Greyfriars Church, Leicester

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archaeological site former church friary

Greyfriars Church in Leicester is the former friary site where the remains of King Richard III of England were buried and rediscovered in the 21st century.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Greyfriars Church, Leicester canonical 1
Greyfriars friary, Leicester 1
Greyfriars, Leicester 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
former church ⓘ
friary ⓘ
archaeologicalPeriod medieval ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Battle of Bosworth Field aftermath ⓘ
burialDateOfRichardIII 1485 ⓘ
burialSiteOf Richard III of England ⓘ
surface form: King Richard III

Richard III of England ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dedicatedTo Franciscan order ⓘ
demolished 16th century ⓘ
discoveryAnnounced February 2013 ⓘ
dissolvedDuring Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
dissolvedUnder Henry VIII of England ⓘ
excavationLedBy University of Leicester ⓘ
excavationPartner Leicester City Council ⓘ
Richard III Society ⓘ
excavationStartDate August 2012 ⓘ
foundedInCentury 13th century ⓘ
gridReference SK 585 041 ⓘ
hasRemains cloister remains ⓘ
foundations of church ⓘ
friary buildings footprint ⓘ
heritageDesignation Scheduled Monument ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate 2013 ⓘ
historicalCounty Leicestershire ⓘ
identifiedBy DNA analysis ⓘ
osteological analysis ⓘ
radiocarbon dating ⓘ
kingBuriedHere Richard III of England ⓘ
surface form: Richard III
locatedIn England ⓘ
Leicester ⓘ
Leicestershire ⓘ
managedBy Leicester City Council ⓘ
modernAddressArea Grey Friars ⓘ
surface form: Grey Friars, Leicester city centre
nearbyLandmark Leicester Cathedral ⓘ
Leicester Guildhall ⓘ
notableDiscovery skeleton of Richard III ⓘ
overlainBy car park ⓘ
partOf Greyfriars Church, Leicester self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Greyfriars friary, Leicester
publicAccess limited, via guided tours and marked locations ⓘ
reburialDateOfRichardIII 2015 ⓘ
rediscoveryOfRemains 2012 ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
religiousOrder Franciscan Order ⓘ
surface form: Franciscan
significance only confirmed burial site of an English king lost for centuries ⓘ
siteType monastic site ⓘ
subsequentReburialOfRichardIII Leicester Cathedral ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Richard III of England → placeOfBurial → Greyfriars Church, Leicester ⓘ
Greyfriars Church, Leicester → partOf → Greyfriars Church, Leicester self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greyfriars friary, Leicester
Richard Plantagenet → placeOfBurial → Greyfriars Church, Leicester ⓘ
subject surface form: Richard III of England
this entity surface form: Greyfriars, Leicester