King Richard IV

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King Richard IV is a fictional English monarch from the BBC sitcom "The Black Adder," depicted as the ruler during the alternate-history reign in which Prince Edmund schemes for power.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
King Richard IV canonical 2
King Richard IV of England 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional English monarch ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
television character ⓘ
appearsIn Blackadder series 1 ⓘ
linked to: Blackadder

The Black Adder ⓘ
linked to: Blackadder
associatedWithEvent fictionalized Wars of the Roses ⓘ
basedOn Richard, Duke of York ⓘ
characterType comic exaggeration of a medieval warrior king ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
createdFor BBC television series The Black Adder ⓘ
linked to: Blackadder
creator Ben Elton ⓘ
Richard Curtis ⓘ
Rowan Atkinson ⓘ
deathInFiction killed at the Battle of Bosworth Field (alternate version) ⓘ
depictedAs King of England ⓘ
fatherOf Prince Edmund ⓘ
Prince Harry ⓘ
fictionalStatus non-historical monarch ⓘ
fictionalUniverse The Black Adder ⓘ
linked to: Blackadder
firstAppearance The Black Adder, Episode 1 ⓘ
genre sitcom ⓘ
inUniversePredecessor King Henry VI (implied, alternate history) ⓘ
inUniverseSuccessor King Richard III (historical timeline restored) ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
medium television ⓘ
narrativeRole monarch whom Prince Edmund schemes against ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalNetwork BBC ⓘ
partOf alternate history of the Wars of the Roses ⓘ
portrayedBy Brian Blessed ⓘ
positionHeld King of England in an alternate timeline ⓘ
relative Prince Edmund ⓘ
Prince Harry ⓘ
Queen Gertrude of Flanders ⓘ
setInPeriod late 15th century (alternate history) ⓘ
spouse Queen Gertrude of Flanders ⓘ
title King Richard IV of England ⓘ
linked to: King Richard IV

King of England ⓘ
workLocation Royal court of England (fictional) ⓘ
linked to: English royal court

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Prince Edmund, Duke of Edinburgh → setInReignOf → King Richard IV ⓘ
subject linked to: Edmund Blackadder
King Richard IV → title → King Richard IV of England ⓘ
linked to: King Richard IV