The House of York was a cadet branch of the English royal House of Plantagenet. It fought with the House of Lancaster, another cadet branch of the House of Plantagenet, for the English crown in the se
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Richard III was King of England from 26 June 1483 until his death in 1485. He was the last king of the Plantagenet dynasty and its cadet branch, the House of York; the former had ruled England since 1
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…York a white one and Lancaster a red one. Three members of the House of York became kings of England in the late 15th century: Edward IV, Edward V and Richard III. The House of York descended in the male line from Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, the fourth surviving son of Edward III. In time, it also…
The ruins of the twelfth-century castle at Middleham in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, where Richard was raised
Contemporary illumination (Rous Roll, 1483) of Richard, his wife Anne Neville, and their son Edward
Imaginary depiction of Richard and his wife Anne by Edwin Austin Abbey, 1890
Stained glass depiction of Richard and Anne Neville in Cardiff Castle