Richard III Plantagenet King of England 
Richard III Plantagenet King of was born on October 2nd, 1452 in Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire, England. Richard III Plantagenet King of's father was Richard Plantagenet , KG, 3rd Duke of York and his mother was Cecily de Neville. His paternal grandparents were Richard Plantagenet , Earl of Cambridge and Anne de Mortimer , Countess of March; his maternal grandparents were Ralph de Neville , KG, 1st Earl Westmorland and Joan Beaufort. He had two brothers and a sister, named Edward IV Plantagenet King of, George and Elizabeth "of York". He was the youngest of the four children. He died at the age of 32 on August 22nd, 1485 in Battle of Bosworth Field, Leicestershire, England (killed). He was buried in Leicester, Leicestershire, England (tomb destroyed).General Notes
Richard Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester, proclaimed King as Richard III 26 June 1483 (b. 2 Oct 1452; crowned with Anne 6 July 1483; defeated by Henry VII and killed at Battle of Bosworth (the last engagement of the Wars of the Roses) 22 Aug 1485), having had issue [Edward Plantagenet, Prince of Wales, dvp 9 April 1484]. [Burke's Peerage]
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Before his usurpation, Richard III (reigned 1483-85) had a strong power base in the north, and his reliance on northerners during his reign was to increase resentment in the south. Richard concluded a truce with Scotland to reduce his commitments in the north; he attempted genuine reconciliation by showing consideration to Lancastrians purged from office by Edward IV, and moved Henry VI's body to St George's Chapel at Windsor; the first laws written entirely in English were passed during his reign. In 1484, Richard's only legitimate son Edward predeceased him.
Resentment against Richard grew. On 7 August 1485, Henry Tudor (a direct descendant through his mother Margaret Beaufort, of John of Gaunt, one of Edward III's younger sons) landed at Milford Haven in Wales to claim the throne. On 22 August in a two-hour battle at Bosworth, Henry's forces (assisted by Lord Stanley's private army of around 7,000 which was deliberately posted so that he could join the winning side) defeated Richard's larger army and Richard was killed. Buried without a monument in Leicester, Richard's bones were scattered during the English Reformation.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.Sep 1375 in Conisbrough Castle, West Ride Yorkshire, England d.05 Aug 1415 in Southampton Green, Hampshire, England (beheaded)
- b.21 Sep 1411 in Conisbrough, West Ride Yorkshire, England d.30 Dec 1460 in Battle of Wakefield, Yorkshire, England (killed)
- b.11 Apr 1374 in Usk, Monmouthshire, England d.20 Jul 1398 in Battle of Kells, Meath, Ireland (killed)
- b.27 Dec 1390 in New Forest, West Meath, Ireland d.21 Sep 1411 in Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, England
- b.1314 in Upholland, Lancashire, England d.BET 26 AND 28 DEC 1360 in Normandy, France
- b.~ 1350 in Upholland, Lancashire, England d.25 Apr 1397 in Woodstock, Kent, England
- b.29 Sep 1328 in Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire, England d.08 Aug 1385 in Wallingford Castle, Berkshire, England
- b.~ 1374 in Upholland, Lancashire, England d.23 Oct 1405
- b.~ 1313 in Arundel Castle, Sussex, England d.24 JAN 1375/76 in Arundel, Sussex, England
- b.~ 1350 in Arundel, Essex, England d.17 MAR 1415/16
- b.02 Oct 1452 in Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire, England d.22 Aug 1485 in Battle of Bosworth Field, Leicestershire, England (killed)
- b.~ 1331 in Raby Castle, Durham, England d.17 Oct 1388 in Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland, England
- b.< 1364 in Raby Castle, Durham, England d.21 Oct 1425 in Raby Castle, Durham, England
- b.~ 1344 in Warkworth Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland, England d.BEF. 18 FEB 1378/79
- b.03 May 1415 in Raby Castle, Durham, England d.31 May 1495 in Berkhamsted Castle, Hertfordshire, England
- b.MAR 1339/40 in Bavon Abbey, Ghent, Flanders d.3 FEB 1398/99 in Leicester Castle, London, Middlesex, England
- b.1375 in Beaufort Castle, Maine-et-Loire, Anjou, France d.13 Nov 1440 in Howden, Yorkshire, England
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