War of the Roses

Helping you make sense of a very confusing time in English history

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Nearly an hour long but will give you a flavour of the complications - Wars of the Roses: http://t.co/TzsfErr4wS via @youtube

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BBC News - Shakespeare's Henry VI staged on original battlefield http://t.co/fqdhqFUkwH

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The Wars of the Roses is considered to have begun on May 22, 1455 with First Battle of St Albans

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Henry IV was King of England and Lord of Ireland (1399–1413).He was born in Bolingbroke Castle in Lincolnshire (hence Henry of Bolingbroke)

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Henry (of) Bolingbroke's father, John of Gaunt, was the third son of Edward III.

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The rivalry between the Houses of York and Lancaster started when King Richard II was overthrown by his cousin, Henry Bolingbroke, in 1399

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Both houses were branches of the Plantagenet royal house, tracing their descent from King Edward III.

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The Wars of the Roses were intermittent civil wars fought by members of the House of Lancaster and the House of York.

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Let battle commence