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Bosworth Field
(Bos|worth Field)
Pronunciation:
/ˈbɒzwəθ/
(also
Battle of Bosworth
)
a battle of the Wars of the Roses fought in 1485 near Market Bosworth in Leicestershire. Henry Tudor defeated and killed the Yorkist king Richard III, enabling him to take the throne as Henry VII.
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