Richard PLANTAGENET, of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York

1473 - Abt 1483  (9 years)

• Name	Richard PLANTAGENET  [1]
  Suffix	of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York
  Birth	17 Aug 1473	Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Richard Plantagenet  [3, 4]
  Death	Abt Jun 1483	Tower of London, England   [3, 5]
  	Many books have been published about 'The Princes in the Tower', referrring to the alledged murder of Edward and Richard at the hands of their uncle, Richard III. When his brother, father of Edward and Richard, died Richard III could only focus on himself being king of England. Stories tell of him murdering, or having murdered, his two nephews in order to gain the throne.
  Burial	Westminster Abbey, London, England   [6, 7]
  	Bones were discovered in 1674 by workmen rebuilding a stairway in the Tower. King Charles II ordered that these bones were to be placed in Westminster Abbey, in an urn bearing the names of Edward and Richard. In 1933 the skeletal remains were examined by Professor William Wright, who concluded that they belonged to two boys aged 12 and 9 or 10, with heights being 4' 9.5" amd 4' 6.5", respectively. They became know as The Princes in the Tower. Following is the translation from Latin of the inscription on the urn: Here lie the relics of Edward V, King of England, and Richard, Duke of York. These brothers being confined in the Tower of London, and there stifled with pillows, were privately and meanly buried, by the order of their perfidious uncle Richard the Usurper; their bones, long enquired after and wished for, after 191 years in the rubbish of the stairs (those lately leading to the Chapel of the White Tower) were on the 17th day of July AD 1674 by undoubted proofs discovered, being buried deep in that place. Charles II, a most compassionate king, pitying their severe fate, ordered these unhappy princes to be laid amongst the monuments of their predecessors, AD 1678, in the 30th year of his reign.
  		Sarcophagus _Edward_V_&_Richar Sarcophagal urn of the presumed bones of Edward V & his younger brother Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York.
  Person ID	I117163	Ancestral Trails
  Last Modified	26 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	Edward IV PLANTAGENET, king of England,   b. 28 Apr 1442, Rouen, Normandy, France d. 9 Apr 1483, Westminster Palace, Westminster, Middlesex, England (Age 40 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth WOODVILLE,   b. Abt 1437, Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England d. 8 Jun 1492, Bermondsey Abbey, Surrey, England (Age ~ 55 years)
  Marriage	1 May 1464	her family home, Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England   [8, 9]
  	She was a widow, and not of noble blood, the first commoner to marry an English sovereign.
  Family ID	F1183	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anne DE MOWBRAY, 8th Countess of Norfolk,   b. 10 Dec 1472   d. 1481 (Age 8 years)
  Family ID	F36842	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2024

  
  

• Photos

  Richard & Edward V Plantagenet Richard, 5th Duke of York, and his older brother Edward V king of England. 1878 painting, Sir John Everett Millais, Picture Gallery, Royal Holloway, University of London.

  
  

• Sources

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