Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York, also named Richard Plantagenet, was a leading English magnate and claimant to the throne during the Wars of the Roses. He was a member of the ruling House of Plantag
Richard of York in the frontispiece of the Talbot Shrewsbury Book, 1445
Victorian depiction of Henry VI (right) sitting while the Dukes of York (left) and Somerset (centre) have an argument
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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
Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York
…Accord), he was killed at the Battle of Wakefield in 1460, alongside his son, Edmund. Two of his surviving sons later ascended the throne: Edward IV and Richard III, and the Duke subsequently became an ancestor of all subsequent English and British monarchs. Richard of York was born on 22 September 1411, the son…
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