On This Day In Royal History
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26 June 1483
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👑 Richard III’s reign as King of England begins.
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◼ 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.
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◼ 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.
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◼ 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.
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◼ He was the last king of the House of York & the last of the Plantagenet dynasty.
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◼ His defeat at Bosworth Field, the last decisive battle of the Wars of the Roses, marked the end of the Middle Ages in England.
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