Remains Confirmed: Richard III (1483-85) Found Under Parking Lot

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Experts from the University of Leicester said DNA from the bones matched that of descendants of the monarch's family.
Lead archaeologist Richard Buckley, from the University of Leicester, told a press conference to applause: "Beyond reasonable doubt it's Richard."
Richard, killed in battle in 1485, will be reinterred in Leicester Cathedral.

... Richard was a royal prince until the death of his brother Edward IV in 1483. Appointed as protector of his nephew, Edward V, Richard instead assumed the reins of power.
Edward and his brother Richard, known as the Princes in the Tower, disappeared soon after. Rumours circulated they had been murdered on the orders of their uncle.
Challenged by Henry Tudor, Richard was killed at Bosworth in 1485 after only two years on the throne.

--- BBC

 

[RightNorLeft]

I saw this, pretty amazing that they could pinpoint exactly where it was maintained he was buried.
I dont however, see how they can determine if he was a different type of person from what has been written about him from finding his remains

 

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LEICESTER, ENGLAND—After authenticating a skeleton exhumed from a parking lot in Northern England as that of British monarch King Richard III, researchers at the University of Leicester agreed that the find was “pretty cool” before tossing the remains back into the ground and heading home. “Okay, well, that’s that—anyone want to keep one of these bones before I dump them?” said lead archaeologist Richard Buckley... -- 'Well, That Was Cool,' Say Archaeologists Before Dumping Bones Of King Richard III Back Into Hole
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[Big Black Dog]

If they keep looking, sooner or later they will find Jimmy Hoffa buried under a parking lot somewhere.

 

[Beria]

Amazing!

 

[S.J.]

I didn't know they had CARS in the 15th century, let alone parking lots.

 

[Pogo]

I didn't know they had CARS in the 15th century, let alone parking lots.

They didn't have cars; all the parking lots in England were built by the Normans in the 11th century, in anticipation of cars, so they'd be ready. They were forward-thinking people.

But they were all mistakenly built for right-hand drive, which is why England has to drive on the wrong side of the road even today.

Fun factoids. Amaze your friends.

 

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Richard III's Remains Found - Long Live The King!!!

Tests of the remains showed the man whose remains were found was likely to have been killed by one or two injuries to the skill, which fits with the story that Richard was killed in battle by sword or ax.

"The corpse was subjected to 'humiliation injuries'—including a sword through the right buttock," the university said.

The skeleton also has a curved spine, just as Richard was reported to have. Radiocarbon dating revealed the bones had a high-protein diet, including significant amounts of seafood, a sign he was of high status, the university said.

The bones of Richard will most likely be reinterred in Leicester, where they stayed for more than 500 years, but some Richard III enthusiasts are calling for Richard to be buried in York and others in Westminster Abbey or Windsor Castle, where other monarchs are interred.

Richard III's Remains Found - WSJ.com

Death at the Battle of Bosworth Field
Main article: Battle of Bosworth Field

On 22 August 1485, Richard met the outnumbered forces of Henry Tudor at the Battle of Bosworth Field. Richard was riding a white courser.[33] The size of Richard's army has been estimated at 8,000, Henry's at 5,000, but exact numbers cannot be known. The traditional view of the cause of the King's famous cries of "Treason!"[34] before falling has been that during the battle Richard was abandoned by Baron Stanley (made Earl of Derby in October), Sir William Stanley, and Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland. However, the role of Northumberland is not clear; his position was with the reserve — behind the King's line — and could therefore not easily have moved forward without a general royal advance, which did not take place. Despite his apparent affiliation with Richard, Baron Stanley's wife, Lady Margaret Beaufort, was Henry Tudor's mother. The switching of sides by the Stanleys severely depleted the strength of Richard's army and had a material effect on the outcome of the battle. Also the death of John Howard, Duke of Norfolk, his close companion, appears to have had a demoralising effect on Richard and his men. Perhaps in realisation of the implications of this, Richard then appears to have led an impromptu cavalry charge deep into the enemy ranks in an attempt to end the battle quickly by striking at Henry Tudor himself. Accounts note that Richard fought bravely and ably during this manoeuvre, unhorsing Sir John Cheney, a well-known jousting champion, killing Henry's standard bearer Sir William Brandon and coming within a sword's length of Henry himself before being finally surrounded by Sir William Stanley's men and killed. The Burgundian chronicler Jean Molinet says that a Welshman struck the death-blow with a halberd while Richard's horse was stuck in the marshy ground.[35] It was said that the blows were so violent that the king's helmet was driven into his skull.[36] The contemporary Welsh poet Guto'r Glyn implies that the leading Welsh Lancastrian Rhys ap Thomas, or one of his men, killed the king, writing that he "killed the boar, shaved his head".[37][38][35]. The recent discovery of King Richard's body shows that the skeleton had 10 wounds, eight of them to the head, clearly inflicted in battle and suggesting the king had lost his helmet. The skull showed that a blade had hacked away part of the rear of the skull. Richard III was the last English king to be killed in battle.

Richard III of England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Experts from the University of Leicester said DNA from the bones matched that of descendants of the monarch's family.
Lead archaeologist Richard Buckley, from the University of Leicester, told a press conference to applause: "Beyond reasonable doubt it's Richard."
Richard, killed in battle in 1485, will be reinterred in Leicester Cathedral.

... Richard was a royal prince until the death of his brother Edward IV in 1483. Appointed as protector of his nephew, Edward V, Richard instead assumed the reins of power.
Edward and his brother Richard, known as the Princes in the Tower, disappeared soon after. Rumours circulated they had been murdered on the orders of their uncle.
Challenged by Henry Tudor, Richard was killed at Bosworth in 1485 after only two years on the throne.

--- BBC

 

[Politico]

You just gonna copy and paste the same stuff over and over Dante?

If they keep looking, sooner or later they will find Jimmy Hoffa buried under a parking lot somewhere.

He went out in a batch of hotdogs long ago.

 

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Richard III: The Face that Launched a Thousand Myths​

London (CNN) -- Supporters of King Richard III want a just-revealed reconstruction of the monarch's head to bring a human aspect to a leader portrayed through the centuries as a murderous villain who butchered his way to power.

The Richard III Society commissioned the reconstruction -- which was unveiled before media in London Tuesday -- after remains believed to be those of the medieval king were discovered under in a parking lot in Leicester, England.

... Since his death at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485, Richard III has been portrayed as hunchbacked and hateful, accused of killing his own nephews, the "Princes in the Tower," to usurp the throne.

But the Richard III Society believes the monarch has been unfairly maligned by history and in particular the Tudors who ousted him.

It says its three-dimensional model of the king shows a face "far removed from the image of the cold-blooded villain of Shakespeare's play."

(videos of the reconstruction at the link)