An interesting story on the search for the lost burial place of Richard III, the last Plantagenet king of England:
Archaeologists are hoping to find the lost grave of a medieval monarch in a dig that is due to get underway today.
In what is believed to be the first-ever archaeological search for the lost grave of an anointed King of England, experts from the University of Leicester are set to begin their quest to find the site of a church where it is believed King Richard III was buried in the city more than 500 years ago.
It is thought the site of the church may be on land currently being used as a car park for council offices in the city.
King Richard III, the last Plantagenet, ruled England from 1483 until he was defeated at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485.
The most famous battle of the War of the Roses was fought on August 22, 1485, and famously saw the death of Richard III.
The battle ended decades of civil war and was won by the Lancastrians.
It paved the way for Henry Tudor to become the first English monarch of the Tudor dynasty.
The battle also inspired the scene from Shakespeare’s play Richard III when the defeated hunchback king declares: ‘A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse’.
H/T to Elizabeth for the link.
