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"Near this spot, on August 22, 1485, at the age of 32, King Richard III fell fighting with each other gallantly in defence of his realm and his crown up against the usurper Henry Tudor." Today, roses are a sign of love and luxury, but also for over 30 years, they provided the symbols for two houses at conflict for control of England. Thousands of individuals died and so many more were injured fighting with each other under the white rose of York and the red rose of Lancaster, and the noble families ruling England tore each other apart in challenging that was as bitter as it was bloody. Though what used was a period of strong rule under the Tudors monarchs, it in the end came at an awful cost, and even then, it was through Elizabeth of York that the Tudor series received its legitimacy. After all, while Henry VII gained his throne in challenge, Elizabeth of York was the girl of King Edward IV of England, a Yorkist monarch. Few battles in English history are as famous as Bosworth Field. Fought on August 22, 1485, it was the one which decided the results of this long and messy conflict. English ruler Richard III, who possessed only recently used the throne, possessed superior volumes at the challenge, but an army fighting under future ruler Henry VII proved to have the better fighters. When forces near to the field under Lord Stanley sided with Henry through the battle, they encircled and killed Richard. The final York King transpired fighting, but as reports of the king's loss of life spread, his army turned and ran, and with that, Henry Tudor was now King Henry VII. Immortalized in crisis by William Shakespeare and in comedy by Rowan Atkinson and Richard Curtis, the Fight of Bosworth Field has been a mainstay of British culture since the day it was fought.
