House of Lancaster

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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.

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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, England
surface form: 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 King Henry IV of England
surface form: 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 Tudor dynasty
surface form: House of Tudor
namedAfter Lancaster
notableMember Blanche of Lancaster
King Henry IV of England
surface form: Henry IV of England

Henry V of England
King Henry VI of England
surface form: Henry VI of England

John of Gaunt
surface form: 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 King Henry VI of England
surface form: Henry VI of England
throughMarriage Henry VII of England
surface form: Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York

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Richard of Bordeaux house House of Lancaster
Bolingbroke Castle ancestralSeatOf House of Lancaster
Percy Rebellion mainBelligerent House of Lancaster
Percy Rebellion opposedTo House of Lancaster
this entity surface form: Lancastrian monarchy
Earl of Cambridge usedByDynasty House of Lancaster
Blanche of England memberOf House of Lancaster
Blanche of England nobleFamily House of Lancaster
Lancaster County, South Carolina namedAfter House of Lancaster
Earl of Buckingham titleHolderFamily House of Lancaster
de Bohun family maritalAlliance House of Lancaster
English monarchs hasPart House of Lancaster
this entity surface form: House of Lancaster monarchs
Earl of Richmond linkedDynasty House of Lancaster
this entity surface form: Lancastrian branch of the Plantagenets
Earl of Richmond linkedDynasty House of Lancaster
Owen Tudor relative House of Lancaster
Owen Tudor allegiance House of Lancaster
A BEAUFORT associatedDynasty House of Lancaster
this entity surface form: Lancastrian line
A BEAUFORT linkedHouse House of Lancaster
Marquess of Dorset allegiance House of Lancaster
subject surface form: Edmund Beaufort, 1st Marquess of Dorset
Mary Beaufort connectedTo House of Lancaster