The War of Roses

The Wars Of RosesKing Edward III

Henry VI

The Civil Unrest

Powerful Lords

Mental illness by Henry VI

The House of Lancaster

• Edward III's third surviving son, John of Gaunt ( Blanche of Lancaster).

• Death of Henry of Grosmont.• Henry of Bolingbroke. (King

Henry IV of England).• Edward III's second surviving

son, Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, who eventually became the rival House of York.

The House of York

♦ The rose alba or rose argent♦ Edmund of Langley was the first Duke

of York and the founder of the House of York in the fourteenth century.

♦ The actual symbolism behind the rose has religious connotations as it represents the Virgin Mary, who is often called the Mystical Rose of Heaven.

♦ Symbol of light, typifying innocence and purity, joy and glory

Henry V•Son of Henry IV and Mary the Bohun.•Chivalric warrior.•Take control over France.•He married Catherine of Valois in 1420.•Succeded by Henry VI.

Henry VI

♠ Born: 1421.♠ Died: 21 May 1471.♠ Years ruled: 1422 - 1461

& 1470 – 1471♠ Son of: Henry V and

Catherine de Valois.♠ Married to: Margaret of

Anjou.♠ Children: Edward, Prince

of Wales.

Edward IV

•He was born in 1442.

•Son of Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York.

•Crowned after a serie of battles.

Edward V

♠ Born: 1470.♠ Died: 1483.♠ Years ruled: 1483♠ Son of: Edward IV

and Elizabeth Wydville.

Richard III

•1483-1485.•He was born in Fotheringhay Castle in Northamptonshire.•The “Black king.”

•The “white king.”

Henry VII

♠ Born: 28 Jan 1457.♠ Died: 21 Apr 1509.♠ Years ruled: 1485 – 1509.♠ Son of: Edmund Tudor, Earl

of Richmond and Margaret Beaufort.

♠ Married to: Elizabeth of York (1486).

♠ Children: Henry VIII

Margaret of Anjou

•She was born in 1430•Daughter of Rene of Anjou, Titular king of Naples and Jerusalem.•Married with Henry VI.•Politics.

Duke of York

♣ Born: 21 Sep 1411.♣ Died: 30 Dec 1460.♣ Years ruled (as Protector): 1454

- 1455 & 1455 – 1456.♣ Son of: Richard of Conisburgh,

earl of Cambridge, and Anne Mortimor

♣ Married to: Cecily Neville (1424)♣ Children: Edward IV, Richard III,

George, duke of Clarence (1449-1478)

Richard Neville Earl Warwick

•He was born in1428.•The eldest son of Richard Neville Earl of Salisbury and Alice•The “kingmaker.”•He was not from a Royal family.

Referencesᴥ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjO55pKuBo4

ᴥ https://engelskhistoria.wordpress.com/category/main-characters-in-the-wars-of-the-roses/

ᴥ http://www.warsoftheroses.com/

ᴥ The Wars of the Roses (1455-1485)http://brego-weard.com/lib/newosp/The%20Wars%20of%20the%20Roses%201455-1485.pdf.