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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

Marriages/Other Unions

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

Siblings

Offspring

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 - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire King's Minstrels
Performance - Hythe (Unknown), Hythe, Kent King's Minstrels
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent King's Minstrels
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex King's Minstrels
Performance - Lydd (Unknown), Lydd, Kent King's Performers
Performance - Guildhall, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire King's Servant/s
Performance - Guildhall, Sandwich, Kent Lord Protector's Minstrels
Performance - 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.