Rondel Dagger
Posted on 09/17/2014 12:39:21 PM PDT by Scoutmaster
Richard III's last moments were likely quick but terrifying, according to a new study of the death wounds of the last king of England to die in battle.
The last king of the Plantagenet dynasty faced his death at the Battle of Bosworth Field on Aug. 22, 1485, only two years after ascending the throne. The battle was the deciding clash in the long-running Wars of the Roses, and ended with the establishment of Henry Tudor as the new English monarch. But Richard III's last moments were the stuff of legend alone, as the king's body was lost until September 2012, when archaeologists excavated it from under a parking lot in Leicester, England. Now, a very delayed postmortem examination reveals that of nearly a dozen wounds on Richard's body, only two were likely candidates for the fatal blow. Both were delivered to the back of the head.
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Sometimes it’s not good to be king.
Raise up a glass . . .
/johnny
That’s not what happened! That’s not what I saw on “The Black Adder” (great English TV series ... with a slightly different take on English history ...)
Bttt
Josephine Tey’s “The Daughter of Time” being one of the best.
To wit, Richard III may not have benefited at all from the Prince’s death. As Richard had Edward IV’s marriage annulled, the princes we illegitimate, therefore they couldn’t claim the throne.
As Henry VII was also an illegitimate heir, he needed them to be legal and murdered by Richard III to make his claim work.
At least the way I understand Josephine Tey.
I am sure others have different opinions.
*Cough*
LOL,
Was thinking of Montypython.....The Black Knight: “None Shall Pass!”
Richard lost his horse in a marsh; his helmet was probably cut from behind - it was held by a leather strap. Being Richard, he charged into the melee and was quickly outnumbered. The short and thin king had killed Henry’s immense bodyguard prior to his unhorsing as he had also killed his standard bearer.
I concur. I think that the Black Adder got it right, and all the rest are just made up.
Too bad about how it ended.
“Don’t Drink the Wine!”
Wasn’t that King Edward they beheaded on Black Adder?
By accident of course.
The recent documentary where they found his remains under an “R” in a parking lot was fascinating. If you like that kind of thing.
I’ve come to the conclusion in life that there are some that like this kind of stuff and some that like Honey Boo Boo. It’s sort of sad. Me, I loved this special. It was even more fascinating to me to see the people who had invested so much to “clearing Richard’s name” to be devastated to find out, that he was, after all, really a hunchback. They were so sure he was just being maligned by those evil Tudor loving historians.
Personally, I believe that James Tyrell smuggled the boys out of England from his home at Gipping Hall. The boys were actually seen there with their mother, Elizabeth Woodville, after she had been reunited with Richard the Third. Tyrell was sent by Richard on a secret mission to Europe at this time (this is documented). I believe they were first sheltered by the king’s sister and then scattered to history. Some people feel Perkin Warbeck was the younger boy but I’m not sure.
No, it was Richard:
The Black Adder) (1): The least intelligent (while highest-ranked) of the Blackadder clan depicted in the series. On becoming Prince he initially wanted to be called “Black Vegetable” before Baldrick convinced him it was a bad idea. He killed King Richard and kept seeing his ghost. He became Duke of Edinburgh and Lord of the Privy. It is a question as to whether or not he was born from the new king or from his mother having an affair. At one point he became the Archbishop of Canterbury, but, was eventually fired, to his relief. He married the 9-year-old Princess Leia of Hungary, which he wasn’t 100% pleased about. He possibly has some witch-blood in him since his mother has learnt voodoo. He was eventually dethroned as Duke of Edinburgh and gathered the other 6 evilest men in all England and they became the Black Seal. They planned to kill the royal family (except Edmund) and claim the throne. Instead they betrayed Edmund. Edmund had his ears and hands cut off before a spike went up his back-side and the twist went for his privates. All his family and the Black seal drank poison and died, making him king. But, 30 seconds later, he drank poison and died. He was very cowardly and often didn’t think things through. He despises, but, fears his family and dislikes Lord Percy. His best friend is Baldrick, but even he is considered a smelly fool.
Rondel Dagger
He literally went down swinging... Died a warriors death.
Many of the relations and early youth ties that were forced from Warbeck in his confession turned out to be real and verified people under later inquiry.
All that I have read about Warbeck indicates a fraud brought about by wishful thinking on those that helped him in his claim.
Parliament ruled that the boys were illegitimate when Bishop Stillington let it be known that Edward IV had been married in secret prior to his secret marriage to commoner, Elizabeth Woodville. Edward IV was the Bill Clinton of his time (even down to the looks). Richard, being very concerned with proper bloodlines, had no choice but to accept the crown. He could also have killed his older brother’s children (Clarence) but let them live and in fact, adopted them. Personally, I’m glad he did. He was very good on legal issues (bail) and very good to the peasants of ole England.
Yes, I have my doubts about Warbeck too. But Henry 7 certainly had other doubts - and after viciously and horribly torturing and murdering him - he destroyed his face. Very uncommon to do that but people thought that handsome Warbeck facially resembled the young prince.
Henry VIII was a bloody ruler—BUT popular with the people! I guess he had a good PR man. As for bad kings—The worst was John (Brother of Richard Lionheart).
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