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On This Day In Royal History . 26 June 1483 . 👑 Richard III’s reign as King of England begins. . ◼ A clergyman is said to have informed Richard that Edward IV’s marriage to Elizabeth Woodville was invalid because of Edward’s earlier union with Eleanor Butler, making Edward V & his siblings illegitimate. . ◼ On 22 June 1483, a sermon was preached outside Old St. Paul’s Cathedral declaring Edward IV’s children bastards & Richard the rightful king. Shortly after, the citizens of London, both nobles & commons, convened & drew up a petition asking Richard to assume the throne. He accepted on 26 June & was crowned at Westminster Abbey on 6 July 1483. . ◼ Richard was born on 2 October 1452 & died 22 August 1485). He was King of England from 1483 until his death in 1485, at the age of 32, in the Battle of Bosworth Field. . ◼ He was the last king of the House of York & the last of the Plantagenet dynasty. . ◼ His defeat at Bosworth Field, the last decisive battle of the Wars of the Roses, marked the end of the Middle Ages in England. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1483 #KingofEngland #RichardIII #RichardIIIOfEngland #KingRichardIII #HouseofYork #Yorkist #WaroftheRoses #History #EnglishHistory #EnglishMonarchy #Royalfacts #interestingfacts #Britishmonarchy #d26jun #Royalhistory #kingrichard #Plantagenet #plantagenets #HistoryFacts #Royal #Royals #Historic #Onthisday #theking #Leicestercathedral #Otd #RoyalHistory (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CB5yKujjdRC/?igshid=1iv7nlvrblu6q

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On This Day In History . 6 July 1483 . King Richard III coronation . . ◼ At the ceremony, Richard, wearing ‘Robes of Purple Velvett’ & his wife, Anne of Warwick, wearing a ‘rich Coronett set with Stones & Pearle’ walked with bare feet into the abbey for what has been described as the most magnificent coronation of the century. . ◼ At the mass which followed, they were ‘both housled with one host devided betwene them’, they shared a piece of communion bread, & the service ended as they both made an offering at the shrine of Edward the Confessor. . ◼ The banquet afterwards in Westminster Hall began at four o’clock & lasted well into the evening. As expected, the king’s champion, Sir Robert Dymoke, entered the hall, his horse draped with white & crimson silk; but, with sharp memories of what had happened to Lord Hastings (executed) less than a month before, it isn’t surprising that no one dared pick up the gauntlet which Sir Robert flung down before the guests. . . Portrait - Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2018 . . . #onthisdayinhistory #Thisdayinhistory #d6Jul #TheYear1483 #Coronation #KingRichardIII #RichardIII #RichardIIIofEngland #KingofEngland #HouseofYork #History #EnglishMonarchy #BritishMonarchy #OTD #OnThisDay #TheKing #RoyalHistory #historyfact #historyfacts #Historic #portrait #England (at England) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzlHD_xA6Bc/?igshid=16fy6l36v2etx

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On This Day In History . . 26 June 1483 . 👑 Richard III's reign as King of England begins. . ◼ A clergyman is said to have informed Richard that Edward IV's marriage to Elizabeth Woodville was invalid because of Edward's earlier union with Eleanor Butler, making Edward V & his siblings illegitimate. . ◼ On 22 June 1483, a sermon was preached outside Old St. Paul's Cathedral declaring Edward IV's children bastards & Richard the rightful king. Shortly after, the citizens of London, both nobles & commons, convened & drew up a petition asking Richard to assume the throne. He accepted on 26 June & was crowned at Westminster Abbey on 6 July 1483. . ◼ Richard was born on 2 October 1452 & died 22 August 1485). He was King of England from 1483 until his death in 1485, at the age of 32, in the Battle of Bosworth Field. . ◼ He was the last king of the House of York & the last of the Plantagenet dynasty. . ◼ His defeat at Bosworth Field, the last decisive battle of the Wars of the Roses, marked the end of the Middle Ages in England. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1483 #KingofEngland #RichardIII #RichardIIIOfEngland #KingRichardIII #HouseofYork #Yorkist #WaroftheRoses #History #EnglishHistory #EnglishMonarchy #Britishmonarchy #d26jun #Royalhistory #kingrichard #Plantagenet #plantagenets #HistoryFacts #Royal #Royals #Historic #Onthisday #theking #Leicestercathedral (at United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzLWMPeA8x3/?igshid=bqumyj8covq5