Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1452-10-02

Death Date: 1485-08-22 (Slain at the Battle of Bosworth Field)

Parents

Mother: Neville, Cecily (1415 - 1495)

Father: York, Richard of (1411 - 1460)

Marriages/Other Unions

Neville, Anne (1456 - 1484/5)
Type: marriage
Union began: 1472-7-12
Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Female

Male

Offspring

From Neville, Anne (1456 - 1484/5)
Male offspring: Plantagenet, Edward (1474 - 1484)

Primary Title

3rd Duke of Gloucester
King of England

Titles

3rd Duke of Gloucester
Assumed: 1461-11-01
Vacated: 1483-06-26 (accession date)
King of England
Assumed: 1483-06-26 (date acceeded as Richard III; crowned 6 July 1483)
Vacated: 1485-10-22

Details of Offices

	Began	Ended	Notes
Admiral of England, England	1462 -10 -12	1470 -10 -3
Constable of England, England	1469 -10 -17	1470 -10 -3
Admiral of England, England	1471 -4	1483 -06 -25
Protector of the Realm, England	1483 -5 -4	1483 -06 -26 date acceeded as Richard III	By 30 April 1483, Richard was effectively Protector; he assumed the office after arriving in London on 4 May 1583

Event Naming Patron

Event Type	Date	Location	Troupe
Performance	1482 - 1483	Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire	King's Minstrels
Performance	1484 - 1485	Hythe (Unknown), Hythe, Kent	King's Minstrels
Performance	1484 - 1484	Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent	King's Minstrels
Performance	1484 - 1484	Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex	King's Minstrels
Performance	1483 - 1484	Lydd (Unknown), Lydd, Kent	King's Performers
Performance	1485 - 1486	Guildhall, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire	King's Servant/s
Performance	1482 - 1483	Guildhall, Sandwich, Kent	Lord Protector's Minstrels
Performance	1483 - 1483	King's College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire	Lord Protector's Performers

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name	Patron	Troupe Type	# of events
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrels	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrels	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrels	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrels	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrels	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrels	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrels	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrels	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrels	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrels	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrels	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrels	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrels	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrels	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrels	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrels	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Protector's Performers	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Duke of Gloucester's Taborer	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Musicians	1
Duke of Gloucester's Taborer	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Musicians	1
Duke of Gloucester's Servant/s (Performer/s?)	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
King's Minstrels	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
King's Minstrels	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
King's Minstrels	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
King's Minstrels	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
King's Entertainers	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
King's Entertainers	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
King's Bearward	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Performing Animals	1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
King's Servant/s	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Unknown	1
Duke of Gloucester's Entertainer/s	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
King's Lionkeeper	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Performing Animals	1
King's Lionkeeper	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Performing Animals	1
Duke of Gloucester's Entertainers	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Duke of Gloucester's Entertainers	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Duke of Gloucester's Entertainers	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Duke of Gloucester's Entertainers	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Duke of Gloucester's Performers	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Duke of Gloucester's Performers	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Duke of Gloucester's Performers	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Duke of Gloucester's Performers	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Duke of Gloucester's Performers	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Protector's Minstrels	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
King's Minstrel/s	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
King's Performers	Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1

Bibliographic Sources

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The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.