What happened 1485 AD

After the death of Richard III's wife Anne Neville, in March 1485, rumors arose that the newly widowed king was going to marry his beautiful and young niece Elizabeth of York.

In the spring of 1485, Leonardo travelled to Hungary on behalf of Sforza (Duke of Milan) to meet king Matthias Corvinus, and was commissioned by him to paint a Madonna.

In 1485, Henry Tudor invaded England and defeated Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field. As King, Henry VII married Elizabeth of York and had the Titulus Regius revoked and all found copies destroyed. Elizabeth Woodville was accorded the title and honours of a queen dowager.

The army of Henry Tudor landed in South Wales.

Beatus Rhenanus was born in Sélestat, Alsace, and he is a classical scholar.