Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Richard III was the last English king to be killed in battle. [149] Henry Tudor succeeded Richard as King Henry VII. He married the Yorkist heiress Elizabeth of York, Edward IV's daughter and Richard III's niece. Richard III's grave in 2013
The remains of King Richard III as discovered in situ at the site of Grey Friars Priory, Leicester Funeral cortège bearing Richard's modern coffin. The remains of Richard III, the last English king killed in battle and last king of the House of York, were discovered within the site of the former Grey Friars Priory in Leicester, England, in September 2012.
An early-adopter of artillery, James was killed when a cannon exploded while attacking one of the last Scottish castles still held by the English after the Wars of Independence. Richard III: House of York (England) 2 October 1452 1483–1485 22 August 1485 Killed at the Battle of Bosworth Field. Last English king to be killed in battle. James III
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 January 2025. Part of the Wars of the Roses Battle of Bosworth Part of the Wars of the Roses Battle of Bosworth, as depicted by Philip James de Loutherbourg (1740–1812); the painting dates to 1804 and the engraving dates to c. 1857 Date 22 August 1485 Location Near Ambion Hill, south of Market ...
LONDON (AP) - Scientists say there is "overwhelming evidence" that a skeleton found under a parking lot is that of England's King Richard III, but their DNA testing also has raised questions about ...
Former Queen consort of England. Beheaded at White Tower for false charges of adultery, incest, and high treason engineered by Thomas Cromwell after she was unable to bear King Henry VIII a male heir. John Hussey, 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford: early 1537 Chief Butler of England, member of the House of Lords, and chamberlain to Mary I.
The much-maligned Richard III finally gets the royal treatment in Stephen Frears’ The Lost King as amateur historian Philippa Langley unearths the monarch’s five-century-old remains in a ...
Richard III was King of England from 1483 until his death in 1485 at the age of 32. The digital avatar of the medieval king went on display in front of history buffs at York Theatre Royal on ...