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The losers standard-bearer, Sir Percival Thirwall, did not let the banner fall, even though both of his legs had been cut off. Some historians believe that the battle was fought closer to the villages of Dadlington and Stoke Golding. One of the more important casualties was Thomas Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk, while real command on the winners side rested with John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford. Though the battle began well for the loser, the tide turned when Sir William Stanley led his troops into the fray on the side of the winner. FTP identify this battle that saw the end of the house of York when Henry Tudors forces defeated Richard III.
History

This monarch requested that Clement XI issue the anti-Jansenist bullVineam Domini. One his mistresses was implicated of witchcraft in the Affair of the Poisons. This ruler tried to install one of his sons by that mistress, Madame de Montspan, as regent for his son, but the Duke of Maine was arrested by this mans nephew, the Duke of Orleans. An invasion of the Netherlands by this ruler was ended with the Treaty of Nijmegen. His ministers included the Marquis de Louvois. This monarch was opposed by an alliance led by Leopold I and the Palatinate known as the League of Augsburg. This man made his son Philip of Anjou king of another nation after the death of Charles II, leading to the War of the Spanish Succession. For 10 points, name this French Sun King.
History

Under this government, the dismissal of the Confucian advisor Arai Hakuseki prompted the transformation of rice markets into security exchanges with the appointment of nengyoji. Price controls were lifted under Mizuno Tadakuni's Tenpo Reforms, and the beginning of this polity saw the passage of the sakoku, or exclusion edict. This government set up an system of alternating attendance among feudal lords, and was brought down by a movement that sought to "revere the emperor and expel the barbarians". The Sakuradamon Incident saw the assassination of Ii Naosuke for his signing of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce, an extension of the Convention of Kanagawa pushed forward by Matthew Perry. For 10 points, name this Japanese government that existed before the Meiji Restoration.

History