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LEICESTER, England, March 22 - A cortege carrying the remains of King Richard III was welcomed ... was killed at Bosworth Field in 1485. He was the last English king killed in battle and his ...
The tree, grown from an acorn from a 600-year-old "mother tree" at Fotheringhay Castle in Northamptonshire, was planted to mark 10 years since the reinterment of the monarch, whose remains were ...
The last time Richard III was buried in Leicester ... amid a frenzy of slaughter at the Battle of Bosworth, the top of his head was lopped off like a soft-boiled egg. Now it’s time to put ...
He met Henry Tudor and his army at the Battle of Bosworth Field and was killed there ... and is buried at Sheriff Hutton in Yorkshire. Richard, Duke of Gloucester, was crowned in the Abbey as Richard ...
An oak taken from a tree at Richard III's childhood ... where he was killed in battle. Joe Orson, the chairman of Leicestershire County Council which owns the Bosworth Battlefield site, planted ...
On Wednesday it will be 10 years since Richard III's remains - discovered beneath ... was paraded from the University of Leicester to Bosworth Battlefield then to the cathedral ahead of his ...
Arriving late for the Battle of Bosworth Field, Edmund Plantagenet, the Duke of Edinburgh, mistakenly beheads his uncle, King Richard III. With his father now King, the weasely Prince re-christens ...
Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre tells the dramatic story of the Battle of Bosworth on Monday 22nd August 1485, which marked a major turning point in English history. Discover more about the ...
Join us to commemorate the 10 year anniversary of King Richard III's return to Bosworth Battlefield prior to his reinterment at Leicester Cathedral. Come along to the action-packed weekend that ...
A sapling from an oak tree in the grounds of King Richard III's birthplace has been planted ... high sapling was placed on ...
Richard III was King of England from 1483 until his death in 1485 in the Battle of Bosworth Field. After the battle Richard's corpse was taken to Leicester and buried without pomp. In 2012 ...