RICHARD III, KING OF ENGLAND
BORN: OCTOBER 1452
DIED: 22 AUGUST 1485
Portrait of Richard III, copy of a lost original
National Portrait Gallery, London
Yorkist King defeated at the Battle of Bosworth Field by Henry VII.
Younger brother of Edward IV. Married Anne Neville, daughter of the Earl
of Warwick ("The Kingmaker"). Richard became king after Edward's sons were
declared illegitimate. |