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The Wars of the Roses were fought between the houses of Lancaster and York for the English throne. The wars were named many years afterward from the supposed badges of the contending parties: the white rose of York and the red rose of Lancaster. Both houses claimed the throne through descent from the sons of Edward III.
- House of Lancaster
Battle of Tewkesbury, (May 4, 1471), in the English Wars of...
- Wars of the Roses Facts
List. Wars of the Roses (1455–85), in English history, the...
- House of Lancaster
- A Rose by Any Other Name
- A Summary of Causes
- Might Is Right
- The Weakness of Henry Vi
- The Great Pretender: Richard, Duke of York
- Musical Thrones: Edward IV
- Richard III: Murder Most Horrid
- The Roses Unite: Henry Tudor
The popular name for England's 15th-century CE dynastic conflicts, the 'Warof the Roses', was first coined by the novelist Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832 CE) 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. The division was a...
The multiple initial causes of the Wars of the Roses, and the reasons why they continued, may be briefly summarised as: 1. the increasing tendency to murder kings and their young heirs, a strategy begun by Henry Bolingbroke in 1399 CE. 2. the incapacity to rule and then illness of Henry VI of England. 3. popular discontent with Henry VI's governanc...
One of the first causes of the Wars of the Roses was the precedent that stealing the throne of England by war and murder was an acceptable strategy for a future king. Henry IV of England (previously known as Henry Bolingbroke, r. 1399-1413 CE), the first Lancaster king, had done just that: usurped the throne and murdered his predecessor Richard II ...
Another early problem that we may trace the Wars of the Roses' origins to, is the early death of Henry V of England(r. 1413-1422 CE). When Henry died of illness in 1422 CE, he left his son as heir but the young Henry VI was not even one year old. This meant a ruling council governed England and two regents, appointed by Henry V, ruled England and t...
Richard, the Duke of York was now the Protector of the Realm but he wanted more. The duke wanted to be nominated as Henry VI's heir (at the time he had no children). Richard did have some pedigree as he was the great-grandson of Edward III of England and the nephew of the Earl of March who himself had claimed he was the legitimate heir to Richard I...
Edward IV's reign was briefly interrupted when his old ally the Earl of Warwick turned against him and, justifying his reputation as 'the kingmaker', reinstated Henry VI in 1470 CE. Edward won back his throne on the battlefield the next year and murdered Henry in the Tower of London. The Earl of Warwick and Henry VI's only son were killed in battle...
Richard, Duke of Gloucester (b. 1452 CE) was the younger brother of Edward IV. Richard had helped his brother in several significant battles against the Lancastrians but he, like his namesake father, was ambitious for the biggest prize of all. Richard was not convinced that peace with France was the best policy and may have disagreed with Edward ov...
Henry Tudor did have some royal blood in his veins via the illegitimate Beaufort line which descended from John of Gaunt, a son of Edward III (r. 1327-1377 CE). This was not much of a royal connection, despite the legitimisation of the Beaufort line in 1407 CE, but it was the best the Lancastrians could hope for after Henry VI had left no surviving...
- Mark Cartwright
Apr 14, 2021 · The Wars of the Roses: the 15th-century clash of kings that heralded the dawn of the Tudor dynasty. The Wars of the Roses were the civil wars fought between the Yorkist and Lancastrian dynasties in the 15th century. Explore the conflict in full – from its root causes and who's who, through to the realities of civil war in the Middle Ages and ...
Sep 13, 2016 · published 13 September 2016. The Wars of the Roses were a series of civil wars fought between 1455 and 1487 for the English throne. The battles were fought between supporters of two rival branches ...
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The Wars of the Roses (1455-1485) was a series of civil wars fought over the throne of England between adherents of the House of Lancaster and the House of York. Both houses were branches of the Plantagenet royal house, tracing their descent from King Edward III. The name "Wars of the Roses" was not used during the time of the wars, but has its ...
