On October 2, 1452, Richard III, last of the  Plantagenets was born. 
Born at Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire, England and buried in an anonymous grave.

Richard III
Part of the Kings and Queens, The Houses of Lancaster and York
Issued by Royal Mail in 2008
Designer: Atelier Works
Painting by an unknown artist between 1597-1618.
Oil on panel.

Of the six major ‘crimes’ imputed to Richard III by Shakespeare, it is now widely agreed that Richard was certainly innocent of four and that the other two cannot be proved conclusively: the deaths of Henry VI and George Duke of Clarence were the responsibility of Edward IV; no contemporary source links Richard with Edward of Lancaster’s death at Tewkesbury; Anne Neville died of natural causes; sufficient evidence survives to show that Edward V was probably illegitimate (and therefore not the legal king). Hitherto there has been no convincing evidence of what happened to Edward V and his brother after Richard’s accession, …  Richard III & his World – Richard III Society