Richard Plantagenet
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Richard Plantagenet was the name applied, in some cases anachronistically, to several members of the royal Plantagenet family of England, including:
- Richard I of EnglandRichard I of EnglandRichard I was King of England from 6 July 1189 until his death. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Lord of Cyprus, Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, Count of Nantes, and Overlord of Brittany at various times during the same period...
(1157–1199), also known as Richard the Lionheart, third son of King Henry II of England - Richard, 1st Earl of CornwallRichard, 1st Earl of CornwallRichard of Cornwall was Count of Poitou , 1st Earl of Cornwall and German King...
(1209–1272), second son of John of England and younger brother of Henry III of England - Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of YorkRichard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of YorkRichard Plantagenêt, 3rd Duke of York, 6th Earl of March, 4th Earl of Cambridge, and 7th Earl of Ulster, conventionally called Richard of York was a leading English magnate, great-grandson of King Edward III...
(1411–1460), father of Edward IV of England - Richard III of EnglandRichard III of EnglandRichard III was King of England for two years, from 1483 until his death in 1485 during the Battle of Bosworth Field. He was the last king of the House of York and the last of the Plantagenet dynasty...
(1452–1485), the last Plantagenet king, son of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York - Richard Plantagenet (Richard of Eastwell)Richard Plantagenet (Richard of Eastwell)Richard Plantagenet or Richard of Eastwell was a reclusive bricklayer who claimed to be a son of Richard III, the last Plantagenet King of England.-Life:...
(1469–1550), possible illegitimate son of Richard III of England - Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of YorkRichard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of YorkRichard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York, 1st Duke of Norfolk, 1st Earl of Norfolk, Earl Marshal was the sixth child and second son of King Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville. He was born in Shrewsbury....
(1473–1483), second son of Edward IV of England and younger brother of Edward V of England - Richard Plantagenet (1476–1477), youngest child of George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of ClarenceGeorge Plantagenet, 1st Duke of ClarenceGeorge Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, 1st Earl of Salisbury, 1st Earl of Warwick, KG was the third son of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, and Cecily Neville, and the brother of kings Edward IV and Richard III. He played an important role in the dynastic struggle known as the Wars of the...