![]() ![]() Yorkists marched on London with 3000 men, won handily at Battle of St.When Henry returned, he dismissed Richard and restored Margaret.1454 – Richard, Duke of York appointed as protector of England.The nobility of England was split into two groups that were centred around the descendants of Edward III: The Lancasters and Yorks. Henry VI suffered from mental illness, wife Margaret of Anjou ran things like a tyrant The Wars of the Roses was a dynastic struggle between the English monarchy and nobility, which resulted in four decades of sporadic battles, murder and execution plots. ![]() Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou, a model dysfunctional family York had support of London and south, Lancaster had support of Wales and north.Yorkists challenged Henry VI (Henry V’s son) for the throne of England.Remember that Henry IV (Bolingbroke) established house of Lancaster when he deposed Richard II while Richard was away in Ireland.Henry IV had descended from 3rd son, John of Gaunt.Yorkists descended from Edmund, Duke of York, Edward III’s 4th son and Lionel Antwerp, his 2nd son.Both houses part of Plantagenet Dynasty.Civil war between houses of Lancaster (red rose) and York (white rose) 1455-1485. ![]()
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