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Interest in Richard III intensified in 2012 when a battle-scarred skeleton was unearthed beneath a parking lot in the city of Leicester, on the site of the friary where his body was said to have ...
King Richard III is often depicted as a ruthless tyrant, but new evidence suggests he's been much maligned. Inside Out takes a trip back in time to Bosworth to uncover the 'real Richard'. Think of ...
Richard III will finally be laid to rest in Leicester Cathedral this week. On Sunday his remains were taken from the city's university to the site of his final battle, Bosworth ...
Since his death at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485, Richard III has been portrayed as hunchbacked and hateful, accused of killing his own nephews, the “Princes in the Tower,” to usurp the ...
A new painting of Richard III has been unveiled at the Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre. The picture, by Buckinghamshire artist and historian Graham Turner, depicts Richard at the battle ...
The mortal remains of Richard III have returned to Bosworth battlefield near Nuneaton where he fell in battle 530 years ago. In a colourful ceremony heavy with symbolism atop Ambion Hill over ...
Richard III is one of the most notorious kings of England, ... Richard - the last English king to die in battle - rode out from Leicester, in central England, to the Battle of Bosworth Field.
BOSWORTH, England — It's not every day that the medieval skeleton of a long lost king is taken on a tour of the English countryside. It happened Sunday for King Richard III, whose bones were ...
Richard III was killed at age 32 at the Battle of Bosworth Field against Henry Tudor on Aug. 22, 1485. The battle marks the end of the Wars of the Roses between the Houses of York and Lancaster.
King Richard III's closest known relatives have set foot on Bosworth Battlefield, where the 15th-century English monarch was killed, on the eve of his reburial.
1. On October 2, 1452, Richard III was born at Fotheringhay Castle, which was also where the trial and execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, took place in 1587. 2. Richard III assumed the throne in 1483.
Richard III will finally be laid to rest in Leicester Cathedral this week. On Sunday his remains were taken from the city's university to the site of his final battle, Bosworth ...