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King Richard normally refers to the three English monarchs.

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 of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York, one of the Princes in the Tower
    • King Richard IV of England from Blackadder, a fictional version of the above
  • Perkin Warbeck (1474–1499), a pretender who claimed to be Richard, Duke of York

Other

  • Richard of Cornwall, King of Germany from 1257 to 1272.
  • King Richard, a font by Ray Larabie
  • the nickname of Richard Williams (born 1942), American tennis coach
    • King Richard, a 2021 biopic about the tennis coach
      • King Richard, the soundtrack of the film
  • the nickname of Dick Reynolds (1915–2002), Australian rules footballer
  • the nickname of Richard Petty (born 1937), former NASCAR stock car driver
  • the nickname of Dick Burleson (born 1948), former enduro motorcycle champion
  • the nickname of Richard Brodeur (born 1952), retired Canadian ice hockey goaltender
  • A character in the Guardians of Time series by Marianne Curley
  • King Richard's Faire, a renaissance re-enactment fair held annually in Carver, Massachusetts
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