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King of England from 1483 to 1485

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Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was King of England from 26 June 1483 until his death in 1485.

Alexander III of Macedon ( BC) has for over years been one of the best recognized names from antiquity.

Richard III may have reigned only from to , but those two short years and the events leading to them have provoked centuries of.

This edition of King Richard III contains the full text, extensive notes and supplementary material written especially for school use.

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He was the last king of the Plantagenet dynasty and its cadet branch the House of York. His defeat and death at the Battle of Bosworth Field marked the end of the Middle Ages in England.

Richard was created Duke of Gloucester in 1461 after the accession of his brother Edward IV.

This was during the period known as the Wars of the Roses, an era when two branches of the royal family contested the throne; Edward and Richard were Yorkists. In 1472, Richard married Anne Neville, daughter of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick and widow of Edward of Westminster, son of Henry VI.

He governed northern England during Edward's reign, and pla