profile of richard the third
Richard III Reigned 1483 -1485 Personal ProfileBorn: 2nd October 1452Died: 22nd August 1485Parents: Richard of York and Lady Cicely Neville Wife: Lady Anne Beauchamp Nevill Children: 6Nickname: "Sicky Dicky" [Deary, T. (1995) Cruel Kings and Mean Queens]Shakespeare’s portrayal of Richard III as a deformed, scheming, cold hearted murderer shattered any reputation for good his acolytes once tried to establish. Once Henry Tudor was king however, Rous rewrote his version of the history, now describing Richard as some kind of freak retained within his mothers womb for 2 years and emerging with teeth, and hair to his shoulder, a cruel monster of deception “like a scorpion he combined a smooth front with a stinging tail.