He succeeded in doing this in the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485 at the end of a bloody civil war called the Wars of the Roses. The Wars of the Roses were a war between two families – the ...
Richard III was King of England from 1483 until his death in 1485 in the Battle of Bosworth Field. After the battle Richard's corpse was taken to Leicester and buried without pomp. In 2012 ...