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Richard III

Richard III ( 1452 – 85 )
Duke of Gloucester ( 1461 – 85 ) and King of England ( 1483 – 85 ). He was a younger brother of Edward IV and the eleventh child of Richard Plantagenet , Duke of York . Tudor propaganda, notably the biography by Thomas More , portrayed him as a monster from birth, always a traitor to his own family, but as Duke of Gloucester he served Edward faithfully and was an able soldier and a capable administrator in northern England. Upon the accession of his young nephew ...

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