{"id":16607,"date":"2012-08-24T07:51:06","date_gmt":"2012-08-24T12:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=16607"},"modified":"2013-09-16T09:06:44","modified_gmt":"2013-09-16T14:06:44","slug":"digging-up-a-municipal-car-park-to-find-the-body-of-a-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2012\/08\/24\/digging-up-a-municipal-car-park-to-find-the-body-of-a-king\/","title":{"rendered":"Digging up a municipal car park &#8230; to find the body of a king"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An interesting story on the search for the lost burial place of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-2192914\/Is-lost-grave-King-Richard-III-Archaeologists-dig-council-car-park-monarch-killed-Battle-Bosworth.html\" target=\"_blank\">Richard III<\/a>, the last Plantagenet king of England:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Richard-III-portrait.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Richard III\" width=\"460\" height=\"276\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Richard-III-portrait.jpg 460w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Richard-III-portrait-150x90.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Archaeologists are hoping to find the lost grave of a medieval monarch in a dig that is due to get underway today.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>King Richard III, the last Plantagenet, ruled England from 1483 until he was defeated at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485.<\/p>\n<p>The most famous battle of the War of the Roses was fought on August 22, 1485, and famously saw the death of Richard III.<\/p>\n<p>The battle ended decades of civil war and was won by the Lancastrians.<\/p>\n<p>It paved the way for Henry Tudor to become the first English monarch of the Tudor dynasty.<\/p>\n<p>The battle also inspired the scene from Shakespeare&#8217;s play Richard III when the defeated hunchback king declares: &#8216;A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse&#8217;.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>H\/T to Elizabeth for the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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