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Richard III , King of England was born on October 2nd, 1452 in Fotheringhay Castle,Northamptonshire,England.1   Richard III , King of England's father was Richard , 3rd Duke of York, K.G. Plantagenet and his mother was Cicely Neville.  His paternal grandparents were Richard Plantagenet Prince of England and Anne de Mortimer; his maternal grandparents were Sir Ralph , K.G., 1st Earl of Westmor de Neville and Joan De Beaufort Countessof Westmoreland. He had seven brothers and five sisters, named Edward IV , King of England, Edmund , Earl of Rutland, William, John, George , Duke of Clarence, Thomas, Henry, Joan, Anne, Elizabeth, Margaret and Ursula.  He died at the age of 32 on August 22nd, 1485 in Battle of Bosworth Field,Leicestershire,England.  He was buried in Grey Friars Chapel,Northampton,England.2 3 


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‌Richard III , King of England were married in a religious ceremony on June 12th, 1472 in Westminster Abbey,Westminster,Middlesex,England.4 

1 Directory of Royal Genealogical Data
2 The Lives of the Kings and Queens of England, Edited by Antonia Fraser, Shooting Star Press, New York, 1995.
3 Encyclopædia Britannica, 1961 ed. @ Vol. 3, p. 942, BOSWORTH FIELD, BATTLE OF
4 Broderbund Software, WFT Vol. 1, pedigree #3226.

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