6/28/2023 0 Comments Richard iii entire playA devoted Ricardian who was working on a screenplay about the doomed monarch, Langley visited the former site of Greyfriars Church in 2004. But a group of history buffs who call themselves Ricardians were eager to rescue his reputation-and find out where the king they revered was buried. Historians long believed that when the church was dissolved as part of Henry VIII’s closure of monasteries in the 1530s, the dead king’s remains were scooped out of their resting place and thrown into the nearby River Soar.įor centuries, Richard’s reputation was defined largely by the Shakespearean tragedy that bears his name. A royal mysteryĪt first, the king was entombed at Greyfriars Church at a monastery in Leicester, about 12 miles from where the battle took place. The Battle of Bosworth Field marked the defeat of Richard’s family, the House of York-and left Richard III dead. Then, members of the House of Tudor rose up against him. Richard soon faced a revolt by his brother’s supporters. ( New tech reveals Richard III's face and voice.) As the new king of England, Richard III held his nephews Edward V and 10-year-old Richard of Shrewsbury in the Tower of London and was widely thought to have had them murdered to secure his place on the throne. After Edward IV’s death in 1483, Richard deposed the king’s 13-year-old son, Edward V, whom he claimed was illegitimate.
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