House of Lancaster

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cadet branch noble family royal house

The House of Lancaster was a cadet branch of the English royal Plantagenet dynasty that produced several medieval kings and played a central role in the Wars of the Roses.

Aliases (4)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cadet branch → noble family → royal house →
associatedDynasty	Tudor dynasty →
associatedEvent	Act of Accord → Battle of Agincourt → Battle of Towton →
cameToPower	1399 →
cameToPowerBy	usurpation of Richard II →
capital	London →
coatOfArms	Gules three lions passant guardant in pale or armed and langued azure a label of three points argent →
conflict	Hundred Years' War → Wars of the Roses →
country	Kingdom of England →
deposedBy	House of York →
dissolutionReason	defeat in the Wars of the Roses →
dynasticTitle	Duke of Lancaster → King of England → Lord of Ireland →
endTime	1471 →
finalDefeat	Battle of Tewkesbury →
finalDefeatDate	1471 →
firstMonarch	Henry IV of England →
founder	Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster →
language	Anglo-Norman → Middle English →
legacy	Duchy of Lancaster as a royal estate →
mergedInto	House of Tudor →
namedAfter	Lancaster →
notableMember	Blanche of Lancaster → Henry IV of England → Henry V of England → Henry VI of England → John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster → Margaret of Anjou →
opposedBy	House of York →
parentHouse	House of Plantagenet →
partOf	House of Plantagenet →
politicalIdeology	feudal monarchy →
primarySeat	Lancaster Castle →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
rival	House of York →
secondMonarch	Henry V of England →
startTime	1267 →
symbol	red rose →
territory	County Palatine of Lancaster → Duchy of Lancaster →
thirdMonarch	Henry VI of England →
throughMarriage	Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York →

Referenced by (30)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Henry IV of England → Henry V of England ("Lancastrian") → Henry VI of England ("Lancastrian dynasty") →	dynasty
Henry V of England → Henry VI of England → John of Gaunt →	house
Battle of Bosworth Field →	associatedHouse
Red Rose of Lancaster →	associatedWith
Battle of Bosworth Field →	belligerent
Henry VII of England ("Lancastrian line") →	claimToThroneThrough
John I of Portugal →	dynasticAlliance
Tudor dynasty →	dynasticUnion
Beaufort family →	hasDynasticConnection
Beaufort family →	hasDynasticHouse
Lancashire →	hasHistoricAssociation
Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster →	houseFounded
Wars of the Roses →	houseInvolved
Catherine of Lancaster →	memberOf
Henry IV of England →	nobleFamily
House of York ("Lancastrians") →	opposedBy
Beaufort family ("Lancastrian") →	politicalAlignment
Richard III (1955 film) →	portrays
Wars of the Roses →	primaryBelligerent
Margaret Beaufort →	relatedTo
House of York →	rival
Kingdom of England →	royalHouse
House of Plantagenet →	subHouse
Red Rose of Lancaster →	symbolizes
Henry VII of England →	unitedDynasticHouses
Red Rose of Lancaster →	usedBy