18. Richard III

The Kings and Queens podcast

Richard III (1483-85) has been portrayed as inhuman, tyrannical, treacherous and cruel. He had the monumental misfortune of character assassination by the dynasty that followed him determined to blacken his name. It will unquestionably be remembered as one of the most famous and consequential reigns in English history.

CHARACTERS

Richard III – King of England
Edward IV – King of England, brother of Richard
Edward V – King of England, son of Edward VI
Anne Neville – Queen of England, wife of Richard III
Elizabeth Woodville – Queen of England, wife of Edward IV
George, duke of Clarence – brother of Richard and Edward

Duke of York – Father of Richard
Cecily Neville – Mother of Richard
Prince Edward – son of Richard
Richard of Shrewsbury – son of Edward IV
Elizabeth of York – daughter of Edward IV

Henry VI – former Lancastrian King of England
Margaret – former Lancastrian Queen of England, wife of Henry VI
Earl of Warwick – nobleman nicknamed the Kingmaker
Earl Rivers – brother of Elizabeth Woodville, tutor and uncle of Edward V
Duke of Norfolk – loyalist of Richard
William Hastings – loyalist of Richard
Duke of Buckingham – loyalist of Richard
Ralph Shaa – pro-Ricardian theologian
Sir John Cheyne – knight loyal to Henry Tudor
William Brandon – Henry Tudor’s standard bearer
Earl of Oxford – commander loyal to Henry Tudor
William Colyngbourne – covert ally of Henry Tudor
Henry Percy – Earl of Northumberland
Thomas Stanley – Earl of Derby, husband of Margaret Beaufort

Charles VIII – King of France

Chroniclers

Dominic Mancini
Vergil
Francis Bacon
Commynes
Croyland
William Shakespeare – playwright of Tudor England

Characters from the past

Richard II – former King of England
Edward II – former King of England
John of Gaunt – son of Edward III and ancestor of the Lancastrian claimants

CREDITS

Music: Winter Night by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The Tudor Consort – 04 – Palestrina – Credo – Missa Sicut_lilium_inter_spinas

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Black snow – sword slice
Soundmary – wild horses running
Dan Mitch3ll – distant horns
eneasz – wooden door smash open
metzik – medieval market
Omar Alvarado – five heavy knocks on bedroom door 2
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