Notes:

For a listing of web sites that have the genealogy of family lines ofroyal houses, many noble houses and more, go to the entry "INFORMATION,Royal Houses family lines web sites" in this file.

See The Richard III Society web site at 0http://www.richardiii.net/

"NOTES: Reign: 1483-85; Although Richard, the last king of the house ofYork, did usurp the throne, little doubt exists that his unscrupulousnesshas been overemphasized by his enemies and by Tudor historians seeking tostrengthen the Lancastrian position. His baseness is strongly exaggeratedin Shakepeare's play, Richard III. He is said to have murdered hisnephews, Edward V and Richard, Duke of York in 1483 (called the Princesin the Tower). Richard III met his death at the Battle of Bosworth."
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Undoudtedly Richard has got a bad reputation, but there is no conclusiveevidence to support that. Much bad was written about him by a certainwriter called William Shake..something or other, who some see as a Tudorlacky, the Tudors, who killed Richard and then usurped the throne, hadobvious reasons for wanting to paint him in a bad light.
Some have even suggested that the writer William was actually FrancisBacon, who they then suggest was the son of Queen Elizabeth 1 (Tudor) andthe Earl of Essex, but a bit short on conclusive evidence.

For the sources of information, see in this file under "INFORMATION,Sources of" and also "INFORMATION, General Clan Genealogy ".


RHYME TO REMEMBER THEM BY

Willy, Willy, Harry, Ste,
Harry, Dick, John, Harry three,
One, two, three Neds, Richard two,
Henries four, five, six - then who?
Edwards four, five, Dick the bad,
Harries twain and Ned the lad,
Mary, Bessie, James the vain,
Charlie, Charlie, James again,
William & Mary, Anna Gloria,
Four Georges, William and Victoria,
Edward, George, then Ned the eighth
quickly goes and abdicat'th,
leaving George, then Liz the second,
and with Charlie next it's reckoned.

That's the way our monarchs lie
since Harold got it in the eye!

PS. Sorry, Lady Jane Grey - you got the chop!

This rhyme has been rememorised by British school children for a greatmany years. In this version the current Royal family has been added. Itcomes from "English Monarchs Dates & Ages" by John Owen Smith athttp://www.johnowensmith.co.uk/histdate/monarchs.htm

Richard married Anne Beauchamp Neville on 12 Jul 1472 in Westminster Abbey, London. Anne (daughter of Richard (1st\16th Earl of Warwick) Neville and Anne (of Warwick) De Beauchamp) was born on 11 Jun 1456 in Warwick Castle, Warwick, Warwickshire, England; died on 16 Mar 1484-1485 in Westminster Palace, London; was buried in Westminster Abbey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Edward (Prince of Wales) Plantagenet was born in 1473; died on 31 Mar 1484 in Dvp.

Notes:

Richard PLANTAGENET (3? D. York)
Born: 21 Sep 1411
Acceded: 19 May 1426
Died: 30 Dec 1460, battle of Wakefield
Buried: 30 Jul 1476, Collegiate Church of Fotheringhay, Northampton,England / Pontefract

Notes: Knight of the Garter. Protector of England, Earl of March &Ulster, Earl of Cambridge. The first to adopt the surname of Plantagenet.His laying claim to the throne of England led to the War of the Roses.The Complete Peerage v.XIIpII,pp.905-909. Son of Richard, Earl ofCambridge, a noble who had been executed for treason by Henry V ofEngland in 1415, and of Anne Mortimer, who, like her husband, was adirect descendant of Edward III. Richard thus had an excellent claim onthe throne of England, which he began to press in 1448 by assuming thelong-disused surname of Plantagenet. In doing so, he made a directchallenge to the weak Henry VI. In about 1424, he married Cecily Neville,a descendant of John of Gaunt. Having had the attainder against hisfather reversed in 1426, he was himself attainted on 20 Nov 1459. Thismade him all the more determined to achieve the throne for the House ofYork, and he died fighting the Lancastrians at the Battle of Wakefield on30 Dec 1460.

Fromhttp://www.tudorplace.com.ar/PLANTAGENET3.htm#Richard%20PLANTAGENET%20(3?%20D.%20York)

Richard + Cecily Neville. Cecily (daughter of Ralph Neville, daughter of Ralph (1st Earl of Westmoreland) De Neville and Joan (of Lancaster) Beaufort) was born on 3 May 1415; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard + Anne (of March) Mortimer. Anne (daughter of Roger (4th Earl of March) Mortimer and Eleanor\Alianore (of Kent) Holland) was born on 27 Dec 1390; died in 1411. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edmund married Isabel of Castile in Mar 1371-1372. Isabel (daughter of King Pedro III (The Cruel) of Castile & Le?n and Maria De Padilla) was born in 1355 in Morales; died on 23 Nov 1393; was buried in Church Of The Dominican Friars, Herts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Roger + Eleanor\Alianore (of Kent) Holland. Eleanor\Alianore (daughter of Thomas (2nd\5th Earl of Kent) Holland and Alice (of Arundel) Fitzalan) was born about 1373; died in 1405. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]