The Wars of the Roses

The Wars of the Roses were a series of battles fought in medieval England

 from 1455 to 1485 between the House of Lancaster and the House of York.

 The name Wars of the Roses (sometimes mistakenly referred to as War 

of the Roses) is based on the badges used by the two sides, the red rose 

for the Lancastrians and the white rose for the Yorkists. Major causes 

of the conflict include: 1) both houses were direct descendents of king

 Edward III; 2) the ruling Lancastrian king,Henry VI, surrounded

 himself with unpopular nobles; 3) the civil unrest of much of the 

population; 4) the availability of many powerful lords with their

 own private armies; and 5) the untimely episodes of mental illness

 by Henry VI. The wars ended when Richard III, the last Yorkist

 king, was defeated at the battle of Bosworth in 1485 by Henry 

Tudor founder of the house of Tudor.

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Wars of the Roses

The Wars of the Roses were a series of battles fought in medieval England from 1455 to 1485 between the House of Lancaster and the House of York. The name Wars of the Roses (sometimes mistakenly referred to as War of the Roses) is based on the badges used by the two sides, the red rose for the Lancastrians and the white rose for the Yorkists. Major causes of the conflict include: 1) both houses were direct descendents of king Edward III; 2) the ruling Lancastrian king, Henry VI, surrounded himself with unpopular nobles; 3) the civil unrest of much of the population; 4) the availability of many powerful lords with their own private armies; and 5) the untimely episodes of mental illness by Henry VI. The wars ended when Richard III, the last Yorkist king, was defeated at the battle of Bosworth in 1485 by Henry Tudor founder of the house of Tudor.