King Richard
King Richard normally refers to the three English monarchs.
English monarchs
- Richard I of England or Richard the Lionheart (1157–1199)
- Richard II of England (1367–1400)
- Richard III of England (1452–1485)
Although no monarch has assumed the title King Richard IV, this title can sometimes refer to:
- Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York, one of the Princes in the Tower, who would have been Richard IV of England if he had lived
- The fictional King Richard IV of England from Blackadder, a grown up version of the above
- Perkin Warbeck (1474–1499), a pretender who claimed to be Richard, Duke of York
Other
"King Richard" can also refer to:
- King Richard font by Ray Larabie
- the nickname of Dick Reynolds (1915–2002), Australian rules footballer
- the nickname of Richard Petty (born 1937), former NASCAR stock car driver
- the nickname of Dick Burleson (born 1948), former enduro motorcycle champion
- the nickname of Richard Brodeur (born 1952), retired Canadian ice hockey goaltender
- The name of a character in the Guardians of Time series by Marianne Curley is King Richard
- King Richard's Faire; a renaissance re-enactment fair held annually in Carver, Massachusetts
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