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3 days ago · Taking place between 1455 and 1487, the War of the Roses was a series of civil wars which occurred between two rival branches of the royal House of Plantagenet; the House of York and the House of Lancaster. In the Battle of Northampton the Yorkist forces, led by Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, defeated the Lancastrians, capturing King Henry VI.
3 days ago · Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was King of England from 26 June 1483 until his death in 1485. He was the last king of the Plantagenet dynasty and its cadet branch the House of York. His defeat and death at the Battle of Bosworth Field marked the end of the Middle Ages in England . Richard was created Duke of Gloucester in 1461 ...
3 days ago · Annie Garthwaite’s second novel, The King’s Mother, picks up the story of Cecily Neville to follow the purposeful power plays of four rival royal mothers during the 15th-century Wars of the Roses. Here she reflects on their careers – and on her own determination to bring their stories to the fore.
3 days ago · The Tudor Rose. The Wars of the Roses ended when Henry VII of England married Elizabeth of York symbolically uniting the white and red roses creating the Tudor rose, containing both the White Rose of York and the Red Rose of Lancaster. This signified the unity between these two powerful and previously warring houses. Lancashire Day.
3 days ago · The preseason for War of the Roses has been running for some time now, and players' feedback has helped Pearl Abyss form the final version of the new clash. The War is an ambitious new direction ...
4 days ago · Book 1, Ch. 5: Richard II to the Wars of the Roses. A New History of London Including Westminster and Southwark. Originally published by R Baldwin, London, 1773. This free content was digitised by double rekeying. Public Domain. John Noorthouck, 'Book 1, Ch. 5: Richard II to the Wars of the Roses', in A New History of London Including ...
4 days ago · Total including disease: 700,000 [13] to 1,251,000 [14] The War of the Spanish Succession was a European great power conflict fought between 1701 and 1714. The immediate cause was the death of the childless Charles II of Spain in November 1700, which led to a struggle for control of the Spanish Empire amongst supporters of the claimant Bourbon ...
