Titulus Regius is a statute of the Parliament of England issued in 1484 by which the title of King of England was given to Richard III.
Richard III promulgated the Titulus Regius to legitimise his seizure of the throne. Society of Antiquaries of London.
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. His defeat and death at the Battle of Bosworth Field marked the end of the Middle Ages in England.
Earliest surviving portrait, c. 1520
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
Stained glass depiction of Richard and Anne Neville in Cardiff Castle