It took centuries to locate the remains of Richard III—the last ruler of the House of York. Here’s how Richard III lived and died—and what really happened in the quest to find him
. He was the last English king to die in battle. But for centuries, the monarch’s life was deemed much more interesting than his death, due in part to William Shakespeare’s portrayal of the doomed king as power-hungry despot in his playRichard III's death in the battle of Bosworth Field is imagined 405 years later in an illustration from 1890. Henry VII was the one to engage him in battle, and after Richard's death he seized the throne, becoming the first monarch of the house of Tudor.
Richard was brother of King Edward IV. After Edward IV’s death in 1483, Richard deposed the king’s 13-year-old son, Edward V, whom he claimed was illegitimate. As the new king of England, Richard III held his nephews Edward V and 10-year-old Richard of Shrewsbury in the Tower of London and was widely thought to haveRichard soon faced a revolt by his brother’s supporters. Then, members of the House of Tudor rose up against him.
For centuries, Richard’s reputation was defined largely by the Shakespearean tragedy that bears his name. But a group of history buffs who call themselvesArchaeologist Mathew Morris stands in the trench where he found skeletal remains during an excavation to find the remains of King Richard III. Ricardians, people who dispute the king's vilified posthumous reputation, helped fund the effort.Please be respectful of copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited.comes in.
Langley approached archaeologists at the University of Leicester and encouraged them to investigate the site. She wasn’t the first:
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