Perkin warbeck circa 1474 23 november 1499 was a pretender to the english throne during the reign of king henry vii of england traditional belief claims that he was an impostor pretending to be richard of shrewsbury 1st duke of york the younger son of king edward iv of england but was in fact a fleming born in tournai around 1474. With the full name franz bonaventura adalbert maria herzog von bayern its no wonder hes simply known by the duke of bavaria after spending his childhood in nazi camps he became the pretender to the now non existent throne of bavaria but he now also claims the thrones of england scotland ireland and france. The two pretenders of the title were james edward stuart known as the old pretender and his son charles edward stuart the young pretender both were determined to take their place in their opinion their rightful place on the british throne