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Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York (17 August 1473 – c. 1483), was the sixth child and second son of King Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville, born in Shrewsbury. Richard and his older brother, who briefly reigned as King Edward V of England, mysteriously disappeared shortly after their uncle Richard III became king in 1483.
Feb 13, 2020 · Seven years earlier, in 1483, twelve-year-old Edward V and nine-year-old Richard of Shrewsbury—sons of the recently deceased Edward IV—were sent to the Tower of London by their uncle, Richard, Duke of Gloucester.
Dec 4, 2023 · His two sons, the soon-to-be crowned King Edward V and his younger brother, Richard of Shrewsbury, were sent to the Tower of London to await Edward’s coronation. However, his coronation never came, and the two brothers disappeared from the tower, and were never seen again, presumed dead.
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Edward V and Richard of Shrewsbury were born and raised behind the backdrop of the Wars of the Roses, a series of civil wars in England between 1455 and 1485 that saw two houses of the Plantagenet family battle for the crown. The Lancasters (symbolised by the red rose) were led by King Henry VI, while the Yorks (symbolised by the white rose) were l...
The first son of Edward IV and Elizabeth, Edward was born on 2 November 1470 at the Abbot of Westminster’s house. His mother had sought sanctuary there after her husband had been deposed. As the first son of the Yorkist king, baby Edward was made Prince of Wales in June 1471 when his father regained his throne. Instead of living with his parents, P...
As his title suggests, Richard was born in Shrewsbury on 17 August 1473. The next year, he was made Duke of York, beginning a royal tradition of giving the second son of the English monarch the title. Unlike his brother, Richard grew up alongside his sisters in the palaces of London and would have been a familiar face in the royal court. At just ag...
Jul 11, 2018 · Essex Historian Dr John Ashdown-Hill has discovered the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) of the so-called ‘Princes in the Tower', making it possible for the first time to prove whether bones held in Westminster Abbey are those of Edward V and his brother Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York.
The Princes in the Tower refers to the mystery of the fate of the deposed King Edward V of England and his younger brother Prince Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, heirs to the throne of King Edward IV of England. The brothers were the only sons of the king by his queen, Elizabeth Woodville, living at the time of their father's death in 1483.
Sep 18, 2023 · Edward V, just twelve years old, and his younger brother, Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, aged nine, disappeared in the Tower of London in 1483, never to be seen again.
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