House of York

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English royal house medieval dynasty

The House of York was a prominent late medieval English royal dynasty that contested the throne during the Wars of the Roses and produced kings such as Edward IV and Richard III.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
House of York (historical) 1
Yorkist 1
Yorkist faction 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English royal house ⓘ
medieval dynasty ⓘ
associatedCity York ⓘ
cadetBranchOf House of Plantagenet ⓘ
capital London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
coatOfArms Quarterly, 1st and 4th France modern, 2nd and 3rd England, differenced by a label argent ⓘ
coatOfArmsElement White rose en soleil ⓘ
conflict Wars of the Roses ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
deposedBy Henry VII of England ⓘ
surface form: Henry Tudor (Henry VII of England)
dynasticClaim Claim to the throne of England ⓘ
endTime 16th century ⓘ
era Early modern period ⓘ
Late Middle Ages ⓘ
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
foundedBy Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York ⓘ
governmentForm Monarchy ⓘ
hasCadetBranch House of Yorkist Kings of England ⓘ
hasMotto Dieu et mon droit ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
Middle English ⓘ
mergedInto Tudor dynasty ⓘ
surface form: House of Tudor
namedAfter City of York ⓘ
notableEvent Battle of Barnet ⓘ
Battle of Bosworth Field ⓘ
Battle of Tewkesbury ⓘ
Battle of Towton ⓘ
notableMarriageAlliance Marriage of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville ⓘ
Marriage of Richard III and Anne Neville ⓘ
notableMember Anne of York ⓘ
surface form: Anne of York, Duchess of Exeter

Cecily Neville, Duchess of York ⓘ
Elizabeth of York, Duchess of Suffolk ⓘ
Margaret of York, Duchess of Burgundy ⓘ
Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York ⓘ
surface form: Richard, 3rd Duke of York
opposedBy House of Lancaster ⓘ
surface form: Lancastrians
parentHouse House of Plantagenet ⓘ
partOf House of Plantagenet ⓘ
surface form: Plantagenet dynasty
politicalIdeology House of York self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Yorkist
precededBy Senior Plantagenet line ⓘ
producedMonarch Edward IV of England ⓘ
Edward V of England ⓘ
Richard III of England ⓘ
region England ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
rival House of Lancaster ⓘ
Tudor dynasty ⓘ
surface form: House of Tudor
startTime 14th century ⓘ
succeededBy Tudor dynasty ⓘ
surface form: House of Tudor
symbol white rose of York ⓘ
surface form: White Rose of York
usedTitle Duke of York ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Edward IV of England → allegiance → House of York ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yorkist faction
Yorkshire → associatedWith → House of York ⓘ
Battle of Bosworth Field → belligerent → House of York ⓘ
House of Lancaster → deposedBy → House of York ⓘ
Tudor dynasty → dynasticUnion → House of York ⓘ
Edward IV of England → dynasty → House of York ⓘ
Beaufort family → hasDynasticConnection → House of York ⓘ
Elizabeth of York → house → House of York ⓘ
Richard III of England → house → House of York ⓘ
Wars of the Roses → houseInvolved → House of York ⓘ
House of Howard → maritalAllianceWith → House of York ⓘ
Edward IV of England → nobleFamily → House of York ⓘ
House of Lancaster → opposedBy → House of York ⓘ
House of York → politicalIdeology → House of York self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yorkist
Richard III (1955 film) → portrays → House of York ⓘ
Tudor dynasty → precededBy → House of York ⓘ
Wars of the Roses → primaryBelligerent → House of York ⓘ
House of Lancaster → rival → House of York ⓘ
Edward V of England → royalHouse → House of York ⓘ
Kingdom of England → royalHouse → House of York ⓘ
Duchess of York → royalHouseAssociation → House of York ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of York (historical)
House of Plantagenet → subHouse → House of York ⓘ
subject surface form: Henry VI of England