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Carney & Wehofer Family
Genealogy Pages
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 1452 - 1485 (32 years)
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| Name |
Richard III Plantagenet King Of ENGLAND [2, 3] |
| Born |
2 Oct 1452 |
Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire, England  [2, 3] |
| Gender |
Male |
| RULED |
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| _UID |
2644DA48532C475083B8A74E067DCD7EA085 |
| Died |
22 Aug 1485 |
Battle Of Bosworth Field, Leicestershire, England (Killed) [2, 3] |
| Buried |
Leicester, Leicestershire, England (Tomb Destroyed) |
| Person ID |
I13450 |
Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
5 Jan 2006 |
| Family |
Anne NEVILLE, b. 11 Jun 1456, Warwick Castle, Warwick, Warwickshire, England , d. 16 Mar 1484-1485, Westminster Palace, Middlesex, England (Tuberculosis) (Age 28 years) |
| Married |
12 Jul 1472 |
Westminster Abbey, London, Middlesex, England [3] |
| Children |
| | 1. Edward PLANTAGENET, 7th Duke Of Cornwall, b. Abt Dec 1473, Middleham Castle, North Riding Yorkshire, England (Dsp & Vp) , d. 9 Apr 1484, Middleham Castle, North Riding Yorkshire, England (Dsp & Vp) (Age ~ 10 years) |
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29 Aug 2016 |
| Family ID |
F6873 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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- Richard Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester, proclaimed King as Richard III 26 June 1483 (b. 2 Oct 1452; crowned with Anne 6 July 1483; defeated by Henry VII and killed at Battle of Bosworth (the last engagement of the Wars of the Roses) 22 Aug 1485), having had issue [Edward Plantagenet, Prince of Wales, dvp 9 April 1484]. [Burke's Peerage]
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Following copied from Barry Hummel, Jr, World Connect db=siderhummel, rootsweb.com:
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Before his usurpation, Richard III (reigned 1483-85) had a strong power base in the north, and his reliance on northerners during his reign was to increase resentment in the south. Richard concluded a truce with Scotland to reduce his commitments in the north; he attempted genuine reconciliation by showing consideration to Lancastrians purged from office by Edward IV, and moved Henry VI's body to St George's Chapel at Windsor; the first laws written entirely in English were passed during his reign. In 1484, Richard's only legitimate son Edward predeceased him.
Resentment against Richard grew. On 7 August 1485, Henry Tudor (a direct descendant through his mother Margaret Beaufort, of John of Gaunt, one of Edward III's younger sons) landed at Milford Haven in Wales to claim the throne. On 22 August in a two-hour battle at Bosworth, Henry's forces (assisted by Lord Stanley's private army of around 7,000 which was deliberately posted so that he could join the winning side) defeated Richard's larger army and Richard was killed. Buried without a monument in Leicester, Richard's bones were scattered during the English Reformation.
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- [S579] Jim Weber.
- [S216] Encyclopedia Britannica, Treatise on, Richard III (Reliability: 3).
- [S289] Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles M o s l e y Editor-in-Chief, 1999, 26 May 2003., 16 (Reliability: 3).
- [S25] Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999, 161-19 (Reliability: 3).
- [S63] Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000, XII/2:908-9 (Reliability: 3).
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