Edward IV 1461-1470, 1471-1483
Having finally established a Yorkist ascendancy, Edward IVs second period on the throne was one of relative calm. His brother George, Duke of Clarence, was covicted of plotting against him.
Edward V 1483
Imprisoned in the Tower with his younger brother, by their uncle Richard who seized the throne as Richard III. Both the princes are believed to have been murdered. Bones possibly belonging to the princes were discovered in the Tower in the 1670s.
Richard III 1483-1485
Richard is retains his evil image as depicted by Shakespeare.
His death ended the Wars of the Roses and brought the curtain down on the Middle Ages.
