cesareeborgia: history meme (plantagenet edition) → 5 deaths (4/5), Henry VI of EnglandOf
cesareeborgia:history meme (plantagenet edition) → 5 deaths (4/5), Henry VI of EnglandOfficial chronicles and documents state that the deposed king, Henry VI, died on the night of 21 May 1471. An official chronicle favorable to Edward IV, claimed Henry died of melancholy on hearing news of the Battle of Tewkesbury and his son’s death. It is widely suspected, however, that Edward IV, who was re-crowned the morning following Henry’s death, had in fact ordered his murder. When the body of the king was found several centuries later, light hair had been found to be covered in blood, with damage to the skull, showing that the king had indeed died due to violence. -- source link
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