What happened with the Wars of the Roses?

I have to teach this to my year 5 class tomorrow and I'm not really sure what caused it etc!!

What happened with the Wars of the Roses?
Very basically, Henry Vl was mad so Richard, Duke of York claimed the throne. Marguerite of Anjou (Henry's wife) tried to raise any army. Various battles ensued and the Duke of York (I think) was eventually killed. However, the Lancastrians were defeated and the Duke of York's son Edward eventually claimed the throne. The Duke of Clarence (Edward's brother) plotted against him continuously and was eventually imprisoned by an exasperated Edward.



Another problem that arose was Edward's marriage. His wife, was absolutely hated by one and all, largely because of her greedy relatives who became over mighty. Eventually it was alleged, after Edward's death, that he had been formerly betrothed to Lafy Eleanor Butler, which appeared to make his marriage invalid and, therefore, his children were illegitimate. Richard of Gloucester became the Lord Protector and ruled England. Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Lady Margaret Beaufort ( a wicked woman if ever there was one) who was descended from the illegitimate line of the Duke of Lancaster (John of Gaunt) plotted to bring her son, Henry Tudor to England with an army in an effort to claim the throne from Richard. He succeeded at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485 and the Tudor dynasty was born.



As a matter of interest (not a lot of people know this) Richard was a just and fair king during his three years on the throne. This is historical fact gained from the records of the day. After Henry Tudor came to the throne all the Plantagenet heirs, who had been safe under Richard were murdered. It seems to me that this is why the Tudors were always so vicious - they knew their claim to the throne was tenuous, to say the least.
Reply:WARS OF THE ROSES



Hi,Kate



1. Once a little girl returned a book to Thomas Jefferson remarking "This book has told me more about penguins than I want to know".



2.Your question was v good: unfortunately Daisy' answer told me far too much- why don't you ask what was the Hundred Years War?



3. Please note that Lady Margaret Beaufort was (is?) the nprime benefactress of the best college within the best university in the world.



Best wishes (make your students read all sources)



Basilisk.
Reply:It was a civil war fought between the branches of york and Lancaster, they both had claims on the throne and were both part of the Plantagenet royal house, which was descended all the way back to Edward III. The war was not called war of the roses during the war however but the York house had a white rose while Lancaster sported a red rose in modern language it came together like glue and thats were the name came from. "The antagonism between the two houses started with the overthrow of King Richard II by his cousin, Henry Bolingbroke, Duke of Lancaster, in 1399. As an issue of Edward III's third son John of Gaunt, Bolingbroke had a very poor claim to the throne. According to precedent, the crown should have passed to the male descendants of Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence (1338-1368), Edward III's second son, and in fact, Richard II had named Lionel's grandson, Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March as heir presumptive. However, Bolingbroke was crowned as Henry IV. He was tolerated as king since Richard II's government had been highly unpopular. Nevertheless, within a few years of taking the throne, Henry found himself facing several rebellions in Wales, Cheshire and Northumberland, which used the Mortimer claim to the throne both as pretext and rallying point. All these revolts were suppressed." [thats all from Wikipedia.com] When Henry the IV died as well as Henry the V Henry the VI rose to prominence. But he was surrounded by many people who did not like him such as Edmund Beaufort,2nd Duke of Somerset and William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk. They blamed Henry for his mismanagment and poor execution of government, they had a good right too since all the land holdings in France held by England in the Hundred Years war even the land won by Henry the V were lost when he was in power. He was proven as a inefficient king as well as being to weak. He suffered from mental illness as well which made alot of people believe he was a terrible ruler.

The period when armed clashes was around 1455. When Richard the Duke of York marched toward London with his small army he met up with Henry's forces. At the first batle of St. Albans Henry was defeated in a small battle this signaled however the first open armed conflict of the war. After the first Battle of St Albans, York was still the dominant voice in the council even after the recovery of Henry. (Well I won't tell you the whole history but I will tell you how it ended), The house of York was close to becoming the dominant power after the victory at the Battle of Towton (the largest battle fought on English soil) however Henry was still free. He was captured however in 1465 and sent to the tower of London where he was actually treated fairly well. York was in control but in 1469-70 when the powerful Earl of Warwick Richard Neville allied himself with Edwards brother George They raised an army which defeated the King at the Battle of Edgecote Moor, and held Edward at Middleham Castle in Yorkshire. Warwick even executed the queen's father Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers. Edward soon had followers consisting of nobles who helped him out Edward soon declared Warwick a traitor and forced them to flee to France. The King of France thought of it wise that a alliance be made with margaret of Anjouso she can reclaim her imprisoned husbands throne. Warwick agreed and in the autumn of 1470 invaded England. HOwever Edward defeated the Lancastrians at the battle of Tewkesbury which saw the annihilation of the Lancastrian force. When Edward died however the land erupted in turmoil until Edward III reunited the land under the Yorkist banner it was short lived however because when Henry Tudor a Lancastrian defeated Richard at the battle of Bosworth field in 1485. "By marrying Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV and the best surviving Yorkist claimant. He thus reunited the two royal houses, merging the rival symbols of the red and white roses into the new emblem of the red and white Tudor Rose." [Wikipedia.com]
Reply:Henry Tudory of York beat the other guy from Lancaster. That is why one of England's symbol is the red rose because that was they symbol of York and the white rose was the symbol of Lancaster.
Reply:The Houses of York and Lancaster both had equally strong claims to the English throne and so they fought for their claims.



Henry Tudor (later Henry VII) fought the Battle of Bosworth field and beat Richard III. He then married Richard's niece, Elizabeth of Lancaster, and united the two houses, making his claim pretty much water tight.



That's about it, really.
Reply:England won with a good succession of sixes over the boundry, oh wait, they were all from England, no, that was tennis, er, ok, yes.
Reply:Our glorious King, Richard the III was defeated at Bosworth Field By the Welsh Henry Tudor. He became Henry VII thus establishing the Tudor dynasty.



Imagine how brave Richard was, actually fighting on the battlefield. He insisted upon wearing a helmet depicting his personal coat of arms, so everone knew it was him, and some ghastly Welshmen murdered him.
Reply:The war of the roses is cricket, Dont knows where you all get the other stuff from.
Reply:divoce will kill you, both michael douglas %26amp; Kathleen turner destroyed the entire house %26amp; each other %26amp; i the end both fell from the same chandelier and died. (i think they still loved each other) HAHA sorry that was too hard to pass up
Reply:I tell you it happens at my house on Christmas Day when someone eats all those ones with the orange fondant in.



Did you know Roses come in 14 assorted flavours and were introduced in 1938? The slogan "Say thank you with roses" was introduced in 1979. Over 1,300,000,000 Roses are sold every year and the most popular Roses chocolate is the hazelnut in caramel?



However in my experience, when eaten in excessive quantity, Roses also make you vomit like you've never vomited before. This can often ruin a Boxing Day at my house. And they can give you diorrhea too... If you get one of those 3 kilo tins this can often last until almost the new year.



So tell the kids to keep off 'em. It's all your year 5s need to know and it'll stand them in good stead for the rest of their lives. In the years to come you'll even get people coming up to you in the street thanking you for giving them this good advise in their early years..!
Reply:"Henry Tudory of York beat the other guy from Lancaster. That is why one of England's symbol is the red rose because that was they symbol of York and the white rose was the symbol of Lancaster."



Wrong.

Henry VII was a Welshman. Richard III was the Yorkist.

The Wars of the Roses begun in the 1400s when two factions of the Plantagenet family fought over the crown.

There was the House of Lancaster with a RED rose and the House of York with the WHITE rose.

Richard III (according to tradition a hunchback although there is no evidence of this) was the last Yorkist king (after he murdered the young Edward V and his brother Richard). He fought at the Battle of Bosworth Field against Henry Tudor (heir to the Lancastrians through his mother). Richard's banner was a boar, Henry's banner was a dragon.

Richard's army was defeated, he was killed after he charged straight at Henry's army and cut down the Tudor flag. He was then killed by Henry's soldiers and Henry became king. Richard's crown was found hanging on a thorn bush and Henry married one of Richard's relatives to prevent further conflict. He put down several rebellions during his reign including Lambert Simnel and Perkin Warbeck (who pretended to be one of the pinces in the Tower)