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Richard III, the final ruler of the Plantagenet dynasty, was killed on 22 August 1485 in the Battle of Bosworth Field, the last significant battle of the Wars of the Roses. His body was taken to Greyfriars, Leicester, where it was buried in a crude grave in the friary church.
22 de mar. de 2015 · Richard III taken to final resting place after 500 years | Richard III | The Guardian. King Richard III’s coffin leaves Leicester University for a reburial procession through the...
26 de mar. de 2015 · Leicester Journal. Richard III Gets a Kingly Burial, on Second Try. Share full article. British Army pallbearers carried a coffin containing the exhumed remains of King Richard III to...
1 de mar. de 2015 · England’s last Plantagenet King was laid to rest after 530 years. The only monarch since the Norman Conquest not to be buried in a royal tomb, King Richard III was interred with the full panoply of royal honors in Leicester Cathedral.
On 4 February 2013, the University announced to the world's press that these were the remains of King Richard III. Read about the background to the search, the discovery and identification of the remains - and the implications for our understanding of history.
Burial. Richard was killed at the Battle of Bosworth on 22nd August 1485 and his body was buried at Grey Friars Abbey in Leicester. But his bones were removed at the Dissolution of the monastery there and lost for centuries.
This is the story of the grave itself, where the king had lain for over 500 years…. Joseph Hall. 7 min read. In August 2012 a team of archaeologists from the University of Leicester unearthed the remains of Richard III, king of England between 1483 and his death in battle in 1485.
