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Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was King of England from 26 June 1483 until his death in 1485. He was the last king of the Plantagenet dynasty and its cadet branch the House of York. His defeat and death at the Battle of Bosworth Field marked the end of the Middle Ages in England.
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Richard III is a biography of said King of England by American historian Paul Murray Kendall. The book, published in 1955, has remained the standard popular work on the controversial monarch.
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King Richard III of England was killed fighting the forces of Henry Tudor at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, the last major battle of the Wars of the Roses. The Welsh poet Guto'r Glyn credited Richard's death to Sir Rhys ap Thomas, a Welsh member of Henry's army who was said to have struck the fatal blow. Richard III was the last English king to be...
The location of Richard III's body had long been of interest to the members of the Richard III Society, a group established to bring about a reappraisal of the King's tarnished reputation. In 1975 an article by Audrey Strange was published in the society's journal, The Ricardian, suggesting that his remains were buried under Leicester City Council'...
In March 2011 an assessment of the Greyfriars site began to identify where the monastery had stood, and which land might be available for excavation. A desk-based assessment[note 1] was conducted to determine the archaeological viability of the site, followed by a survey in August 2011 using ground-penetrating radar (GPR).The GPR results were incon...
On 12 September, the University of Leicester team announced that the human remains were a possible candidate for Richard's body, but emphasised the need for caution. The positive indicators were that the body was of an adult male; it was buried beneath the choir of the church; it had severe scoliosis of the spine, possibly making one shoulder highe...
On 4 February 2013, the University of Leicester confirmed that the skeleton was that of Richard III. The identification was based on mitochondrial DNAevidence, soil analysis, dental tests, and physical characteristics of the skeleton consistent with contemporary accounts of Richard's appearance. Osteoarchaeologist Jo Appleby commented: "The skeleto...
After the discovery, Leicester City Council set up a temporary exhibition about Richard III in the city's medieval guildhall. The council announced it would create a permanent attraction and subsequently spent £850,000 to buy the freehold of St Martin's Place, formerly part of Leicester Grammar School, in Peacock Lane, across the road from the cath...
Directed by Stephen Frears, the 2022 British comedy-drama film The Lost King follows Philippa Langley's search for King Richard III's body.
Schwyzer, Philip (2013). Shakespeare and the Remains of Richard III. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199676101.Hobson, Pete (2016). How to Bury a King: the reinterment of Richard III. Preston: Zaccmedia. ISBN 9781911211174.Oct 19, 2024 · Quick Facts. Also called (1461–83): Richard Plantagenet, duke of Gloucester. Born: October 2, 1452, Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire, England. Died: August 22, 1485, near Market Bosworth, Leicestershire (aged 32) Title / Office: king (1483-1485), England.
How Richard III died. On 22 August, 1485, at the Battle of Bosworth, Richard III led a mounted cavalry charge against Henry Tudor in an attempt to kill him and end the conflict. During the ensuing fighting Richard III was surrounded by Tudor’s supporters who cut him down.
May 24, 2016 · The remains of Richard III lay undiscovered for over 500 years, so what is there to know about the last Plantagenet king?
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His Life & Death. Richard was born at Fotheringhay in Northamptonshire on 2nd October 1452 and died on the battlefield of Bosworth in Leicestershire on 22nd August 1485. The youngest son of Richard, Duke of York and Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, he was created Duke of Gloucester by his brother Edward IV, and became King in 1483.
