King of England from 1483 until 1485, the youngest brother of Edward IV and Regent after the king's death during the minority Edward V and the young Duke of York. He is famous for his alleged murder of the princes in the Tower of London.
Richard married Anne, the daughter of the powerful earl of Warwick, surnamed "the Kingmaker".
Richard accepted the Crown from parliament in the same year as the alleged murder and was consolidating his power when he was defeated and killed at the battle of Bosworth by the Lancastrian Henry Tudor, earl of Richmond, who succeeded to the throne as King Henry VII in 1485.
Richard III is traditionally accused of the murder of the infant Edward V and Duke of York at the Tower of London. The princes were undoubtedly murdered and, their bones discovered, they were reinterred as theirs in Westminster Abbey in 1674. The casket containing their remains was opened and the contents examined for the Society of Antiquaries in 1933.
| 1452.Oct.02 | | Birth of the future king Richard III, brother of king Edward IV and youngest son of Richard, Duke of York, at Fotheringay Castle | | BAAAGCRH BAAAGEIB | | 1478 | | Attainder and execution of the Duke of Clarence, brother of Richard III | | | | 1483 | | Henry, duke of Buckingham, rebelled against Richard III | | BAAAGBXA BAAAGBKP | | 1483.Apr.23 | | Richard, Duke of Gloucester, travels south from York
| | | | 1483.Apr.29 | | Richard, Duke of Gloucester, and the Duke of Buckingham arive at Northampton | | | | 1483.Apr.30 | | Richard, Duke of Gloucester, and the Duke of Buckingham meet Earl Rivers, uncle and guardian of the Prince of Wales
They spend a convival evening together | | BAAAGBKA BAAAGEHI | | 1483.Jul.06 | | Coronation of Richard, Duke of Gloucester, as Richard III | | | | circa 1483.Aug | | Edward, Prince of Wales, the uncrowned son of Edward IV, and his brother Richard seen for the last time in the the Tower of London (Jul-Sept)
The princes in the Tower thought to have been murdered by Richard III | | BAAAGBKA BAAAGDKN BAAAGEGA BAAAGEHI | | 1483.Oct | | Having helped Richard III seize the crown,
Henry, Duke of Buckingham, after helping Richard III gain rebels. His army is crushed and he is executed | | | | 1484 | | Death of Richard IIIs son
Edward, Earl of Warwick, the son of George Duke of Clarence or John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln, made have been made Richard IIIs heir | | BAAAGDKP | | 1485 | | Henry, Earl of Richmond and his supporters travel to Paris, just escaping being captured by agents of Richard III
They travel to the port of Harfleur where they prepare to embark for Wales
| | BAAAGBRG BAAAGBKA paris | | 1485.Aug.22 | | Battle of Bosworth Field: Lancastrian Henry, Earl of Richmond, (later Henry VII) defeats and kills Richard III (last of the Plamtagenet Kings) and the Yorkists
John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln, flees the battlefield but is captured later | | BAAAGBXA BAAAGBRG BAAAGDKP BAAAGEFP BAAAGEFQ BAAAGEIB | | 1674 | | Bones of the infant Edward V and Duke of York, murdered by Richard III, discovered at the Tower of London and reinterred in Westminster Abbey | | BAAAGEFJ | | 1933 | | Casket at Westminster Abbey bones of the infant Edward V and Duke of York, murdered by Richard III, opened and examined for the Society of Antiquaries | | BAAAGEFJ |
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