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Close maternal-line relatives of Richard III. Historical accounts record Richard III as having one shoulder higher than the other; sustaining battle injuries and being killed at the Battle of Bosworth at the age of 32; and as being brought back to Leicester and subsequently buried in the choir of the church of the Grey Friars.
Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was King of England from 26 June 1483 until his death in 1485. He was the last king of the Plantagenet dynasty and its cadet branch the House of York. His defeat and death at the Battle of Bosworth Field marked the end of the Middle Ages in England.
Despite this, by 1485 the leading claimants to the throne had whittled down to Richard III and Henry Tudor. Richard III’s only son and heir, Edward, died in April 1484 and his wife, Anne Neville, died in March 1485, leaving him vulnerable as a king without direct heirs of his body.
For the past two years, the Homepage of the website has displayed three images relating to that momentous week in March 2015 when King Richard III was laid to rest in Leicester Cathedral. From April 2017, after the anniversary of his reburial in March, this is due to change.
Apr 27, 2022 · Death of Richard III, King of England at Bosworth Fi... Bosworth Field, Leicestershire, England. Genealogy for Richard Plantagenet, III (1452 - 1485) family tree on Geni, with over 255 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
- "Old Dick", "Crookback"
- October 02, 1452
Mar 17, 2017 · On 26 June 1483, Richard III took to the throne of England. The absence of defining evidence to explain the disappearance of the two princes has resulted in multiple theories being put forward. The most widely supported view is that Richard murdered the two boys, their bodies hidden to hide any evidence.
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Genealogical information showed that all five living male-line relatives of Richard III were descended from Henry Somerset, the 5th Duke of Beaufort and the Y chromosome data for four out of the five male-line relatives showed a match consistent with them being related as expected.
