yorkshire, England (United Kingdom) Death: December 30, 1460 (49) Wakefield, Yorkshire, England (United Kingdom) (Died In Battle Fighting Henry VI) Place of Burial: Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire , England.
When Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York was born on 20 September 1411, in Conisbrough Castle, Yorkshire, England, his father, Richard of Conisbrough, 3rd Earl of Cambridge, was 26 and his mother, Anne de Mortimer, Countess of Cambridge, was 22. He married Cecily Neville, Duchess of York on 18 October 1429, in Conisbrough Castle, Yorkshire, England.
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Mar 26, 2024 · Richard, 3rd Duke of York, (aka Plantagenet) was a descendant of King Edward III of England and father of King Edward IV. He can reasonably be considered the instigator of the Wars of the Roses, when he attempted to establish his right to the throne of the Lancastrian King Henry VI.
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- Cecily (Neville) of York
Apr 16, 2024 · Richard, 3rd duke of York (born Sept. 21, 1411—died Dec. 30, 1460, near Wakefield, Yorkshire, Eng.) was a claimant to the English throne whose attempts to gain power helped precipitate the Wars of the Roses (1455–85) between the houses of Lancaster and York.
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Feb 15, 2020 · Richard, 3rd Duke of York (l. 1411-1460 CE) was the richest man in England and one of the nobles who sparked off the Wars of the Roses (1455-1487 CE), a dynastic dispute that rumbled on for four decades between several English kings, queens, and barons.
Jan 10, 2020 · 1411 (22nd September) Richard Duke of York was born the son of Richard of Conisburgh and Anne Mortimer. His father was the grandson of King Edward III. Richard was the couple’s second child, his sister Isabel had been born in 1409. Richard’s mother died shortly after his birth.
