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Edward V

noun

  1. 1470–83, king of England 1483 (son of Edward IV).



Edward V

noun

  1. 1470–?83, king of England in 1483; son of Edward IV. He was deposed by his uncle, Richard, Duke of Gloucester (Richard III), and is thought to have been murdered with his brother in the Tower of London

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Smith has trained a live camera on a raised arm, finger pointed up, from a 1907 allegorical figure by Edward V. Valentine called “Vindicatrix,” also known as “Miss Confederacy.”

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Since 1066, every British monarch except Edward V and Edward VII has been crowned at Westminster Abbey, the medieval church in London that is at the very heart of British culture.

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The coronation of every monarch since then has taken place there, except for Edward V, who was never crowned, and Edward VIII, who abdicated before he could be.

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The same applies to Alisha Espinosa as Edward V, the young heir to the throne, who needs to but does not bruise our hearts.

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Fourteen Chicago police officers showed up before dawn on Dec. 4, 1969, at Hampton’s apartment, acting on the orders of Edward V. Hanrahan, the Cook County state’s attorney.

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