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The remains of King Richard III as discovered in situ at the site of Grey Friars Priory, Leicester Funeral cortège bearing Richard's modern coffin. The remains of Richard III, the last English king killed in battle and last king of the House of York, were discovered within the site of the former Grey Friars Priory in Leicester, England, in September 2012.
Twenty-one of those under threat fled Britain, mostly settling in the Netherlands or Switzerland, although some were captured and returned to England, or murdered by Royalist sympathisers. Three of the regicides, John Dixwell, Edward Whalley and William Goffe, fled to New England, where they avoided capture, despite a search. [2] [c]
Charles I, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland, was executed on Tuesday, 30 January 1649 [b] outside the Banqueting House on Whitehall, London. The execution was the culmination of political and military conflicts between the royalists and the parliamentarians in England during the English Civil War , leading to the capture and trial of Charles.
King Charles III's Life in Photos Getty Images. On September 8, 2022, after 70 years as heir to the throne, the man formerly known as Prince Charles officially became king following the death of ...
The 68.3-meter-long (224-foot-long) tapestry depicts William, Duke of Normandy, and his army killing Harold Godwinson, or Harold II, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England, at the Battle of Hastings.
These burial places of British royalty record the known graves of monarchs who have reigned in some part of the British Isles (currently includes only the monarchs of Scotland, England, native princes of Wales to 1283, or monarchs of Great Britain, and the United Kingdom), as well as members of their royal families.
The Bayeux Tapestry depicts King Harold sailing from Bosham [Getty Images] Archaeologists believe they may have identified the site of King Harold's palace in Sussex, thanks to its toilet.
The Crown Prince of Romania, the late King's nephew-in-law (representing the King of the Romanians) The King of Denmark, the late King's brother-in-law; The Duke of Västergötland, the late King's nephew-in-law (representing the King of Sweden) The King of the Hellenes, the late King's brother-in-law. The Duke of Sparta, the late King's nephew