Exhumation and reburial of Richard III of England
Richard III of England was the last ruler of the Plantagenet dynasty. He was killed fighting the forces of Henry Tudor at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485. His body was taken to Greyfriars Friary in Leicester, where it was buried in a crude grave. Following the friary’s dissolution in 1538 and subsequent demolition, Richard’s tomb was lost. A search...