General Notes

Richard III Plantagenet, King of England was born on 2 October 1452 in Fotheringhay Castle, Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, England.

He was born on 2 October 1452 in Fotheringay Castle, Northamptonshire, England.

He was the son of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York and Lady Cecily Neville.
He married Lady Anne Beauchamp Neville, daughter of Sir Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick and Lady Anne Beauchamp, on 12 July 1472 in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England.

He died on 22 August 1485 at age 32 in Bosworth, Leicestershire, England, killed in action. He was buried in Grey Friars Abbey, Leicestershire, England.

Richard III Plantagenet, King of England also went by the nick-name of 'Old Dick'. Richard III Plantagenet, King of England also went by the nick-name of Richard 'Crookback'.

He gained the title of Duke of Gloucester on 1 November 1461. He was invested as a Knight, Order of the Garter (K.G.) before 4 February 1466.
He gained the title of King Richard III of England on 22 June 1483.
He was crowned King of England on 6 July 1483 in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, and styled 'Rex Angliae et Franciae et Dominus Hiberniae.4' He fought in the Battle of Bosworth on 22 August 1485 in Bosworth, Leicestershire.

He usurped the throne from his nephew Edward V. Although Richard was crowned he was hated throughout the land because of the disappearance of the little Princes. They were never seen alive after the summer of 1483 and although it cannot be proved that Richard was their murderer, it is fact that he was at the Tower on the night they disappeared and it is probable that he was guilty of the crime. Still in 1483, he smashed a revolt by his disaffected associate Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buchingham, and had him beheaded.
He then launched financial reforms and boosted trade, but faced growing opposition from nobles resenting his spurious claims to the crown. Richard made his headquarters at Nottingham but feared that Henry Tudor, the Earl of Richmond, would return from exile in France and challenge for the throne. Henry Tudor, the Welshman, was a descendant of John of Gaunt, Edward III's son. On 7 August 1485 Henry Tudor arrived at Milford Haven with a force of some 5,000 men to challenge Richard. The King was waiting at Bosworth near Leicester and the two armies flung themselves on each other at Bosworth Field on Monday 22 August 1485. Richard was slain and his body was carried on horseback to show to all in the City of Leicester.
His crown, which he had worn in battle, was recovered from beneath a bush on the battlefield and placed on the head of the victorious Henry - the first Tudor King. Later Tudor publicly depicted Richard as a deformed villian. Although cruel and cynical, he had proved an able administrator adept at winning popular support, particularly in the North.
Richard III Plantagenet, King of England was born on 2 October 1452 at Fotheringhay Castle, Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, England.
He was born on 2 October 1452 at Fotheringay Castle, Northamptonshire, England.
He was the son of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York and Lady Cecily Neville.
He married Lady Anne Beauchamp Neville, daughter of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick and Lady Anne Beauchamp, on 12 July 1472 at Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England.
He died on 22 August 1485 at age 32 at Bosworth, Leicestershire, England, killed in action.
He was buried at Grey Friars Abbey, Leicestershire, England.

Richard III Plantagenet, King of England also went by the nick-name of 'Old Dick'.
Richard III Plantagenet, King of England also went by the nick-name of Richard 'Crookback'.
He gained the title of Duke of Gloucester on 1 November 1461.
He was invested as a Knight, Order of the Garter (K.G.) before 4 February 1466.
He gained the title of King Richard III of England on 22 June 1483.
He was crowned King of England on 6 July 1483 at Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England, and styled 'Rex Angliae et Franciae et Dominus Hiberniae.
He fought in the Battle of Bosworth on 22 August 1485 at Bosworth, Leicestershire, England.

He was the last of the Plantagenet Kings.

Children of Richard III Plantagenet, King of England
1.Catherine Plantagenet
2.Richard Plantagenet b. 1469, d. 1550
3.John of Gloucester b. c 1470, d. c 1499

Child of Richard III Plantagenet, King of England and Lady Anne Beauchamp Neville
1.Edward of Middleham Plantagenet, Prince of Wales b. Dec 1473, d. 31 Mar 1484