Category:Wars of the Roses

The Wars of the Roses, 1455 to 1487, is the name generally given to the intermittent civil war 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 at the time, but has its origins in the badges chosen by the two royal houses, the Red Rose of Lancaster and the White Rose of York.

The Wars were fought largely by armies of mounted knights and their feudal retainers. The House of Lancaster found most of its support in the north and west of the country, while support for the House of York came mainly from the south and east. The Wars of the Roses, with their heavy casualties among the nobility, were a major factor in the weakening of the feudal power of the nobles, leading to the growth of a strong, centralised monarchy under the Tudors.

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• Battles of the Wars of the Roses

Articles in category "Wars of the Roses"

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James Tuchet, 5th Baron Audley B Jasper Tudor, 1st Duke of Bedford E Edward IV of England Edward V of England Edward of Westminster H Henry VI of England Henry VII of England L House of Lancaster

M Margaret of Anjou N Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland O John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford P Percy-Neville feud R Red Rose of Lancaster Richard III of England

S Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury Lambert Simnel T Tudor rose Owen Tudor W Wars of the Roses Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick White Rose of York Y House of York Richard, Duke of York