Richard, Duke of York

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Richard, Duke of York

son of Edward IV

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Thomas Bourchier
…supporter of the newly crowned Yorkist monarch Edward IV, who made him a cardinal in 1467. In 1483 he persuaded Edward’s widow to hand over her youngest son, Richard, Duke of York—a potential claimant to the throne—to Richard, Duke of Gloucester, who shortly thereafter usurped the throne as King Richard…
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…supporter of the newly crowned Yorkist monarch Edward IV, who made him a cardinal in 1467. In 1483 he persuaded Edward’s widow to hand over her youngest son, Richard, Duke of York—a potential claimant to the throne—to Richard, Duke of Gloucester, who shortly thereafter usurped the throne as King Richard…
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Perkin Warbeck
…Warbeck that he was a Yorkist heir to the crown of England, obligingly changing the identification as he denied one name after another. In the end he was persuaded to impersonate Richard, the young duke of York, who was presumed murdered with his brother King Edward V in 1483 in…
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…Warbeck that he was a Yorkist heir to the crown of England, obligingly changing the identification as he denied one name after another. In the end he was persuaded to impersonate Richard, the young duke of York, who was presumed murdered with his brother King Edward V in 1483 in…
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