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War·beck (wôr

), Perkin 1474?-1499.

Flemish pretender to the English throne. Posing as Richard, Duke of York, the murdered son of Edward IV, he landed in Cornwall (1497), proclaimed himself king, and proceeded to London, where he was captured and hanged by supporters of Henry VII.

Warbeck [ˈwɔːbɛk]

(Biographies / Warbeck, Perkin (?1474-1499) M, Flemish, MISC: impostor, MISC: pretender to the English throne) Perkin (ˈpɜːkɪn). ?1474-99, Flemish impostor, pretender to the English throne. Professing to be Richard, Duke of York, he led an unsuccessful rising against Henry VII (1497) and was later executed

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