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22nd August 1485: King Richard III killed at the Battle of Bosworth as the forces of Henry Tudor bring the Plantagenet dynasty to an end

22nd August 2022
Tagged as: Battle of Bosworth, Bosworth, England, Henry Tudor, Henry VII, Lancaster, Leicester, Plantagenet, Richard III, Tudor, War of the Roses

The Stanley family surrounded and killed Richard III after the king chose to break ranks and target Henry Tudor himself.

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22nd August 1485: Richard III killed at the Battle of Bosworth

22nd August 2020
Tagged as: Battle, England, Monarchy, Plantagenet, Richard III, Tudor, War

On the 22^nd August 1485, King Richard III was killed at the Battle of Bosworth and the forces of Henry Tudor brought the Plantagenet dynasty to an end.

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7th September 1497: Perkin Warbeck claims he is English King Richard IV

7th September 2018
Tagged as: Cornwall, England, Execution, France, Invasion, Monarchy, Princes in the Tower, Richard III

On the 7^th September the Second Cornish Uprising of 1497 began when Perkin Warbeck landed at Whitesand Bay near Land’s End.

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22nd August 1485: King Richard III killed at the Battle of Bosworth as the forces of Henry Tudor bring the Plantagenet dynasty to an end

22nd August 1485: Richard III killed at the Battle of Bosworth

7th September 1497: Perkin Warbeck claims he is English King Richard IV

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