Richard III of England Timeline

Birth of Richard, Duke of Gloucester, future Richard III of England, at Fotheringhay Castle.

Wars of the Roses in England.

Birth of Prince Edward (eldest son of Edward IV of England), the future Edward V of England.

Richard, Duke of Gloucester, is made Constable and Lord High Admiral by Edward IV of England.

Edward IV of England wins the Battle of Barnet where the Earl of Warwick is killed.

Henry VI of England’s only son Edward is killed at the Battle of Tewkesbury. Henry VI is imprisoned in the Tower of London by Edward IV of England.

Henry VI of England is murdered in the Tower of London.

Edward IV of England makes his younger brother Richard the Duke of Gloucester.

Richard, Duke of Gloucester, future Richard III of England, marries Anne Neville.

Birth of Prince Richard, second son of Edward IV of England.

Birth of Edward of Middleham, son of Richard, Duke of Gloucester, future Richard III of England.

Richard, Duke of Gloucester, future Richard III of England, leads a successful campaign in Scotland which recaptures Berwick.

Richard III of England imprisons and then likely murders the two young sons of the late Edward IV, the 'Princes in the Tower'.

Reign of Richard III of England.

Reign of Edward V of England.

Edward IV of England dies of a stroke at Westminster.

Coronation of Richard III of England in Westminster Abbey.

A plot to overthrow Richard III of England is foiled. The Duke of Buckingham is executed.

Richard III of England establishes the Royal College of Arms.

Death of Prince Edward, Richard III of England's son and heir.

Richard III of England creates the Council of the North.

Death of Queen Anne Neville, wife of Richard III of England.

Henry Tudor, future Henry VII of England, lands with an army of French mercenaries at Milford Haven in South Wales.

Henry Tudor, future Henry VII of England, wins the Battle of Bosworth Field where Richard III of England is killed.

Coronation of Henry VII of England in Westminster Abbey.