The discovery of Richard III's remains in 2012 fascinated me. I can remember when the skeleton was found in a car park in Leicester and it all seemed so nebulous. Could that really be the skeleton of the deposed king whose body had been misplaced for centuries? I read books about the discovery particularly Philippa Langley's The King's Grave: The Discovery of Richard III's Last Burial Place and the Clues It Holds. I also toured Leicester a few years later, seeing the site of the discovery as well as Leicester Cathedral where the last king of the Plantagenet line now lies in state.
This week's study group topic on Your DNA Guide was about the painstaking investigation which proved that the remains found were indeed those of the former king. One of the resources mentioned might prove to be of use in finding gateway ancestors if your lineage boasts one of the descendants listed in The Plantagenet Roll, a resource published in 1905 which can be found on Internet Archive. There is an index of the listed names of descendants. See the link under sources. So far I've found one possible link in the name Devonshire and I've only just begun.
Sources:
Internet Archive index for Plantagenet Roll: https://archive.org/details/plantagenetrollo00ruvi/page/650/mode/2up
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