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Jun 17, 2024 · Wars of the Roses (1455–85), in English history, the series of civil wars that preceded the rise of the Tudors. Fought between the houses of Lancaster and York for the English throne, the wars were named years afterward from the supposed badges of the contenders: the white rose of York and the red rose of Lancaster.
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The Wars of the Roses were rooted in English socio-economic troubles caused by the Hundred Years' War (1337–1453) with France, as well as the quasi-military bastard feudalism resulting from the powerful duchies created by King Edward III.
Nov 9, 2009 · The Wars of the Roses were a series of bloody civil wars for the throne of England between two competing royal families: the House of York and the House of Lancaster, both members of the...
Explore the timline of Wars of the Roses. The Wars of the Roses (1455-1487) was a dynastic conflict between the English nobility and monarchy which led to four decades of intermittent battles, executions, and murder plots.
- Mark Cartwright
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Wars of the Roses: House of York [Genealogical Chart and Overview of this line of English Kings] Genealogical chart of the royal House of York and its descent from King Edward III. This chart is greatly simplified for clarity. For the full chart, see Chart of English Succession.
- Mark Cartwright
- The Name of the Rose. The romantic name for the dynastic conflicts which troubled 15th-century England, the 'Wars of the Roses', was first coined by the novelist Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) after the later badges of the two main families involved (neither of which were actually the favoured liveries at the time): a white rose for York and a red rose for Lancaster.
- Causes of the Wars of the Roses. The causes of the Wars of the Roses are many and, as the conflict went on, so new actors and motivations arrived to perpetuate it even further.
- The Dukes of York. The barons of England had been increasing their wealth and power as a consequence of the corresponding demise of the Crown. Historians have noted a phenomenon which they call 'bastard feudalism'.
- Richard III & Henry Tudor. Edward IV's younger brother was Richard, Duke of Gloucester (b. 1452), and he would be the next central character in this deadly game of musical thrones.
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Genealogical chart of the royal House of Lancaster and its descent from King Edward III. This chart is greatly simplified for clarity. For the full chart, see Chart of English Succession.
