Warbeck, Perkin — (1475–1499) By impersonating a son of EDWARD IV, Perkin Warbeck became the center of a Yorkist conspiracy to overthrow HENRY VII and the house of TUDOR. Born in the Netherlands, Warbeck took service with a Breton cloth merchant, who used… … Encyclopedia of the Wars of the Roses
Warbeck, Perkin — born 1474?, Tournai, Flanders died Nov. 23, 1499, London, Eng. Flemish impostor, pretender to the throne of Henry VII. The son of a local official in Flanders, while working as a servant in Ireland in 1491, he was misidentified as royalty while… … Universalium
Warbeck,Perkin — War·beck (wôrʹbĕk ), 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… … Universalium
WARBECK, PERKIN — an impostor who affected to be Richard, Duke of York, second son of Edward IV., alleged to have been murdered in the Tower, and laid claim to the crown of England in preference to Henry VII. In an attempt to make good this claim he was taken… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Perkin Warbeck — [Perkin Warbeck] (c. 1474–99) a man who claimed that he should be made the king of England because he was really Richard, Duke of York, brother of ↑Edward V and the younger of the two ↑Princes in the Tower. He was supported against the king at… … Useful english dictionary
Warbeck — Warbeck, Perkin (»Peterchen«), engl. Thronprätendent, geb. wahrscheinlich 1474 in Tournai, wo sein Vater Johann Werbecque (auch Osbeck genannt) als Schiffer und Zollaufseher lebte, begab sich nach einer abenteuerlichen Jugend 1492 nach Irland und … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Warbeck — Warbeck, Perkin, angeblicher Sohn Eduards IV. von England, geb. etwa 1474 in Tournay, Kronprätendent gegen Heinrich VII., landete 1497 in England, nahm den Titel Richard IV. an, ward gefangen, 1499 gehenkt … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Perkin Warbek — Zeitgenössische Darstellung Warbecks Perkin Warbeck (* um 1474; † 23. November 1499) erhob während der Regierungszeit von Heinrich VII. als Richard of Shrewsbury, Sohn von Eduard IV., Ansprüche auf den englischen Thron. Es ist jedoch davon… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Perkin Warbeck — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Dibujo de Perkin Warbeck, de autor desconocido. (British Museum) Perkin Warbeck (1474 23 de noviembre de 1499) fue un pretendiente al trono inglés durante el reinado de Enrique VII de Inglaterra. Afirmaba ser Ricardo … Wikipedia Español
Perkin Warbeck (play) — Perkin Warbeck is a Caroline era history play by John Ford. It is generally ranked as one of Ford s three masterpieces, along with Tis Pity She s a Whore and The Broken Heart . T. S. Eliot went so far as to call Perkin Warbeck unquestionably Ford … Wikipedia
