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, Duke of York (Prince in the Tower), 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
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