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List of published printed works in English where Richard III of England is among the main subjects.
Despite this, by 1485 the leading claimants to the throne had whittled down to Richard III and Henry Tudor. Richard III’s only son and heir, Edward, died in April 1484 and his wife, Anne Neville, died in March 1485, leaving him vulnerable as a king without direct heirs of his body.
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.
- The Female-Line Relatives: Michael Ibsen and Wendy Duldig
- The male-line relatives
- Close Maternal-Line relatives of Richard III
In order to carry out the DNA comparison using mitochondrial DNA, which is inherited through the female line, a relative was needed whose relationship to Richard III was by an entirely female line. While any such relative would not carry Richard’s DNA, as only Richard could carry his own DNA, they could act as a comparator for DNA analysis. Fortuna...
Professor Turi King, who had been working and publishing for over 15 years on the Y chromosome, a segment of DNA which is inherited through the male line, was also interested in male-line relatives of Richard III. Men alive today who are related to Richard III through the male-line could be expected to carry an identical, or near-identical, Y chrom...
Historical accounts record Richard III as having one shoulder higher than the other; sustaining battle injuries and being killed at the Battle of Bosworth at the age of 32; and as being brought back to Leicester and subsequently buried in the choir of the church of the Grey Friars. However, despite there being no record of any of the above being at...
Jun 25, 2024 · Richard III (York) of England KG is a member of the House of York. Richard III ruled as King of England from 26 June 1483, when he deposed his nephew Edward V, until his death on 22 August 1485, when he was killed in battle defending his crown.
- Male
- Anne (Neville) York
Dec 30, 2019 · Experts from the University of Leicester analysed DNA from the bones and they matched that of relatives of the Monarch’s family. His remains were reburied 530 years after this death at Grade II listed Leicester Cathedral in 2015.
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Dec 2, 2014 · Archaeological, osteological and radiocarbon dating data were consistent with these being his remains. Here we report DNA analyses of both the skeletal remains and living relatives of Richard...
