Edward V, son of Edward IV, was never crowned, and his brief reign was dominated by the influence of his uncle and Lord Protector, the Duke of Gloucester, who deposed him to reign as Richard III on 26 June 1483.Ĥ Edward IV (written IIII): reign 4 March 1461 – 3 October 1470, House of York.
She was probably added as the sovereign ruling over England just before the making of this map.Ģ Richard III: reign 26 June 1483 – 22 August 1485, House of Yorkģ Edward V: reign 9 April 1483 – 25 June 1483, House of York. To be clear, she is Completely unrelated to the royalty which fought the War of Roses, decades before her birth. She was the last of the five monarchs of the House of Tudor. Her parents were Henry VIII and Anna Boleyn. Known as Elisabeth I she was Queen of England and Ireland, after Henry VIII, in a golden age for England. The Kings on the map (in clockwise order)ġ Elisabeth (1533- 1603): reign 17 November 1558 – 24 March 1603. The house of York was represented by a white rose and the House of Lancaster, by a red rose.
They played a key role in the War of Roses, which took place in the 2nd half of the 15th century. This is one of the most sought after Speed maps partly due to its left and rights panels displaying the portraits of all the kings of the houses of Lancaster and York, respectively. This is a highly decorative and finely engraved 17th century map of Lancashire which was published in John Speed’s Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine ).
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