Who was he?

He was:

• The last Plantagenet King
• The last English King
• The last king to die on a battlefield

 

When?

He was:

• Born at Fotheringhay Castle on 2nd October 1452
• King from June 1483 to August 1485
• Killed at the Battle of Bosworth on 22nd August 1485

 

What else?

He was:

• Made famous by Shakespeare as the hunch-backed king with the withered leg who murdered the Princes in the Tower

 

 

 

Was this true?

 

No,

it was propaganda by the Tudors!