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The Wars Of RosesKing Edward III
Henry VI
The Civil Unrest
Powerful Lords
Mental illness by Henry VI
The House of Lancaster
• Edward III's third surviving son, John of Gaunt ( Blanche of Lancaster).
• Death of Henry of Grosmont.• Henry of Bolingbroke. (King
Henry IV of England).• Edward III's second surviving
son, Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, who eventually became the rival House of York.
The House of York
♦ The rose alba or rose argent♦ Edmund of Langley was the first Duke
of York and the founder of the House of York in the fourteenth century.
♦ The actual symbolism behind the rose has religious connotations as it represents the Virgin Mary, who is often called the Mystical Rose of Heaven.
♦ Symbol of light, typifying innocence and purity, joy and glory
Henry V•Son of Henry IV and Mary the Bohun.•Chivalric warrior.•Take control over France.•He married Catherine of Valois in 1420.•Succeded by Henry VI.
Henry VI
♠ Born: 1421.♠ Died: 21 May 1471.♠ Years ruled: 1422 - 1461
& 1470 – 1471♠ Son of: Henry V and
Catherine de Valois.♠ Married to: Margaret of
Anjou.♠ Children: Edward, Prince
of Wales.
Edward IV
•He was born in 1442.
•Son of Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York.
•Crowned after a serie of battles.
Richard III
•1483-1485.•He was born in Fotheringhay Castle in Northamptonshire.•The “Black king.”
•The “white king.”
Henry VII
♠ Born: 28 Jan 1457.♠ Died: 21 Apr 1509.♠ Years ruled: 1485 – 1509.♠ Son of: Edmund Tudor, Earl
of Richmond and Margaret Beaufort.
♠ Married to: Elizabeth of York (1486).
♠ Children: Henry VIII
Margaret of Anjou
•She was born in 1430•Daughter of Rene of Anjou, Titular king of Naples and Jerusalem.•Married with Henry VI.•Politics.
Duke of York
♣ Born: 21 Sep 1411.♣ Died: 30 Dec 1460.♣ Years ruled (as Protector): 1454
- 1455 & 1455 – 1456.♣ Son of: Richard of Conisburgh,
earl of Cambridge, and Anne Mortimor
♣ Married to: Cecily Neville (1424)♣ Children: Edward IV, Richard III,
George, duke of Clarence (1449-1478)
Richard Neville Earl Warwick
•He was born in1428.•The eldest son of Richard Neville Earl of Salisbury and Alice•The “kingmaker.”•He was not from a Royal family.
Referencesᴥ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjO55pKuBo4
ᴥ https://engelskhistoria.wordpress.com/category/main-characters-in-the-wars-of-the-roses/
ᴥ http://www.warsoftheroses.com/
ᴥ The Wars of the Roses (1455-1485)http://brego-weard.com/lib/newosp/The%20Wars%20of%20the%20Roses%201455-1485.pdf.