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Wars of the Roses, (1455–85), in English history, the series of dynastic civil wars whose violence and civil strife preceded the strong government of the Tudors.
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Learn how the main royal noble houses of the Wars of the Roses descended from Edward III. See the family trees of the Neville and Percy families, and their roles in the conflict.
Nov 9, 2009 · Learn about the civil wars between the House of York and the House of Lancaster for the English throne from 1455 to 1485. See the family tree of the Plantagenet kings and the Tudor dynasty that emerged from the wars.
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.
Wars of the Roses family tree. Dukes (except Aquitaine) and Princes of Wales are noted, as are the monarchs' reigns.
HOUSE OF LANCASTER. The name House of Lancaster is commonly used to designate the line of English kings immediately descended from John of Gaunt, the fourth son of Edward III. But the history of the family and of the title goes back to the reign of Henry III, who created his second son Edmund, Earl of Lancaster in 1267.
But the seeds of distrust had already been sown among the members of his own family, and in 1478 his brother Clarence was put to death — secretly, indeed, within the Tower, but still by his authority and that of parliament — as a traitor.
