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Mother. Cecily Neville. Signature. 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.
The remains of King Richard III as discovered in situ at the site of Grey Friars Priory, Leicester Funeral cortège bearing Richard's modern coffin. The remains of Richard III, the last English king killed in battle and last king of the House of York, were discovered within the site of the former Grey Friars Priory in Leicester, England, in September 2012.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 September 2024. Part of the Wars of the Roses Battle of Bosworth Part of the Wars of the Roses Battle of Bosworth, as depicted by Philip James de Loutherbourg (1740–1812); the painting dates to 1804 and the engraving dates to c. 1857 Date 22 August 1485 Location Near Ambion Hill, south of Market ...
James Tyrrell. Sir James Tyrrell (c. 1455 – 6 May 1502) [1] was an English knight, a trusted servant of king Richard III of England. He is known for confessing to the murders of the Princes in the Tower under Richard's orders. William Shakespeare portrays Tyrrell as the man who organises the princes' murder in his 1593 play Richard III.
William Catesby. 25 August 1485. Chancellor of the Exchequer and Speaker of the House of Commons for King Richard III. Executed in Leicester after the Battle of Bosworth Field. Humphrey Stafford. 8 July 1486. Executed for leading the Stafford and Lovell rebellion. Joan Boughton. 28 April 1494.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 18 September 2024. 15th-century English siblings who disappeared The Two Princes Edward and Richard in the Tower, 1483 by Sir John Everett Millais, 1878, part of the Royal Holloway picture collection. Edward V at right wears the garter of the Order of the Garter beneath his left knee. The Princes in the ...
Philippa Langley. Philippa Jayne Langley MBE (born 29 June 1962) [6] is a British writer, producer, and Ricardian, who is best known for her role in the discovery and 2012 exhumation of Richard III, as part of the Looking for Richard project, for which she was awarded an MBE. Langley has written books and appeared in film-length documentaries ...
Lambeth Palace Library, London. Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers KG (c. 1440 – 25 June 1483), was an English nobleman, courtier, bibliophile and writer. He was the brother of Queen Elizabeth Woodville who married King Edward IV. He was one of the leading members of the Woodville family, which came to prominence during the reign of King ...