Richard was a son of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, and his wife Cicely Neville and was born on 2nd October 1452. His brother Edward IV became King in 1461. On his death Richard was declared ...

On 21 October 1449, Cecily Neville and Richard, 3rd Duke of York’s son George Plantagenet was born with hunger for power coursing through his veins. His dad’s attempts to seize power led to ...

When he saw Richard isolated and vulnerable, he chose to back the Tudors… and unleashed his troops upon the Plantagenet king. The king was abandoned but he chose not to flee. The last ...

In her first play, historical novelist Philippa Gregory "seeks to offer a nuanced portrait of the last Plantagenet king ... detach the real-life figure of Richard III from the playwright's ...