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Richard of York. Mother. Cecily Neville. Signature. Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was King of England from 26 June 1483 until his death in 1485. 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 .
1480. 1 August – Treaty of Perpetual Friendship between England and Burgundy. [2]Magdalen College School, Oxford, established by William Waynflete. [3] [4]1481. William Caxton publishes The Historie of Reynart the Foxe, the first English edition of the tale, [2] and also his 1480 translation of Mirrour of the Worlde, the first book printed in England to include woodcut illustrations.
Queen of England: King Richard I King of England 1157–1199 r. 1189–1199: Isabella of Angoulême 1188–1246 Queen of England: King John King of England 1166–1216 r. 1199–1216: Isabel c. 1173 –1217 Countess of Gloucester: Eleanor of Brittany c. 1184 –1241 Fair Maid of Brittany: Matilda of Brittany 1185– before 1189: Arthur I 4th ...
Henry the Young King 1155–1183: Richard I, King of England 1157–1199: Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany 1158–1186: John, King of England 1167–1216: Arthur I, Duke of Brittany 1187–1203: Henry III, King of England 1207–1272: Richard, King of Germany 1209–1272: Edward I, King of England 1239–1307: Edmund, 1st Earl of Lancaster 1245 ...
Anne Neville (11 June 1456 – 16 March 1485) was Queen of England from 26 June 1483 until her death in 1485 as the wife of King Richard III. She was the younger of the two daughters and co-heiresses of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (the "Kingmaker"). Before her marriage to Richard, she had been Princess of Wales as the wife of Edward ...
Battle of Gisors. Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199), known as Richard Cœur de Lion ( Norman French: Quor de Lion) [ 1][ 2] or Richard the Lionheart because of his reputation as a great military leader and warrior, [ 3][ 4][ 5] was King of England from 1189 until his death in 1199. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Aquitaine, and ...
In May 1482, James III's brother, Alexander, Duke of Albany, landed in England at Southampton from France in a Scottish carvel, the Michael, captained by James Douglas. Edward IV seized this new opportunity to invade Scotland, hired Master Douglas and his ship on 9 May, and summoned fighting-men for the cause of the "king of Scotland" on 10 May.
June 25 – Before his coronation, King Edward V of England is deposed by his uncle, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, who becomes King as Richard III of England. July 6 – Richard III and Anne Neville are crowned king and Queen of England, at Westminster Abbey. [9] July 20 – John of Denmark is crowned King of Norway.