Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York

Victim in The Princes in the Tower

Younger son of Edward IV; taken from sanctuary to the Tower on 16 June 1483 and not seen after that summer. Date and manner of death unknown.

1483 · Tower of London · Unsolved

In 1483 a twelve-year-old king and his brother vanished inside the Tower of London and their uncle took the crown. What became of them is still debated. Read the case.