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[pastfutureforeverclub]

PRINCES IN THE TOWER

PRINCES IN THE TOWER

            The Princes in the Tower were the sons of King Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville - Edward, 12 and Richard of Shrewsbury, 9. When the king died in 1483, his heir Edward V became king.

            Edward IV left his sons care to his brother Richard, who put his nephews in the Tower of London to prepare for Edward V’s upcoming coronation. Richard claimed himself as king and the princes as illegitimate.  

            Richard III left his nephews in the Tower of London under guard and their mother had to go into sanctuary. The Princes disappeared that same year and were most likely murdered. It was believed that Richard III had the princes killed as they would have been a constant threat to his throne. After the Princes disappeared, Richard III and his once loyal companion, the Duke of Buckingham, had a falling out. Thomas More wrote that Buckingham confessed to a bishop, ‘… I never agreed or condescended to it’. More wrote that the king organised to have the princes killed in their beds and it was stated that they were smothered by the kings trusted servant James Tyrrell with the help of Miles Forest and John Dighton. More stated that he got much of his information from the confessions of Tyrrell in 1502. More stated the killers buried the princes at the ‘stair foot, under a great heap of stones’.

            Only weeks into his reign, Woodville knowing her sons were now dead; conspired with Henry Tudor’s mother, Margaret Beaufort in secret and promised to have Tudor marry her daughter. In 1485, Richard was defeated at the Battle of Bosworth and Henry VII married Elizabeth of York and the Tudor dynasty began.

            In 1592 Shakespeare described Richard III as a hunchback, many modern Richard III supporters didn’t believe this was true and believed it was Tudor propaganda. They were wrong, Richard III’s remains were discovered in 2012 and it was revealed he had suffered severe curvature of the spine.

            In 1674, during the reign of King Charles II, during work at the Tower of London, workmen discovered a wooden box under the staircase containing two small human skeletons. It is believed that these were the remains of the princes. The king had them buried in Westminster Abbey where they remain today.

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[ofgraveconcern]

6th July 1483 Richard III is crowned King of England after deposing his nephew Edward V, who is never crowned. Edward V subsequently disappears from history after being imprisoned in the Tower of London with his brother, and is assumed murdered by his uncle Richard. Although these claims are even today disputed. 6th July 1535, execution upon the orders of Henry VIII, of Renaissance humanist, author and statesman, Sir Thomas More. More began his political career in 1504, rising in influence to become secretary and personal adviser to King Henry VIII. During the reformation More steadfastly opposed protestantism, declaring himself loyal to the Pope, and to Rome. This led in 1530 to More’s refusal to sign the letter requesting Pope Clement VII to annul Henry's marriage to Catherine of Aragon, three years later More further refused to attend the coronation of Anne Boleyn as the Queen of England. The eventual conflict between himself and Henry VIII, led to his imprisonment in the Tower of London. More was eventually tried for treason and sentenced to be hanged, drawn, and quartered. Henry commuted the sentence to execution by beheading, which took place on this day. 16 years after his execution, his work ‘Utopia’ which he had written in 1516, was published in England; describing the conditions of social harmony, toleration and freedom of an imaginary island. The work gave rise to the later literary genres of Utopian and dystopian fiction. 10th July 1553, Lady Jane Grey, is proclaimed Queen of England, after the death of her cousin Edward VI. The only male heir of Henry VIII, Edward died on this day at the age of 15, naming Lady Jane Grey his successor excluding his half-sisters, (continued in the comments). #richardiii #princesinthetower #toweroflondon🇬🇧 #henryviii #henryviiiwives #tudor #tudorhistory #thetudors #houseofyork #houseoflancaster #yorkist #lancastrian #thomasmoore #catherineofaragon #anneboleyn #ladyjanegrey #kingsofengland #queensofengland #edwardvi #tudorhistory #15thcentury #16thcentury #bloodymary #ninedaysqueen #warsoftheroses #historystory #historicalstories #historyfacts #diedonthisday #onthisdayinhistory #interestinghistory https://www.instagram.com/p/CRHNxC2lX6n/?utm_medium=tumblr

[burkeandharesworld]

Its been a while but I think its time for one of Mr Hare's ghost stories. The tower of london has a dark history but this could be its most tragic. This spooky and tragic haunting is about the Princes in the tower. It was the year 1483 and King Edward IV had died suddenly, the cause of his death is still contested to this day. The throne went to his then oldest surviving son Edward who would become Edward V. Aged only 12 he and his brother Richard Duke of York aged only 9 were both under the protection of their fathers brother Richard Duke of Gloucester the future Richard the 3rd. There were housed in the infamous tower of london for protection under the guise of the upcoming coronation of Edward. However he deemed them illegitimate and took the thrown for himself. The Princes were kept in the tower but were seen less and less and in the summer of 1483 they had completely vanished. Nobody knows what happened to these poor boys. Many people believe they were murdered on orders from their uncle Richard the 3rd this is the most common theory. Others Henry VII ,or Henry Stafford. There were no witnesses or bodies found In 1674 workmen who were remodelling the tower of london came across a wooden box containing two child skeletons under the staircase to the Chapel in the white tower. Four years later the bones were placed in an urn on the orders of Charles the 2nd. Its widely believed these are the remains of the two children. In 1933 the bones were examined and they fit the age range of the princes. No further examination has been approved yet. People have often reported feelings of intense fear near the white tower. Others have heard the giggling of children despite none around. The frightened whimpers of kids are said to be heard at night and often or not the sightings of two little figures are seen wandering hand in hand. Are those the ghosts of the princes in the tower .... we will never know. Whether you believe in ghosts or not this is definitely a spooky one ~ mr hare #princesinthetower #toweroflondon #ghosts #ghoststories #famousghosts #paranomal #historyoflondon #spirits #scaryghosts #horror #horrorfans #horrorfansworldwide #horrorcommunity https://www.instagram.com/p/CLIF4hmFISt/?igshid=1hq6bhldsy7u7

[diariobizarrices]

#PaulDelaroche #museedulouvre #edwardv #richardofshrewsbury #princesinthetower (at Musée du Louvre)

[basschel]

Inktober 11, the Princes in the Tower. Inspired by "The White Queen". #inktober2016 #inktober #prince #princes #england #fanart #thewhitequeen #thetower #toweroflondon #history #instadaily #bas_schel #instagram #instalike #princesinthetower #15minartchallenge #procreateapp #procreate #ipadpro (bij Boxtel)