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Wars of the Roses

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The Wars of the Roses were a series of armed confrontations, machinations, battles and campaigns fought for control of the English throne from 1455 to 1487 between supporters of the House of York and the House of Lancaster, two rival cadet branches of the royal House of Plantagenet. The conflict ended in victory for the House of Tudor, whose founder Henry VII united the rival claims through his marriage to Elizabeth of York.

Facts
Start Year
1455 1
End Year
1487 1
Combatants
The House of Lancaster, later the House of Tudor, with support at times from France and Scotland, against the House of York, supported at times by the Burgundian State 1
Outcome
Victory for the House of Tudor 1
Duration Band
Over 30 Years 1
Classification
Death Toll Min
from 105,000 1
Conflict Type
Civil War 1
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Source Wikipedia: Wars of the RosesInfobox: locationtier 2
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England, Wales, Ireland and Calais

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Source Wikipedia: Wars of the RosesInfobox: locationtier 2
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England, Wales, Ireland and Calais

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Source Wikipedia: Wars of the RosesInfobox: locationtier 2
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England, Wales, Ireland and Calais
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1. Wikipedia: Wars of the Roses
  • Lead section
    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 throne from 1455 to 1487. The conflict was fought between supporters of the House of York (whose emblem was a white rose) and the House of Lancaster (whose emblem, by 1485, was a red rose), two rival cadet branches of the royal House of Plantagenet.
  • Lead
    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 throne from 1455 to 1487.
  • Infobox: Belligerents
    Lancaster side: House of Lancaster, House of Tudor, Kingdom of France (1460-1485), Kingdom of Scotland (1460-1485) ... York side: House of York, Burgundian State
  • Infobox: Result
    Victory for the House of Tudor
  • Infobox: casualties3
    105,000 killed in combat
  • Lead text
    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 throne from 1455 to 1487.
  • Conflict-type attribute (wars-of-the-roses)
    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 throne from 1455 to 1487.
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