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A topical one for an anniversary - what if Bosworth had ended differently ? If Northumberland and Stanley had actively joined the battle in support of the King, it's probable Henry Tudor would have been defeated and perhaps killed.

With the Tudors defeated and their supporters routed, Richard was able to consider the very real problem of his own succession. He tried to marry his siste off to John II of Portugal without success and the Earl of Lincoln was formally named his heir in early 1486. Edward Plantagenent, though having a better claim, had been confined soon after his mother's death.

Richard would sit, brooding and lonely, on the throne of England until 1502. He never found a love to replace Anne Neville and though his relations with Lincoln were often strained, they never broke down completely.

John styled himself Richard IV on his accession in May 1502 and though his brother caused him some anguish by his intrigues and rebellion, the Yorksist line was confirmed by the accession of Edmund as King in 1523.

Ok, my thoughts - what do others think ?
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