Richard III Richard III was King of England, for two years, from 1483, when he assumed the throne, until his death at the Battle of Bosworth Fields, the decisive battle in The War of the Roses in 1485. In April 1483, Richard’s brother, King Edward IV died, and Richard was named as Lord Protector of the Realm, until such a time as Edward’s son and heir, could be crowned. However, in June of 1483, Edward IV’s marriage to Elizabeth Woodville was declared invalid and thus made their children illegitimate…
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