Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York (born 1411)

Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York

English nobleman (1411–1460)

Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York, also named Richard Plantagenet, was a leading English magnate and claimant to the throne during the Wars of the Roses. He was a member of the ruling House of Plantagenet by virtue of being a direct male-line descendant of Edmund of Langley,…