Richard III Crowned at Westminster
1483
On July 6, the Duke of Gloucester was anointed and crowned after declaring his nephews illegitimate. His queen Anne Neville was crowned beside him. The ceremony was lavish but the crowd subdued. Nobody quite knew where the princes had gone. The usurpation hung over the new reign like a low ceiling.
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Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.