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Enrique VII de Inglaterra, por un artista anónimo, illustrating event-bosworth

arched top Text from NPG catalogue: "This impressive portrait is the earliest painting in the National Portrait Gallery's collection. The inscription records that the portrait was painted on 29 October 1505 by order of Herman Rinck, an agent for the Holy Roman Emperor, Maximilian I. The portrait was probably painted as part of an unsuccessful marriage propos anonymous. Public domain.

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Battle of Bosworth

22 August 1485

Leicestershire, England

Henry Tudor defeated and killed Richard III, founding the Tudor dynasty.

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Henry Tudor defeated and killed Richard III, founding the Tudor dynasty. Its causes, participants and consequences connect this record to the wider Wars of the Roses guide, where the event is placed in chronology rather than treated as an isolated date.

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Richard III1452–1485

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