At the Battle of Bosworth (aka Bosworth Field) in Leicestershire on 22 August 1485 CE, the Yorkist king Richard III of England (r. https://www.worldhistory.org/Battle_of_Bosworth/ #History #BattleofBosworth #HenryVIIofEngland #RichardIIIofEngland

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At the Battle of Bosworth (aka Bosworth Field) in Leicestershire on 22 August 1485 CE, the Yorkist king Richard III of England (r. 1483-1485 CE) faced an invading army led by Henry Tudor, the figurehead of the Lancastrians. It was to be a decisive engagement in the long-running dynastic dispute known to history as the Wars of the Roses (1455-1487 CE). Henry won the day, largely because some of ...https://www.worldhistory.org/Battle_of_Bosworth/ #BattleofBosworth #HenryVIIofEngland #RichardIIIofEngland