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	Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge (c.
		He was born at Conisburgh Castle in Yorkshire, and was confirmed in the Earldom of Cambridge, which had been resigned by his brother, in 1414.
		It was through her that the Yorkist faction in the Wars of the Roses claimed the throne.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Richard,_Earl_of_Cambridge (258 words)

	Richard II of England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Richard II (January 6, 1367 – February 14, 1400) was the son of Edward the Black Prince, Prince of Wales, and Joan "The Fair Maid of Kent".
		Richard had the Earl of Arundel, leader of the Lords Appellant, arrested; but Richard's small army led by de Vere was overpowered by the forces of the Lords Appellant outside Oxford, and Richard was imprisoned in the Tower of London.
		Richard also lacked the thirst for battle of his grandfather: his Scottish campaign in 1385 was not decisive, and he signed a 28-year truce with France in 1396 which was hugely unpopular at home in spite of the dividends that peace brought to the kingdom.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Richard_II_of_England (1859 words)

	Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Richard opposed Simon de Montfort, and rose in rebellion in 1238 to protest against the marriage of his sister, Eleanor, to Simon.
		Richard's claims to Gascony and Poitou were never more than nominal, and in 1241 King Louis IX of France invested his own brother Alphonse with Poitou.
		On 30 March 1231 to Isabel Marshal, widow of Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford, and daughter of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Richard,_1st_Earl_of_Cornwall (995 words)

	TimeRef - History Timelines - Medieval People Starting With R
		Ranulf, the Earl of Chester witnessed the foundation of the new Savigny abbey in the Midlands.
		Richard was the wealthiest land owner of his time, having inherited estates from Edmund of Langley and from his mother, he inherited the powerful estates of the Earl's of March.
		Richard's elder brother was called Edward who became king of England as Edward V in April of 1483 after the death of their father.
	www.btinternet.com /~timeref/hprr.htm (3282 words)

	York, Richard, duke of - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		YORK, RICHARD, DUKE OF [York, Richard, duke of] 1411-60, English nobleman, claimant to the throne.
		He was descended from Edward III through his father, Richard, earl of Cambridge, grandson of that king, and also through his mother, Anne Mortimer, great-granddaughter of Lionel, duke of Clarence, who was the third son of Edward III.
		Richard was brought up as a royal ward, having become duke of York on the death of his uncle Edward in 1415.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-york-r1ic.html (649 words)

	Shakespeare's History Cycles: Historical Note (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Richard's father was Richard, Earl of Cambridge, son of Edmund Langley, fifth son of Edward III.
		This Richard, Earl of Cambridge, married Anne Mortimer, daughter of Philippa, and granddaughter of Lionel, third son of Edward III.
		Richard, Duke of York is the son of this Anne Mortimer and Richard, Earl of Cambridge.
	www.mala.bc.ca /~johnstoi/eng366/roses.htm (2151 words)

	The Wars of the Roses - Aftermath
		Richard's reign saw the development of factional disputes between Richard II's courtiers and opposition nobles led by five powerful figures (the "Lords Appellant") who included Richard's uncle Thomas, Duke of Gloucester and his cousin, Henry Bolingbroke, Earl of Derby and Duke of Hereford.
		Richard was deposed by Parliament, and soon afterwards killed on the orders of Henry, who now proclaimed himself Henry IV.
		Richard, Earl of Cambridge plotted against Henry V in 1415 and was executed, but Henry V was mostly successful in keeping order over nobles, because they liked his warlike character, and his success in beating the French.
	history.wisc.edu /sommerville/361/361-04.htm (878 words)

	Richard III Society--Horace Walpole, Historic Doubts
		Richard duke of York, the father of Edward the Fourth and Richard the Third, was son of Richard earl of Cambridge, beheaded for treason; yet that duke of York held his father's attainder no bar to his succession.
		Richard actually proclaimed him heir to the crown after the death of his own son, and ordered him to be served next to himself and the queen, though he afterwards set him aside and confined him to the castle of Sheriff Hutton.
		I should suppose that Richard learning the projected marriage of Elizabeth and the earl of Richmond, amused the young princess with the hopes of making her his queen; and that Richard feared that alliance, is plain from his sending her to the castle of Sheriff Hutton on the landing of Richmond.
	www.r3.org /bookcase/walpole/walpole3.html (6275 words)

	History of England, Medieval Britain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Richard of York, whose family had adopted its emblem a white rose as a Yorkist badge, raised the standard of revolt to begin the thirty-year period of civil war that wracked the whole nation.
		Edward had allowed Richard to govern that part of the country, where he was known as "Lord of the North." The new king was a minor and England was divided over whether Richard should govern as Protector or merely as chief member of a Council.
		Richard's competence and military ability was a threat to the throne and the legitimate heir Edward V. After a series of skirmishes with the forces of the widowed queen, anxious to restore her influence in the north, Richard had the young prince of Wales placed in the Tower.
	www.britannia.com /history/narmedhist6.html (2531 words)

	Britannia Biographies: Edmund Langley, Duke of York (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		In 1369, the Earls of Cambridge and Pembroke were sent with reinforcements to the army of the Black Prince in Aquitaine and, having landed at St. Malo, were received at Nantes, with great rejoicings, by their brother-in-law, the Duke of Brittany.
		Cambridge was with the Prince of Wales at the capture and merciless sacking of the town of Limoges and the Black Prince, having soon afterwards in January 1371, lost, by death, his first-born son, E dward, at Bordeaux, departed from thence for England.
		The lines of Clarence and York became united by the marriage of Richard, Earl of Cambridge, with Anne Mortimer, the great-grandaughter and heir of Lionel of Antwerp, and, after a series of sanguinary conflicts, the crown was peaceably enjoyed by their grandson, King Edward IV.
	www.britannia.com /bios/royals/eldkyork.html (1086 words)

	webGED: The Bement Family Data Page
		Richard was captured by Bolingbroke in Wales and brought captive to London, where on September 30, 1399, he formally resigned his crown.
		Richard was born on October 2, 1452, in Fotheringhay Castle, youngest son of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd duke of York, and was named duke of Gloucester in 1461.
		Richard fought valiantly but was defeated and slain, and the earl of Richmond became Henry VII, the first Tudor king of England.
	www.bementfamily.com /webged/bement.wbg/wga46.html (4466 words)

	thePeerage.com - Margarete Erzherzögin von Österreich and others
		Richard of York, 1st Earl of Cambridge was born circa September 1375 in Coningsburgh Castle, Yorkshire, England.
		She married Richard of York, 1st Earl of Cambridge, son of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York and Isabella de Castilla, in May 1406, by Papal dispensation dated 28 May 1408.
		She was the daughter of Richard of York, 1st Earl of Cambridge and Lady Anne de Mortimer.
	www.thepeerage.com /p10167.htm (2250 words)

	YORK (HOUSE OF) - Online Information article about YORK (HOUSE OF)
		March came from the Mortimers, and the dukedom of York and the earldom of Cambridge from his paternal ancestry.
		plot was detected, being revealed, it is said, by the earl of March himself, who does not appear to have given it any encouragement; the earl of Cambridge was beheaded.
		Gloucester, who became Richard III., and then caused him and his brother Richard, duke of York, to be murdered.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /YAK_ZYM/YORK_HOUSE_OF_.html (1249 words)

	NovelGuide: Henry V: Character Profiles
		Richard, Earl of Cambridge, is one of the three traitors whose conspiracy is discovered before the King sails for France.
		Earl of Salisbury is one of the English commanders at the battle of Agincourt.
		The Earl of Warwick is one of the English commanders at the battle of Agincourt.
	www.novelguide.com /HenryV/characterprofiles.html (1099 words)

	Richard III quiz -- free game
		As a young man, Richard lived in the household of his cousin, one of the powerful men of the time.
		Richard led a campaign against the Scots in 1482.
		Richard was killed at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485 when his army was defeated by the Lancastrian army led by Henry Tudor.
	www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=227841 (205 words)

	thePeerage.com - Exhibit
		The plot was detected just before Henry V crossed the sea, in his first invasion of France; the Earl of Cambridge confessed and was beheaded, and nothing was heard for upwards of forty years of any further attempt to challenge the right of the house of Lancaster.
		Richard duke of York, the father of Edward IV, was the son of this Richard, earl of Cambridge, by his wife, Anne Mortimer.
		Cecily, the wife of Richard, duke of York, bore him no less than eight sons and four daughters within the space of sixteen years, of whom the eldest was Anne, afterwards duchess of Exeter, born at Fotheringay in 1439.
	www.thepeerage.com /e61.htm (9082 words)

	Play Synopsis - Henry VI Part 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		At a garden Richard Plantagenet argues with Somerset about whether he (Plantagenet) is base and scum because his father, Richard, Earl of Cambridge was executed for treason by Henry V - thus starting the War of the Roses.
		Then, during Henry V's reign, Richard Earl of Cambridge (married to Mortimer's sister, Richard's mother) rose against Henry V, failed and was beheaded.
		The Earl of Suffolk catches Margaret of Anjou, daughter of Reignier and gets the idea that she should marry Henry VI, to which her father agrees.
	www.onlineshakespeare.com /henry6isyn.htm (725 words)

	Characters: The War of the Roses
		EARL OF SUFFOLK: Through arranging the marriage of Margaret to Henry VI, Suffolk puts himself in a position of enormous power and is elevated to the rank of duke.
		EARL OF SALISBURY: The father of Warwick, Salisbury is the military leader of the English armies in France.
		RICHARD PLANTAGENET: Son of the late Richard, earl of Cambridge, he becomes duke of York and claims to be the rightful heir to the throne occupied by Henry VI.
	www.bard.org /education/resources/shakespeare/warchar.html (623 words)

	Background to the Wars of the Roses
		Richard II - grandson to Edward III was arrested, forced to abdicated and brutally murdered by his cousin, Henry IV.
		The offspring of the Duke of Clarence formed an alliance by marriage with the offspring of the Duke of York, giving their branch a greater right to the throne of England than the offspring of Henry IV.
		The Council of England decided to place the country into a Protectorship, under the control of Richard, Duke of York (father of Edward IV and Richard III).
	www.richardiii.org /warsofroses.htm (305 words)

	York, Richard, duke of
		York, Richard, duke of, 1411–60, English nobleman, claimant to the throne.
		Clarence, George, duke of - Clarence, George, duke of, 1449–78, son of Richard, duke of York, and brother of Edward IV.
		Warwick, Richard Neville, earl of - Warwick, Richard Neville, earl of, 1428–71, English nobleman, called the Kingmaker.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/people/A0853110.html (490 words)

	Gordon Family Tree - pafg46 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Francis Hastings 2nd Earl of Huntingdon died on 20 Jun 1561.
		Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke of York [Parents] was born on 21 Sep 1411.
		Richard Plantagenet Earl of Cambridge [Parents] was born in 1375.
	members.optusnet.com.au /mcde/gordonfam/pafg46.htm (256 words)

	RoyaList Online - Royal Genealogy - Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York
		Richard was Protector of England twice, once during Henry VI's illness in 1451, and again after the first battle of St. Albans in 1455, when the Yorkists captured Henry.
		Richard III is one of Shakespeare's most popular plays on the stage and has been adapted successfully for film.
		Richard of Gloucester crosses and double-crosses friends and foes alike in a no-holds-barred effort to solidify control of the throne once occupied by his brother, Edward IV.
	www.royalist.info /execute/biog?person=72 (1149 words)

	Hougham/huffam family tree Nov 2005 - pafg201 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Richard Duke of York [Parents] was born in 1411.
		Richard Plantagenet Earl Of Cambridge [Parents] died in 1415.
		Lady Anne Mortimer [Parents].Anne married Richard Plantagenet Earl Of Cambridge.
	mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /houghamfamily/pafg201.htm (83 words)

	Genealogy - pafg63 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Richard, Earl Cambridge was born about Sep 1396 in Conisborough, Yorkshire, ENGLAND.
		Ralph Neville Earl was born 1364 in Raby, Durham, ENGLAND.
		Richard Harrington Sir was born about 1401 in of Blackrod, Lancashire, ENGLAND.
	www.ida.net /users/lbw/genealogy/Lgen/pafg63.htm (351 words)

	Mortimer, Edmund de, 5th earl of March and 3d earl of Ulster. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Mortimer, Edmund de, 5th earl of March and 3d earl of Ulster.
		He succeeded (1398) his father not only as earl of March and Ulster but as heir presumptive to the childless Richard II.
		His heiress was his sister Anne, whose son by Richard, earl of Cambridge, was Richard, duke of York, father of Edward IV and Richard III.
	www.bartleby.com /65/mo/MortmrE2.html (240 words)

	Origins of the Wars of the Roses
		It was in this year [1411], that Richard Plantagenet was born to Richard, fifth Earl of Cambridge and Anne Mortimer.
		Being so highly placed in the royal household, Richard was destined to play a significant role in the Government and politics of England throughout his lifetime and in England's affairs in France during the later stages of the Hundred Years War.
		Somerset was released from the Tower, and immediately formed a natural alliance with Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland (and Percy's ally in the north Lord Clifford), against the Duke of York - who was stripped of his powers as protector - and his supporters, namely the Earl of Salisbury and the Earl of Warwick.
	www.warsoftheroses.com /origins.cfm (900 words)

	Richard, third Duke of York (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		was the only son of Richard, Earl of Cambridge, and Anne, daughter of Roger Mortimer; through whom and her mother Philippa, he traced his descent from Lionel, Duke of Clarence, third son of Edward III.
		At the death of his father, executed for conspiracy in 1415, he was in-trusted to the guardianship of the Countess of Westmoreland, and ten years later the attainder was set aside, and he succeeded to the title of Duke of York.
		He was father of Edward IV., Richard III., and George, Duke of Clarence.
	angl.com.ru /lords/richard.htm (257 words)

	NFP: Images of Richard Plantagenet (1411-1460) - Duke of York 1425-1460
		Richard was the son of Prince Richard, Earl of Cambridge and Anne, sister of Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March, the heir to the throne of King Richard II (being the grandson of Princess Philippa of Clarence, daughter of Prince Lionel of Antwerp).
		The Duke led the Yorkists into numerous battles against King Henry's Lancastrians until he was killed at the Battle of Wakefield in 1460.
		His son, the Earl of March, snatched the Crown the following year and proclaimed himself King Edward IV.
	www.nashfordpublishing.co.uk /royalty/richard_duke_of_york.html (208 words)

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