Richard III of England

Richard III (1452–1485) was King of England from 1483 until his death. He was the last king from the House of York, and his defeat at the Battle of Bosworth marked the culmination of the Wars of the Roses and the end of the Plantagenet dynasty.

Richard has been the subject of villification in history and popular culture, due in no small part to William Shakespeare's play about Richard, which was no doubt influenced by previous inaccurate histories of Richard, as well as the fact that the play was written in the time of Elizabeth I, descendent of Richard's nemesis, Henry Tudor.

Richard III in Ruled Britannia
Richard III was unique among English kings in that William Shakespeare was able to produce a play him. This was entirely due to the fact that Shakespeare portrayed Richard as a "villain black".