On This Day in 1485, The Battle of Bosworth
Took Place
On this day in 1485, a seismic conflict took place in a field near Market Bosworth in Leicestershire. The Battle of Bosworth saw the sunset on the Plantagenet dynasty that had ruled England for 331 years and ushered in the dawn of the Tudor era.
Richard III led a thunderous charge of his household cavalry and is the last King of England to die on a battlefield. Henry Tudor emerged from the carnage as perhaps the most unlikely king ever to rule England, but the patriarch of a dynasty that would change the kingdom forever.
Watch our new release: Real Fake History: The Alternate Battle of Bosworth. In this episode, Dan Snow is joined by historians Matt Lewis, Nathen Amin, and Tracy Borman to discuss the hypothetical scenario: what if Richard III had won the Battle of Bosworth?
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