Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York

Richard Plantagenet was a leading English magnate and claimant to the throne during the Wars of the Roses. He was a member of the House of Plantagenet by virtue of being a male-line descendant of King Edward III. He also inherited vast estates and served in various offices of state in Ireland, France and England, a country he ultimately governed as Lord Protector during the madness of King Henry VI.

Richard Plantagenet
The 3rd Duke of York
Richard of York in the frontispiece of the Talbot Shrewsbury Book, 1445
Lord Protector of England
Regency	3 April 1454 – 30 December 1460
Monarch	Henry VI
Born	Richard of York 19 September 1411 Yorkshire
Died	1 January 1461(1461-01-01) (aged 49) Yorkshire, Kingdom of England
Burial	30 July 1476 Church of St Mary and All Saints, Fotheringhay
Spouse	Cecily Neville, Duchess of York
Issue Detail	Anne, Duchess of Exeter Edward IV, King of England Edmund, Earl of Rutland Elizabeth of York, Duchess of Suffolk Margaret of York George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence Richard III, King of England and France
House	York
Father	Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge
Mother	Anne de Mortimer