Ruler · 1452 – 1485

Richard III of England

Lived 1452 – 1485; monarch. Monarch of England of Kingdom of England, 1483 – 1485.

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Lived: 1452 – 1485; 33 years
In office: 2 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Kingdom of England
Left it: deposed or killed; Kokkonen & Sundell

Monarch of England

Kingdom of England · the 38th of 53 dated reigns · 899 – 1707

34 before

Henry VI of England1470 – 1471

Edward IV1471 – 1483

Edward V1483

Richard III of England1483 – 1485

Henry VII of England1485 – 1509

Henry VIII1509 – 1547

Edward VI1547 – 1553

12 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roada second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1483 – 1485 · 2 years · came to it aged 31

Left it: deposed or killedcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell: by others; Morby does not call it a deposition

then died in battle within a year of leaving · the term records: death in office

Richard was slain, making him the last English king to die in battle.

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