I .
(1452–85)
the king of England from 1483 to 1485, following his nephew King Edward V . He is often thought of as a cruel and violent king, who probably ordered the murder of the Princes in the Tower , but not all historians accept this view. He was killed at the battle of Bosworth Field by Henry Tudor, who became King Henry VII .
II .
an early play ( c. 1592) by William Shakespeare . It presents King Richard III of England as a cruel and violent man who murders several people to become king, and is killed at the battle of Bosworth Field . During the battle Richard is forced to fight on foot, and shouts the famous line: ‘A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!’ At the start of the play he delivers the famous speech that begins:
Now is the winter of our discontent
Made glorious summer by this sun of York.