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title: Skeleton of Richard III of England
author: R.Buckley et al
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11859/skeleton-of-richard-iii-of-england/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Skeleton of Richard III of England

_Authored by R.Buckley et al_

## Image File

[![Skeleton of Richard III of England](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/11859.png)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/11859.png)

## Image Caption

The skeleton identified by researchers from the University of Leicester as that of [Richard III of England](https://www.worldhistory.org/Richard_III_of_England/) (r. 1483-1485 CE). The skeleton was excavated from the ruins of Greyfriars Abbey, then beneath a car park in Leicester in 2012 CE. (Image accredited to Richard Buckley, Mathew Morris, Jo Appleby, Turi King, Deirdre O'Sullivan, and Lin Foxhall)

## Cite This Work

### APA
al, R. e. (2020, February 07). Skeleton of Richard III of England. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11859/skeleton-of-richard-iii-of-england/>
### Chicago
al, R.Buckley et. "Skeleton of Richard III of England." *World History Encyclopedia*, February 07, 2020. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11859/skeleton-of-richard-iii-of-england/>.
### MLA
al, R.Buckley et. "Skeleton of Richard III of England." *World History Encyclopedia*, 07 Feb 2020, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11859/skeleton-of-richard-iii-of-england/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_King_In_The_Car_Park_-_Page_15_-_Figure_12.png) by [**R.Buckley et al**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_King_In_The_Car_Park_-_Page_15_-_Figure_12.png). Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 07 February 2020. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0deed.en). This license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.