ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY . 30 December 1460 . Richard, 3rd Duke of York died at the Battle of Wakefield. . . â—¼ Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, 6th Earl of March, 4th Earl of Cambridge, & 8th Earl of Ulster, conventionally called Richard of York (born. 21 September 1411) was a leading English magnate, a great-grandson of King Edward III through his father & a great-great-great-grandson of Edward III through his mother. . â—¼ He inherited great estates, & served in various offices of state in France at the end of the Hundred Years' War, & in England, ultimately governing the country as Lord Protector during Henry VI's madness. . â—¼ His conflicts with Henry's queen, Margaret of Anjou, & other members of Henry's court, as well as his extremely strong competing claim on the throne, were a leading factor in the political upheaval of mid-fifteenth-century England, & a major cause of the Wars of the Roses. . â—¼ Richard eventually attempted to take the throne but was dissuaded, although it was agreed that he would become King on Henry's death. Within a few weeks of securing this agreement, he died in battle. . â—¼ Although Richard never became king himself, he was the father of Kings Edward IV & Richard III. . . â–ª The main picture is of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, on stained glass window in St. Laurence's Church, Ludlow . . . #ONTHISDAYINHISTORY #thisdayinhistory #d30dec #TheYear1460, #RichardPlantagenet #DukeofYork #RichardDukeofYork #RichardofYork #LordProtector #History #EnglishHistory #BattleofWakefield #houseofyork #yorkist #waroftheroses (at Wakefield) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsBBnMAlFx9/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=zpw50v3tdrhz
