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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