Monday, December 3, 2012

Remains believed to be King Richard III discovered.



That's the same Richard III Shakespeare wrote a play about, the one that starts with Now is the winter of our discontent. The same Richard III that wasn't a terribly pleasant fellow, who occasionally enjoyed murdering people to position himself on the throne. The same Richard III who had two rebellions against him, one of which was successful. The same Richard III who died in the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485 during the War of the Roses, became the last English monarch to die in battle, and was buried in an unmarked grave.

That Richard III--he was potentially found buried under a modern day church parking lot in Leicester, England.

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