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Birth of Richard, Duke of Gloucester, future Richard III of England, at Fotheringhay Castle. -
The series of dynastic civil wars whose violence and civil strife preceded the strong government of the Tudors. Fought between the houses of Lancaster and York for the English throne, the wars were named many years afterward from the supposed badges of the contending parties: the white rose of York and the red rose of Lancaster.
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Edward IV of England wins the Battle of Barnet. Henry VI is imprisoned in the Tower of London by Edward IV of England. Henry VI of England is murdered in the Tower of London. -
Edward IV of England makes his younger brother Richard the Duke of Gloucester. Richard, Duke of Gloucester, future Richard III of England, marries Anne Neville. -
Following his conviction, he was "privately executed" at the Tower on 18 February 1478, by tradition in the Bowyer Tower. -
Richard leads a successful campaign in Scotland which recaptures Berwick.
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Richard III of England imprisons and then likely murders the two young sons of the late Edward IV, the 'Princes in the Tower'. Richard becomes King of England -
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Death of Prince Edward, Richard III of England's son and heir.
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Death of Queen Anne Neville, wife of Richard III of England. Henry Tudor, future Henry VII of England, wins the Battle of Bosworth Field where Richard III of England is killed. -
The remains of Richard III, the last English king killed in battle, were discovered within the site of the former Grey Friars Priory in Leicester, England