Wars of the Roses
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The Wars of the Roses, known at the time and in the following centuries as the Civil Wars, were a series of armed confrontations, machinations, battles and campaigns fought for control of the English
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Plucking the Red and White Roses, by Henry Payne
Battle of Bosworth by Philip James de Loutherbourg
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Henry VI of England
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Henry VI was King of England from 1422 to 1461 and again from 1470 to 1471, and claimant to the French throne from 1422 to 1453 under the terms of the Treaty of Troyes. He became king of England at th
Wars of the Roses
…bastard feudalism resulting from the powerful duchies created by King Edward III (died 1377). The mental instability of the House of Lancaster's King Henry VI (first reign: 1422 to 1461) revived his cousin Richard, Duke of York's interest in a claim to the throne. Warfare began in 1455 with York's capture of…
Miniature in the Talbot Shrewsbury Book, 1444–1445
Henry VI upon his accession, shown being placed in the care of the Earl of Warwick
A mid-15th-century depiction of Henry being crowned King of France at Notre-Dame de Paris on 16 December 1431
Henry VI with his wife, Queen Margaret of Anjou, receiving the book from Earl of Shrewsbury, as depicted in the Talbot Shrewsbury Book, 1444–45