On This Day In History . 22 August 1485 . The Battle of Bosworth . . ◼ The Battle of Bosworth Field (or Battle of Bosworth) was the last significant battle of the Wars of the Roses, the civil war between the Houses of Lancaster & York that raged across England in the latter half of the 15th century. . ◼ Fought on 22 August 1485, the battle was won by the Lancastrians. Their leader Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond, by his victory became the first English monarch of the Tudor dynasty. His opponent, Richard III, the last king of the House of York, was killed in the battle. Henry became King Henry VII. Historians consider Bosworth Field to mark the end of the Plantagenet dynasty… . ◼ Henry arrived unopposed on 7 August 1485 on the southwest coast of Wales. Marching inland, Henry gathered support as he made for London. Richard mustered his troops & intercepted Henry’s army south of Market Bosworth in Leicestershire. Thomas, Lord Stanley, & Sir William Stanley brought a force to the battlefield, but held back while they decided which side it would be more advantageous to support. . ◼ Richard divided his army, which outnumbered Henry’s, into three groups (or “battles”). One was assigned to the Duke of Norfolk & another to the Earl of Northumberland. Henry kept most of his force together & placed it under the command of the experienced Earl of Oxford. Richard’s vanguard, commanded by Norfolk, attacked but struggled against Oxford’s men, & some of Norfolk’s troops fled the field. Northumberland took no action when signalled to assist his king, so Richard gambled everything on a charge across the battlefield to kill Henry & end the fight. Seeing the king’s knights separated from his army, the Stanleys intervened; Sir William led his men to Henry’s aid, surrounding & killing Richard. After the battle, Henry was crowned king below an oak tree in nearby Stoke Golding, now a residential garden. . . . #onthisdayinhistory #thisdayinhistory #theyear1485 #d22Aug #BattleofBosworth #TheBattleofBosworth #Bosworth #WarofTheRoses #HenryVII #HenryVIIofEngland #KingHenryVII #KingRichardIII #RichardIII #RichardIIIofEngland #EnglishHistory #RoyalHistory #Plantagenets (at Bosworth Battlefield) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEM5q5UDrcx/?igshid=ngrne8j6hjq3