In 1492, the Treaty of Etaples was signed between Charles VIII of France and Henry VII of England.
Richard III died at the battle of Bosworth in 1485 while fighting a rebellion by the future Henry VII.
Not merely Richard III, but also his killer and successor Henry VII needed the princes out of the way.
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Richard died at the battle of Bosworth in 1485, at the hands of forces loyal to the future Henry VII.
He was knighted on the battlefield by the new King Henry VII and awarded titles in Brecknock, Carmarthen and Cardigan.
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It was the last fight in the War of the Roses, which ended with the ascension of Henry VII and the Tudors.
His death at Bosworth - the last English king to be killed in battle - ushered in the Tudor dynasty beginning with Henry VII.
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And there are other suspects, including Henry VII or other Tudors.
Four years later Henry VII didn't spare any costs when his queen, Elizabeth of York, was escorted up the river by a company of barges adorned with red, flame-breathing dragons.
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Richard III was reputed to have stayed at the inn on 20 August 1485 before setting out to Bosworth, where he was killed by the forces of the future Henry VII.
But his first love remains his country home, a hunting lodge built during the 16th century for Henry VII and formerly the home of James Fowler, co-founder of decorating firm Colefax and Fowler.
They looked back reverently at King Henry V, who defeated France in 1415, and with contempt on King Richard III conquered in 1485 by Henry Tudor, who later founded his own dynasty as Henry VII.
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Henry VII needed them out of the way, but he got so scared whenever a pretender appeared that it is likely that he knew they were alive at the time Richard died at Bosworth.
With nappies lasting 500 years, that's like having Henry the VII's pooh here today.
Pope Gregory VII may have humiliated the Emperor Henry IV, as Innocent III later humiliated Philip Augustus of France and King John of England.
Henry VI went to war with his uncle, Charles VII.
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