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Roses, Wars of the

Civil wars in England 1455–85 between the houses of Lancaster (badge: red rose) and York (badge: white rose), both of which claimed the throne through descent from the sons of Edward III. As a result of Henry VI's lapse into insanity in 1453, Richard, Duke of York, was installed as protector of the realm. Upon his recovery, Henry forced York to take up arms in self‐defence.

See England: history to 1485, the beginning of the Wars of the Roses, Edward IV, and Richard III and the end of the Wars of the Roses.

The name Wars of the Roses was given in the 19th century by the novelist Walter Scott.


From the Hutchinson Encyclopedia of World History. © Research Machines plc [2006] All Rights Reserved, Helicon Publishing is a division of Research Machines.
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4 March 1461
Wars of the Roses in England: Lancastrian King Henry VI is deposed by his cousin, Edward of York, who subsequently becomes King Edward IV.
29 March 1461
The War of the Roses: in England the House of York defeats the House of Lancaster at the Battle of Towton.
14 April 1471
War of the Roses: In England, The House of York defeats the House of Lancaster at the Battle of Barnet.
4 May 1471
War of the Roses: In England, Edward IV defeats a Lancastrian Army, killing Edward the Prince of Wales, at the Battle of Tewkesbury. 
22 May 1455
In England, the first major battle of the War of the Roses. The Lancastrians defeat the Yorkists at the Battle of St Albans.
16 June 1487

The last major battle in the War of the Roses in England takes place between the Yorkists and the Lancastrians at the Battle of Stoke.

26 July 1469
War of the Roses: The House of Lancaster defeats the House of York at the Battle of Edgecote Moor in Northamptonshire.
22 August 1485
War of the Roses: Yorkist King, Richard III, is killed as Lancastrian Henry Tudor wins the Battle of Bosworth Field in Leicestershire, England.
30 December 1460

The War of the Roses: A Lancastrian army defeats a Yorkist army at the Battle of Wakefield in England.

 

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