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The Battle of Bosworth Field took place on August 22, 1485. The conflict occurred 12 miles (19 km) west of Leicester and 3 miles (5 km) south of Market Bosworth.1
This decisive engagement during the Wars of the Roses resulted in the death of the Yorkist king Richard III and the rise of the Tudor dynasty under Henry VII.1