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Richard had two acknowledged illegitimate children, John of Gloucester and Katherine Plantagenet. Also known as 'John of Pontefract', John of Gloucester was appointed Captain of Calais in 1485. Katherine married William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke , in 1484.
- John of Gloucester
- Katherine Plantagenet
- Richard of Eastwell
John of Gloucester, otherwise known as John of Pontefract was the natural son of Richard III and was probably born at Pontefract. The identity of John's mother remains unknown but it has been suggested that she may have Alice Burgh, who was granted an annuity of 20 pounds when Richard, Duke of Gloucester was at Pontefract on 1 March 1474, the grant...
The identity of the mother of Richard's daughter, Katherine Plantagenet, has similarly gone unrecorded although it has been suggested that she may have been Katherine Haute, who received an annuity of five pounds from Richard's estates in East Anglia. Katherine Haute was the wife of James Haute, whose mother Joan Woodville was a cousin of the queen...
Richard of EastwellRichard of Eastwell, a bricklayer of Eastwell, near Ashford in Kent made claims to be a natural son of Richard III. He was said to have been brought up without knowing the identity of his parents but was boarded with a schoolmaster who taught him Latin, a sign of someone being educated according to his status. He was visited four...
There is very slight evidence that Richard had a third illegitimate child, Richard of Eastwell, not publicly acknowledged in his lifetime. Very little is known about any of these children, particularly the third, and these articles summarise this scanty information. First a few general remarks.
The marriage of Richard and Cecily was a fruitful one, with 7 of their 12 children surviving into adulthood. Upon Richard, Duke of York’s death in 1460, their eldest son Edward, Earl of March became torch-bearer for the York claim to the throne.
Richard III was king of England between 1483 and 1485. He was the last king from the House of York and the last of the Plantagenet dynasty. His death marked the end of the civil wars known as the Wars of the Roses (1455–85).
Hace 6 días · Richard III, the last Plantagenet and Yorkist king of England. He usurped the throne of his nephew Edward V in 1483 and perished in defeat to Henry Tudor (thereafter Henry VII) at the Battle of Bosworth Field. Learn more about Richard III’s life and reign in this article.
28 de jun. de 2017 · Richard III deposed his nephew, the young Edward V, on receiving evidenced that Edward IV had a marriage contract with Lady Eleanor Butler before his marriage to Elizabeth Woodville, thus making all of Edward and Elizabeth's children illegitimate.
