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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The Wars of the Roses, known at the time and in the following centuries as the Civil Wars, were a series of armed confrontations, machinations, battles and campaigns fought for control of the English
Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York
…of York (21 September 1411 – 30 December 1460), 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 Plantagenet by virtue of being a direct male-line descendant of Edmund of Langley, King Edward III's fourth…
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Plucking the Red and White Roses, by Henry Payne
Battle of Bosworth by Philip James de Loutherbourg
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