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The Wars of the Roses were a series of civil wars from 1455 to 1487 between the houses of Lancaster and York for control of the English throne. Key events included Richard of York's rise to power, significant battles like Towton, and the eventual victory of Henry Tudor at Bosworth, which ended the conflict. The wars concluded with the marriage of Henry Tudor and Elizabeth of York, uniting the rival factions.

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The Wars of the Roses were a series of civil wars from 1455 to 1487 between the houses of Lancaster and York for control of the English throne. Key events included Richard of York's rise to power, significant battles like Towton, and the eventual victory of Henry Tudor at Bosworth, which ended the conflict. The wars concluded with the marriage of Henry Tudor and Elizabeth of York, uniting the rival factions.

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Wars of the Roses

The Wars of the Roses


the series of civil wars between the houses of Lancaster and York for the English
throne

1455-1487

House of Lancaster House of York


Preceding events

● The king Henry VI. got territories in France (Margaret of Anjou)


● weak ruler, little interest in politics
● mismanagement of power, corruption, heavy taxation, lost the French
territories
● peasant uprising
○ Jack Cade
● quite successful, marched on London
● “Complaint of the poor commons of Kent”
○ involved recalling Richard of York
○ Henry crushed the rebellion
Richard of York

● in 1452 Richard returned to England


● wanted to get rid of Henry’s corrupt advisors (Duke of
Somerset)
● in 1453 Henry became insane
○ Richard as the Lord Protector
● but after is son Edward of Lancaster was born, he “recovered”
(1455)
○ Richard was sent away
The series of battles

● on May 22, 1455, Richard allied with the Earl of Warwick


● the two armies met at St. Albans
○ the Yorks took Henry as a prisoner, Richard as Lord Protector again
● Henry recovered mentally, so Richard raised an army and attacked at Ludford
Bridge
○ Yorks deserted England
● at Northampton Warwick captured the king
○ Richard’s claim to the throne
● Parliament issued the Act of Accord
○ Richard as Henry’s successor
The series of wars

● Richards son Edward, Earl of March succeeded him (1460)


● in March, 1461, Battle of Towton
○ bloodiest one-day battle
● Yorkish victory, Henry fled to Scotland, leaving Edward as king
● After Edward death, his son was proven illegitimate
● his brother Richard III. became the king in 1483
The Tudors
● Richard’s claim to the throne was weak
● the Lancasterian Henry Tudor with the help of France defeated him
at Bosworth in 1485
○ became Henry VI
● He married Elizabeth of York reconciling the rivalring houses
ending the wars of the roses
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