Richard III of England

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King Richard III of England
By the Grace of God, King of England
and France and Lord of Ireland
Reign 20 June,1483 - 22 Aug,1485

2 yrs 2 months 2 days

Coronation 6 July 1483
Born 2 October 1452
Fotheringay Castle
Died 22 August 1485
Bosworth Field, Leicestershire
Buried Greyfriars Abbey, Leicestershire,
disinterred and body lost during
the Dissolution of the Monasteries
Predecessor Edward V
Successor Henry VII
Consort Anne Neville (c. 1456-1485)
Children Edward, Prince of Wales
(1473-1484)
Royal House York
Father Richard, Duke of York (1411-1460)
Mother Cecily Neville (1415-1495)

Richard III (1452-1485) was an English king who reigned from 1483 until 1485. He took the throne from his nephew, Edward V, and sent Edward and his brother to the Tower of London, and it is likely they were both murdered.

Richard was killed at the Battle of Bosworth in 1483, the last English king to die in battle, and Henry Tudor succeeded him.

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