Perkin Warbeck
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Perkin Warbeck was a pretender to the English throne claiming to be Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, who was the second son of Edward IV and one of the so-called "Princes in the Tower". Richard, w
16th-century copy by Jacques Le Boucq of the only known contemporary portrait of Warbeck, Library of Arras
Perkin Warbeck spent Christmas 1495 at Linlithgow Palace in Scotland.
Perkin Warbeck and James IV prayed for victory at Restalrig
Painting of rebels under Perkin Warbeck as they attempt to burn Exeter's West gate by Mary Drew c1900 and 1920 in the Royal Albert Memorial Museum's fine art collection
Princes in the Tower
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The Princes in the Tower refers to the mystery of the fate of the deposed English King Edward V and his younger brother Prince Richard, Duke of York, heirs to the throne of King Edward IV. The brother
King Edward V and the Duke of York (Richard) in the Tower of London by Paul Delaroche. The theme of innocent children awaiting an uncertain fate was popular among 19th-century painters. Edward V is again depicted wearing the emblem of the Order of the Garter. Louvre, Paris.
The sons of Edward IV of England by Pedro Américo
The Murder of the Princes in the Tower by James Northcote, 1786