article_snippet: Richard III was killed at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485 - ending the Wars of the Roses and the Plantagenet dynasty.
article_snippet: Richard III was born on in 1452 at Fotheringhay Castle in Northamptonshire.
article_snippet: During the War of the Roses, Richard's father, Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York was killed and in 1470, Richard III and Richard III brother Edward were exiled when Henry VI, from the rival house of Lancaster, took back the throne.
article_snippet: Henry's reign was short lived and during a battle the following year, Edward became king.
article_snippet: In 1483, Edward died and Richard III was named as protector of the realm for Edward's son and successor, the 12-year-old Edward V. Edward V and Edward brother Richard were placed in the Tower of London and after a campaign to condemn the deceased king's marriage to Elizabeth Woodville, the princes were declared illegitimate.
article_snippet: Richard III took to the throne the following day.
article_snippet: Richard III was crowned in July and in August that year, the princes disappeared, Rumours claimed the English king had killed the princes to remove any threat the princes may have posed to Henry's reign.
article_snippet: In 1485, Henry Tudor launched an attack on Richard III on Bosworth Field in Leicestershire.
article_snippet: Many of Richard III key lieutenants defected and Richard III was killed in the Battle of Bosworth.
article_snippet: Henry Tudor took the throne as the victorious Henry VII.