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Perkin Warbeck's personal history is fraught with many unreliable and varying statements. [3] Warbeck said that he was Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, the younger son of King Edward IV, who had disappeared mysteriously along with his brother Edward V after Richard, Duke of Gloucester, usurped the throne as King Richard III following the elder Edward's death in 1483.
Jan 17, 2011 · I am not alone in accepting that “Perkin Warbeck” was really who he claimed to be. In 1830, the author of Frankenstein, Mary Shelley, reached the same conclusion. She wrote a novel based on his youthful adventures hiding from Henry VII’s spies. The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck ends with Richard landing in England
Princes in the Tower: Directed by Justin Hardy. With Mark Umbers, John Castle, Roger Hammond, Sally Edwards. Sixteen years after the presumed deaths of the two boy princes held captive in the Tower, Perkin Warbeck makes his claim to the throne as the rightful King Richard.
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- Justin Hardy
- 2005-05-12
- Tristan Hughes
- He was the second of two pretenders in Henry VII’s reign. Henry VII had already been challenged by a previous pretender in 1487: Lambert Simnel, who claimed to be Edward Plantagenet.
- Warbeck claimed to be Richard, Duke of York. Richard was one of the nephews of Richard III and one of the two ‘Princes in the Tower’ who had mysteriously disappeared during the previous decade.
- His main supporter was Margaret, Duchess of Burgundy. Margaret was the sister of the late Edward IV and supported Warbeck’s claim to be Richard Duke of York, her nephew.
- Warbeck’s army attempted to land in England on 3 July 1495… Supported by 1,500 men – many of whom were battle-hardened continental mercenaries – Warbeck had chosen to land his army at the port town of Deal in Kent.
Richard and Edward's sister, Margaret of York is the protagonist of Anne Easter Smith's A Rose of York and she supports Perkin Warbeck. A Song of Ice and Fire: Bran and Rickon Stark, lost princes betrayed by a former ally and protector, were inspired by the princes. Theon Greyjoy claims to have had them executed, but they hid in the castle’s ...
Princes in the Tower. Princes in the Tower is a 2005 Made-for-TV Movie starring Mark Umbers as Perkin Warbeck, a young man who claims to be Richard of Shrewsbury, one of the famous Princes in the Tower and the rightful king. Eight years after the end of the Wars of the Roses, he visits the court of Henry VII and his wife, Elizabeth of York, who ...
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4 Episodes. This 4-part History Hit audio drama, starring Iain Glen, tells the story of Perkin Warbeck, a young pretender to the English crown in the 1490s. Warbeck claimed to be Richard, Duke of York, one of the two 'Princes in the Tower' who had mysteriously disappeared during the previous decade. Subscribe Share. 4 Episodes.
