Editing Edward V (section)

{{Short description|King of England in 1483}}
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| name         = Edward V
| image        = King-edward-v.jpg
| caption      = Depiction of Edward as Prince of Wales in the ''[[Dictes and Sayings of the Philosophers]]'', 1477
| succession   = [[King of England]]
| moretext     = ([[Styles of English sovereigns|more...]])
| reign        = 9 April 1483 – 25 June 1483<ref name="weir">{{Cite book |last=Alison |first=Weir |title=Britain's Royal Family: the Complete Genealogy |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-0995-3973-5 |page=143 |publisher=Vintage Books |author-link=Alison Weir}}</ref>
| predecessor  = [[Edward IV]]
| regent       = {{Nowrap|[[Richard III of England|Richard, Duke of Gloucester]]}}
| reg-type     = {{Nowrap|[[Lord Protector]]}}
| successor    = [[Richard III]]
| house        = [[House of York|York]]
| father       = [[Edward IV of England]]
| mother       = [[Elizabeth Woodville]]
| module = {{Infobox person
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| birth_date   = 2 November 1470
| birth_place  = [[Westminster]], London, England
| disappeared_date = {{Disappeared date and age|1483|7||1470|11|2|df=y}}
| disappeared_place = [[Tower of London]], England
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'''Edward V''' (2 November 1470 – {{Circa|mid-1483}})<ref name="weir"/><ref name="walk">{{Cite book |last=Walker |first=R. F. |title=A New Dictionary of British History |date=1963 |publisher=St. Martin's Press |editor-last=Steinberg |editor-first=S. H. |edition=1963 |location=New York |page=286 |chapter=Princes in the Tower |oclc=398024 |ol=OL5886803M |editor-last2=Other |display-editors=1}}</ref> was [[King of England]] from 9 April to 25 June 1483. He succeeded his father, [[Edward IV]], upon the latter's death. Edward V was never crowned, and his brief reign was dominated by the influence of his uncle and [[Lord Protector]], the Duke of Gloucester, who deposed him to reign as King [[Richard III]]; this was confirmed by the ''[[Titulus Regius]]'', an [[Act of Parliament (UK)|Act of Parliament]] which denounced any further claims through Edward IV's heirs by [[Delegitimisation|delegitimising]] Edward V and all of his siblings. This was later repealed by [[Henry VII of England|Henry VII]], who subsequently married [[Elizabeth of York]], Edward V's eldest sister.

Edward V and his younger brother, [[Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York|Richard of Shrewsbury]], are known as the [[Princes in the Tower]]. They disappeared after being sent to heavily guarded royal lodgings in the [[Tower of London]]. Responsibility for their disappearance (and presumed deaths) is widely attributed to Richard III, who sent them to the Tower, but the lack of conclusive evidence and conflicting contemporary accounts allow for other possibilities.