Shakespeare depicts Richard as a physically deformed man whose body matches his twisted soul. Upon the rise of his brother, Edward IV, to the crown, Richard is "determined to prove a villain", and systematically begins dispatching his enemies, all the while using his skills of flattery and charisma to charm them until it is too late. His victims include his other brother, the Duke of Clarence (whose death brings about the grieving king's death); the Queen's family; his nephews, the child king Edward V and his brother; various nobles who stand in his way, and; even his formerly staunch ally, the Duke of Buckingham. When his wife, Anne Neville dies, he seeks to wed the daughter of the former Queen.