PERKIN WARBECK

BORN: c. 1474
EXECUTED: 23 NOVEMBER 1499

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Perkin Warbeck from the Recueil d'Arras
British Museum

Impostor said to be Earl of Warwick, then the illegitimate son of Richard III, and finally Richard, Duke of York (son of Edward IV). Acknowledged as Richard IV by Emperor Maximilian. Was eventually captured but was not executed at first. Further plotting against Henry VII led to his execution.