House of Lancaster
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The House of Lancaster was a cadet branch of the royal House of Plantagenet. The first house was created when King Henry III of England created the Earldom of Lancaster—from which the house was named—
Henry V's victory at the Battle of Agincourt
Plucking the Red and White Roses in the Old Temple Gardens (Henry Payne, c. 1908): Symbolic representation of the Wars of the Roses in art
King's College Chapel, Cambridge
Contemporary illustration of Edmund Crouchback
House of Tudor
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The House of Tudor was an English and Welsh dynasty that held the throne of England from 1485 to 1603. They descended ultimately from Ednyfed Fychan and the Tudors of Penmynydd, a Welsh noble family,
House of Lancaster
…Tudor—a relatively unknown scion of the Lancastrian Beauforts (which also descended from Gaunt)—eventually leading to the establishment of the royal House of Tudor. The Lancastrians left a legacy through the patronage of the arts, most notably in founding Eton College and King's College, Cambridge. However, to…
King Henry VII, the founder of the royal house of Tudor
Henry VIII of England: Henry's quarrels with the Pope led to the creation of the Church of England
Catherine of Aragon: the Church of England annulled her marriage after she failed to produce a male heir to the Tudor dynasty
Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex, Henry VIII's chief minister responsible for the dissolution of the monasteries