Richard was married to Anne Neville, the daughter of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, who was also known as ‘the Kingmaker’

The battle of Bosworth, which saw Richard III’s defeat against the forces of Henry Tudor, was fought on 22 August 1485. It is widely remembered as the last significant clash of the Wars of the Roses

Leicester. In 2015, Richard III's coffin went on public view at Leicester Cathedral,, where thousands of people queued for hours to see it. Read more about the timeline of the discovery

Edward and Richard. For centuries, received opinion has had it that the Yorkist king ordered the murder of his young nephews, Edward and Richard, in a ruthless bid to secure his throne. But might the two princes instead have lived on into the Tudor era? Read more about the Princes in the Tower

Scoliosis. The myth that Richard III was a 'hunchback' pervades, and so the revelation that the skeleton uncovered in the Leicester car park had a seriously deformed spine caused quite a sensation. Although this was a scoliosis (sideways curvature of the spine) rather than a kyphosis (a true hunched back) and it’s been proved that it wouldn’t have prevented him from charging into battle, it’s thought that one of Richard’s shoulders would have been noticeably higher than the other

Michael Ibsen. The cabinet-maker living in Paddington was a descendant of Richard III. In 2012, Ibsen provided a DNA sample to help the University of Leicester team with testing in the event that any remains were found at the Grey Friars church site

32. At Bosworth, Richard’s army was twice the size of Henry’s but, as fighting began, it became clear the king did not have the full loyalty of his army. Betrayed by Sir William Stanley, Richard made a brave final charge at Henry but was hacked to death. His body was stripped and taken to Leicester, where it was later buried in the Grey Friars priory