article_snippet: Richard III was the last English King to die in battle, at Bosworth on August 22, 1485.
article_snippet: In his "Anglica Historia," the Italian Polydore Vergil, recorded that: "King Richard alone was killed fighting manfully in the thickest press of King Richard alone enemies.
article_snippet: When archaeologists studied the King's remains unearthed in Leicester, archaeologists found evidence of 11 of wounds inflicted at or around the time of King Richard alone death:
article_snippet: Nine to King Richard alone skull and two to other parts of King Richard alone body.
article_snippet: The position of the injuries suggest that King Richard alone had lost both King Richard alone horse and King Richard alone helmet when King Richard alone was set upon by opposition troops.
article_snippet: The most likely injuries to have caused his death are the two to the inferior aspect of the skull -- a large sharp force trauma possibly from a sword or staff weapon, such as a halberd or bill, and a penetrating injury from the tip of an edged weapon," said Professor Guy Rutty, who said the wounds were consistent with accounts of what happened to King Richard alone at Bosworth.
article_snippet: Tests also found an injury to the inside of Richard III's pelvis which supports contemporary reports that Richard III's was subjected to acts of ritual humiliation after Richard III's .
article_snippet: MORE: Richard III's fatal wounds revealed .