Wars of the Roses

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civil war dynastic conflict war of succession

The Wars of the Roses were a series of 15th-century English civil wars between rival branches of the royal House of Plantagenet, the Houses of Lancaster and York, over control of the English throne.

Aliases (3)

Lancastrian War ×1
The War of the Roses ×1
Wars of the Roses (as progenitor of the Yorkist line) ×1

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil war → dynastic conflict → war of succession →
alsoKnownAs	Cousins' War →
belligerent	House of Tudor →
cause	disputed succession to the English throne → rivalry within the House of Plantagenet → weak rule of Henry VI of England →
conflictType	series of civil wars →
endDate	1487 →
finalBattle	Battle of Stoke Field →
followedBy	Tudor consolidation of power in England →
historicalPeriod	15th century → Late Middle Ages →
houseInvolved	House of Lancaster → House of Plantagenet → House of Tudor → House of York →
legacy	creation of the Tudor rose as a symbol of unity →
location	England →
majorBattle	Battle of Barnet → Battle of Bosworth Field → Battle of Stoke Field → Battle of Tewkesbury → Battle of Towton → First Battle of St Albans →
namedAfter	badges of the rival houses →
notableCommander	Edward IV of England → George, Duke of Clarence → Henry VI of England → Henry VII of England → Jasper Tudor → Margaret of Anjou → Richard III of England → Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick → Richard, Duke of York →
partOf	history of England → late medieval English history →
precededBy	Hundred Years' War →
primaryBelligerent	House of Lancaster → House of York →
relatedEvent	mental illness of Henry VI of England → usurpation of Henry IV of England →
result	Tudor victory → accession of Henry VII of England → decline of the feudal nobility in England → end of the main Plantagenet line → establishment of the Tudor dynasty →
startDate	1455 →
successionOutcome	union of Lancaster and York through Henry VII and Elizabeth of York →
symbol	Tudor rose → red rose of Lancaster → white rose of York →
turningPoint	Battle of Barnet → Battle of Bosworth Field → Battle of Towton →

Referenced by (34)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Bosworth Field → Edward IV of England → English Army → Henry VI of England → House of Lancaster → House of Plantagenet → House of York →	conflict
Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond → Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York ("Wars of the Roses (as progenitor of the Yorkist line)") → Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence → Red Rose of Lancaster →	associatedWith
Edward V of England → Margaret Beaufort →	era
Tewkesbury →	battlePartOf
Red Rose of Lancaster →	conflictContext
Princes in the Tower murders →	context
Thomas More's History of King Richard III →	coversEvent
Danny DeVito ("The War of the Roses") →	directorOf
Henry VII of England →	endedConflict
The History of England →	focusesOnEvent
Late Middle Ages →	hasMajorEvent
Hundred Years' War ("Lancastrian War") →	hasPhase
Yorkshire →	historicalEvent
A Song of Ice and Fire →	inspiredBy
House of Howard →	involvedIn
Tudor chroniclers →	mainSubject
Richard III of England →	movement
House of Plantagenet →	notableEvent
Lancashire →	participatedIn
Battle of Bosworth Field →	partOf
Beaufort family →	relatedEvent
Richard III (1955 film) →	settingPeriod
Pembroke Castle →	usedDuring
Harlech Castle →	usedIn