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'Richard III', (1452-1485), 1830. Richard III (1452-1485) King of England and Lord of Ireland from 1483 until his death in 1485. Last king of the House of York and last of the Plantagenet dynasty. His fatal defeat and death at the Battle of Bosworth Field, was the last battle in the Wars of the Roses. From "Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. [Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and Co., J. Cumming, London, Glasgow and Dublin, 1830]