Challenge for a Throne: The Wars of the RosesIn the fifteenth century two families of royal descent, the houses of York and Lancaster, clashed in an epic struggle to win the throne of England. |
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... become Queen of England . Who would rule ? William the Conqueror had not anticipated such a prob- lem . He had assumed that there would always be plenty of sons in his family , so that the crown could descend from generation to ...
... become Queen of England . Who would rule ? William the Conqueror had not anticipated such a prob- lem . He had assumed that there would always be plenty of sons in his family , so that the crown could descend from generation to ...
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... become king , and no one seriously expected that to happen . In any event , the royal cousins did not spend their days drawing up diagrams of family trees . They learned to ride horses , to wield swords and bows , to hunt and to fight ...
... become king , and no one seriously expected that to happen . In any event , the royal cousins did not spend their days drawing up diagrams of family trees . They learned to ride horses , to wield swords and bows , to hunt and to fight ...
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... become the ancestor of five centuries of English monarchs . But no one could possibly imagine such a thing in 1437 ... becoming clear to all : Henry VI lacked the strength and majesty a king must have . The baby on whom such high hopes ...
... become the ancestor of five centuries of English monarchs . But no one could possibly imagine such a thing in 1437 ... becoming clear to all : Henry VI lacked the strength and majesty a king must have . The baby on whom such high hopes ...
Contents
Of Kings and Kingdoms | 1 |
The Royal Cousins | 16 |
The Downfall of a King | 35 |
Copyright | |
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Albans Anthony Woodville Archbishop battle Beaufort Bishop blood brother Buckingham Burgundian Burgundy Calais Castle chronicler claim cousin crown daughter death died Duke of Lancaster Duke of Somerset Duke of York Earl of March Edmund Mortimer Edmund of Langley Edward IV Edward IV's Elizabeth enemies English Exeter father fighting force France French Hastings heir Henry of Bolingbroke Henry Tudor Henry's House of Lancaster Humphrey III's inherit Ireland Joan John of Bedford John of Gaunt King Edward King Henry King of England King Richard king's kingdom knights Lancastrian Lancastrian army land London Lord Louis XI Ludlow marriage married monarch Mowbray nobles Northumberland Parliament Percy Prince Edward protector Queen Margaret realm rebels reign remained Richard II Richard of Gloucester Richard of York royal Rutland Salisbury seemed soldiers Suffolk throne took Tower town treason troops uncle usurpation Wales Warwick and Clarence Westminster William Woodville York's Yorkists young