What is Battle of Bosworth Field?
{{Infobox military conflict | conflict = Battle of Bosworth Field | partof = the [[Wars of the Roses]] | image = Lancaster victory over York.svg | caption = | date = {{Start date and age|1485|08|22|df=y}} | place = In the area of [[Market Bosworth]] in [[Leicestershire]], [[England]] | coordinates = {{coord|52.60|-1.41|region:GB-LEC|display=inline,title}} | result = Decisive Lancastrian victory | combatant1 = [[Image:Yorkshire rose.svg|15px]] King [[Richard III of England]], [[House of York]] | combatant2 = [[Image:Red Rose Badge of Lancaster.svg|15px]] [[Henry VII of England|Henry Tudor]], [[House of Lancaster|Lancastrians]] French [[Mercenaries]] | commander1 = [[Richard III of England]]† | commander2 = [[Henry VII of England]] <br/>[[John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford|Earl of Oxford]] | commander3 = [[Philibert de Chandée]] | strength1 = 6,000<ref>Richard III had 15,500 men, but [[Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby|Lord Stanley]] with 4,000 and his brother, [[William Stanley (Battle of Bosworth)|Sir William Stanley]] with 2,500 betrayed him, and [[Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland|Henry Percy]], Earl of Northumberland with 3,000 did not join the king.</ref> | strength2 = 5,000 | casualties1 = | casualties2 = }} [[File:James Doyle's Battle of Bosworth.jpg|thumb|Illustration of Richard III at the battle ]] The '''Battle of Bosworth''' or '''Bosworth Field''' was an important [[battle]] during the [[Wars of the Roses]] in [[15th century]] [[England]]. It was fought on 22 August 1485 between the [[House of York|Yorkist]] [[List of English monarchs|King]] [[Richard III of England|Richard III]], the last of the [[House of Plantagenet|Plantagenet dynasty]], and the [[House of Lancaster|Lancastrian]] <nowiki>[[Henry VII of England|Henry Tudor]]</nowiki>, who wanted to become king. It ended in the [[:wikt:defeat|defeat]] and death of Richard and the beginning of the [[Tudor dynasty]]. Historically, the battle is thought to have marked the end of the Wars of the Roses