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Richard III Plantagenêt King of England

Male 1452 - 1485  (32 years)


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  • Name Richard III Plantagenêt King of England  [1, 2] 
    Born 2 Oct 1452  Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1 Nov 1461 
    Duke of Gloucester 
    Occupation 6 Jul 1483 
    Crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey 
    Occupation 7 Aug 1485 
    Henry Tudor landed at Milford Haven in Wales to claim the throne 
    Military 22 Aug 1485 
    Defeated at the Battle of Bosworth Field, Leicestershire, England 
    Died 22 Aug 1485  Battle of Bosworth Field, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cause: Killed in action 
    Buried 22 Aug 1485  Grey Friars' Church, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 5 Sep 2012  His remains were discovered under a parking lot in Leicester Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 5 Sep 2012  Search project led by Philippa Langley (Richard III Society) and the University of Leicester Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 23 May 2014  Britain's High Court ruled that he be buried in Leicester Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 26 Mar 2015  Enshrined in Leicester Cathedral Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4486  Godbout
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 

    Father Richard Plantagenêt of York,   b. 21 Sep 1411, Conisbrough Castle, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Dec 1460, York, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years) 
    Mother Cecily de Neville,   b. 3 May 1415, Raby, Durham, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 May 1495, Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage Contract Bef 18 Oct 1424 
    Married 1438  Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2269  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Anne Neville Queen of England,   b. 11 Jun 1456, Warwick Castle, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Mar 1485, Westminster Palace, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 28 years) 
    Married 12 Jul 1472  Westminster Abbey, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 
    Family ID F2271  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S7] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, George Edward Cokayne; Vicary Gibbs, H. A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand & Howard de Walden, editors, (Reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), Volume I, p. 28; Vol. III, p. 439 & Vol. V, pp. 737-741.

    2. [S728] A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages of England, Ireland and Scotland, John Burke, Esq., (Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, London, 1831), 389, 427-428 & 431.


  

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