( c. 1474–99)
a man who claimed that he should be made the king of England because he was really Richard, Duke of York, brother of Edward V and the younger of the two Princes in the Tower . He was supported against the king at the time, Henry VII , by the House of York and by the king of France. He made several attempts to start rebellions against Henry VII but in 1497 he was captured before being kept for a time in the Tower of London and later executed.