Painting of Richard III

Richard III

Richard III (1452-85) was the last Yorkist king of England, whose death at the battle of Bosworth in 1485 signified the end of the Wars of the Roses and marked the start of the Tudor age. Many myths persist about the last Plantagenet king, whose remains were discovered beneath a Leicester car park in 2012. Did Richard III murder the Princes in the Tower? Did he want to marry his niece, Elizabeth of York? And was he a usurper? Here we separate Richard III facts from fiction…

The princes in the Tower

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Richard III’s hair and eye colour ‘to be revealed’

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The coffin containing the remains of Richard III. The skeleton of the king was discovered in 2012 in the foundations of Greyfriars Church, Leicester, 500 years after he was killed during the battle of Bosworth. (Photo by Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images)

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The discovery of Richard III's remains

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The princes in the Tower: why was their fate never explained?

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Richard III tomb design unveiled by Leicester Cathedral

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Richard III 'had roundworm infection'

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Where now for Richard III?

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Leicester 'not trusted' with Richard III remains

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Leicester car park skeleton 'is that of Richard III'

Laurence Olivier plays Richard III in the 1955 film adaptation of Shakespeare's play. In it, the controversial monarch is damned as everything from a "bottled spider" and "lump of foul deformity" to a "poisonous bunch-backed toad". (Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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A scene from the Chronique de St Denis depicting the marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Louis VII of France, 1137. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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The battle of Bosworth site. (Photo by Darren Walker/Dreamstime)

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A helmet marks a trail over fields from the Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre, 2013. The site is close to the spot where the battle of Bosworth took place in 1485, and the place where King Richard III was killed. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

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Boar badge of Richard III discovered in Bosworth Field. (Photo by Creative Commons)

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