Richard III - Bishops Palace, York, Great Britain.
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A Plaque on the Bishops Palace, placed by York Civic Trust, States King Richard III invested his son as Prince of Wales on the 8th September 1483. Plaque located in York, Yorkshire, Great Britain.
Waymark Code: WMKA93
Location: North East England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/08/2014
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King Richard III - Plaque was placed by York Civic Trust, on the corner of the Bishops Palace, in the York Minster, Deans Garden, York, UK.
The Plaque reads:
"Within the Archbishop's palace here, King Richard III invested his son as Prince of Wales on the 8th September 1483."
From Wikipedia:
"Richard III was King of England for two years, from 1483 until his death in 1485 in the Battle of Bosworth Field. He was the last king of the House of York and the last of the Plantagenet dynasty.
Born: October 2, 1452, Fotheringhay Castle, Fotheringhay
Died: August 22, 1485, Ambion Hill
Spouse: Anne Neville (married 1472)." Text Source: (
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King Richard's body was found recently, buried in a car park in Leicester.
I guess the English were not to happy with him losing his Kingdom, to the Welsh Henry Tudor, at Bosworth. Henry Tudor then became King Henry VII. The first of the Tudor Kings to Rule England.