This ruler planned to have a gold-plated statue of himself placed on the tomb of Edward the Confessor. Instead, posthumous monuments to this man included recumbent effigies created by Pietro Torrigiano. Polydore Vergil thought that "avarice" defined the last years of this ruler, who was advised by men like Thomas Savage and Richard Empson. After a youth spent in exile in Brittany, this Earl of Richmond carried a red dragon standard when he landed at Milford. The support of the previously neutral Stanleys brought victory to this man's army in Leicestershire, making it possible for him to marry Elizabeth of York and end the Wars of the Roses. F
This ruler planned to have a gold-plated statue of himself placed on the tomb of Edward the Confessor. Instead, posthumous monuments to this man included recumbent effigies created by Pietro Torrigiano. Polydore Vergil thought that "avarice" defined the last years of this ruler, who was advised by men like Thomas Savage and Richard Empson. After a youth spent in exile in Brittany, this Earl of Richmond carried a red dragon standard when he landed at Milford. The support of the previously neutral Stanleys brought victory to this man's army in Leicestershire, making it possible for him to marry Elizabeth of York and end the Wars of the Roses. For 10 points, the Battle of Bosworth Field was won by what first Tudor king of England and father of a king with six wives?
This ruler planned to have a gold-plated statue of himself placed on the tomb of Edward the Confessor.
Henry VII of England