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.


 
 
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