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Richard III black plaque

Commemorative plaque

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This black commemorative plaque records: Near this site stood the Church Of The Greyfriars where the body of Richard III the last Plantagenet King of England was interred after his death aged 32, at the Battle of Bosworth Field 22 AUGUST 1485 ... Requiescat in pace Recorded plaque organisation: Richard III Society.
King Richard III of England, who ruled from 1483 to 1485, is remembered for his brief reign and his death at the Battle of Bosworth Field, marking the end of the Plantagenet dynasty and the beginning of the Tudor era.

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