These spiralling conflicts eventually drove Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York, to assert his own claim to the throne.

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In February remains found beneath Greyfriars car park were revealed to be those of the last Plantagenet monarch, Richard III.

BBC: Richard III team makes second Leicester car park find

Richard III, the last Plantagenet King of England, was killed in battle by the armies of rival noble Henry Tudor at the Battle of Bosworth, which took place in a field just outside Leicester in 1485.

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