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Richard III
The king under the car park
In August 2012, during an archaeological excavation in a Leicester City Council car park a remarkable discovery was made: the skeletal remains of King Richard III.
The blend of dark historical deeds and modern detective work captured peoples’ imaginations around the world and re-wrote the history of a much-maligned monarch whose grave had been lost for over 500 years.
There is an enduring interest in King Richard III, who reigned from 1483-1485.
He is probably England’s most controversial medieval monarch; he was the last king of the House of York and the Plantagenet dynasty (which ruled England for over 300 years); and the last English king to be killed in battle.
The life of Richard III
Richard Plantagenet was born on 2 October 1452 at Fotheringhay Castle in Northamptonshire.
He was the seventh and youngest child to survive infancy of Richard, Duke of York and his wife, Cecily Neville.
Only a few years after Richard was born the First
