Richard III Characters List

See below for a full list of all Shakespeare’s Richard III characters:

KING EDWARD THE FOURTH

ELIZABETH, Queen of King Edward the Fourth

EDWARD, Prince of Wales; afterwards King Edward the Fifth, & RICHARD, Duke of York, Sons to the King

GEORGE, Duke of Clarence, & RICHARD, Duke of Gloucester, afterwards King Richard the Third, Brothers to the King

DUCHESS OF YORK, Mother to King Edward the Fourth, Clarence, and Gloucester

MARGARET, Widow of King Henry the Sixth

A young Son of Clarence

HENRY, Earl of Richmond; afterwards King Henry the Seventh

CARDINAL BOURCHIER, Archbishop of Canterbury

THOMAS ROTHERHAM, Archbishop of York

JOHN MORTON, Bishop of Ely

DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM

DUKE OF NORFOLK

LADY ANNE, Widow of Edward, Prince of Wales, Son to King Henry the Sixth; afterwards married to the Duke of Gloucester

EARL OF SURREY, his Son

EARL RIVERS, Brother to King Edward’s Queen

MARQUESS OF DORSET, and LORD GREY, her Sons

LADY MARGARET PLANTAGENET, a young Daughter of Clarence

EARL OF OXFORD

LORD HASTINGS

LORD STANLEY, called also EARL OF DERBY

LORD LOVEL

SIR THOMAS VAUGHAN

SIR RICHARD RATCLIFF

SIR WILLIAM CATESBY

SIR JAMES TYRRELL

SIR JAMES BLOUNT

SIR WALTER HERBERT

SIR ROBERT BRAKENBURY, Lieutenant of the Tower

SIR WILLIAM BRANDON

CHRISTOPHER URSWICK, a Priest

Another Priest

Lord Mayor of London Sheriff of Wiltshire

TRESSEL and BERKELEY, Gentlemen attending on Lady Anne

Lords, and other Attendants; two Gentlemen, a Pursuivant, Scrivener, Citizens, Murderers, Messengers, Ghosts of those murdered by Richard the Third, Soldiers

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