Richard III of England maternal side was as previously thought. The paternal side, however, demonstrated some variance from what had been expected, with the DNA showing no links to the purported descendants of Richard's great-great-grandfather Edward III of England through Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort. This could be the result of covert illegitimacy that does not reflect the accepted genealogies between Richard and Edward III or between Edward III and the 5th Duke of Beaufort. In 1485, following his death in battle against Henry Tudor at Bosworth Field, Richard III's body was buried in Greyfriars Church in Leicester. Following the discoveries of Richard's
Richard Field Conover Richard Field Conover Richard Field Conover (November 20, 1858 – June 5, 1930) was an American tennis player, lawyer and real estate manager. Conover was born in South Amboy, New Jersey the son of Francis Stevens Conover and Helen Stockton Field. He was a grandson of Richard Stockton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. As a tennis player, Conover took part in the first stagings of the US Championships in between 1881 and 1884. In 1883 he reached the semifinals which he lost to James Dwight. After graduating from Princeton University and Columbia Law School, he practiced law at