Claim: Richard III of England died in the Battle of Hastings.
Evidence: Henry 's force engaged Richard 's army and defeated it at the Battle of Bosworth Field in Leicestershire.
Richard was struck down in the conflict , making him the last English king to die in battle on home soil and the first since Harold Godwinson -LRB- who was killed at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 -RRB-.