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Discovering Richard IIISection 1
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What’s the connection?
Richard III, King of
England
1483-1485
A car park in
Leicester
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Richard III• Richard became king when he took the crown
from his 12 year-old nephew, Edward V.
• Edward V and his brother disappeared. No-one
knows what happened to them.
• Richard was killed at the Battle of Bosworth in
1485, fighting against rebels led by Henry Tudor
(Henry VII)
• Richard was later described as a hunchback who
murdered his way to the throne.
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Battle of Bosworth
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After his death Richard’s
body was slung across a
horse and taken to
Leicester, the nearest town.
He was buried in the church
of Greyfriars, Leicester.
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The church was demolished
in the 1530s during Henry
VIII’s reign.
No stone marked where
Richard was buried.
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What’s the connection?
Centuries later the church site became a
car park
So, was Richard buried under this car
park?