Another example of Leicestershire's royal heritage, this is the site of the battle of Bosworth in which the last plantagenet king of England - Richard III - was defeated by Henry Tudor in 1485. It effectively ended the War of the Roses. The battle still rages locally to clear the name of Richard the III as he has been cruelly mis-represented by historians and a certain William Shakespear trying to curry favour with Elizabeth I - not that you can blame them, she did have a habit of beheading her detractors!