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Discovering Richard IIISection 1
What’s the connection?
Richard III, King of
England
1483-1485
A car park in
Leicester
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.
Battle of Bosworth
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.
The church was demolished
in the 1530s during Henry
VIII’s reign.
No stone marked where
Richard was buried.
What’s the connection?
Centuries later the church site became a
car park
So, was Richard buried under this car
park?