The research of England king Richard III remains revives the Plantagenêt story

Richard III (Wikipedia)

While the 2012 edition of the Accroche-Coeurs event will revive in the days to come the memory of the Plantagenêt dynasty, by a curious coïncidence, that royal family will be, at the same time,  in the front pages of UK medias. University of Leicester archeologists team is digging in one of the city car parks where it thinks the remains of King Richard III have been buried. Richard III died at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, more than 500 years ago. He was the last king of England coming from the Plantagenêt family.

Richard III was the uncle of Edward Plantagenêt. Both of them were killed by Henry VII, first member of the Tudor family to rise to the English throne. Richard III was king of England and Edward Plantagenêt the pretender to the crown after Richard III death, so a direct political threat for Henry VII.

Grey Friars car park (Credit Leicester University)

The Angers city should probably wait before to react if the remains were found (two weeks of excavation are planned and the most difficult will be to determine the whereabouts of the church on the site and where in the church the body was buried). In case of a discovery of the remains of Richard III, these would be reinterred at Leicester cathedral. At this time, the English authorities do not foresee to return nor the crown jewels, nor the Richard's body to Angers city, the native land of the Plantagenêt. In a comment about the chances of the digging, the archeologists say that "Up to now, the only royalty found is an Austin Princess"...