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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... heir , Edward III . Now the legitimate heir was a child of eight , Edmund Mortimer , the fifth Earl of March . Henry was not about to make a child into a king . Yet if he seized the throne himself , ahead of the rightful heir , he would ...
... heir , Edward III . Now the legitimate heir was a child of eight , Edmund Mortimer , the fifth Earl of March . Henry was not about to make a child into a king . Yet if he seized the throne himself , ahead of the rightful heir , he would ...
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... heir of Lionel of Clarence , Edward III's next oldest son . That heir was the boy Ed- mund Mortimer . Henry of Lancaster , as the son of Edward III's fourth son , had only a junior claim to the crown he was about to grasp . In the ...
... heir of Lionel of Clarence , Edward III's next oldest son . That heir was the boy Ed- mund Mortimer . Henry of Lancaster , as the son of Edward III's fourth son , had only a junior claim to the crown he was about to grasp . In the ...
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... heir of Lionel of Clarence , Edward's next to oldest son , and through his father he was the sole heir of Edmund of Langley , the next to youngest son . Leaving Somerset aside , Richard of York had clear title to succeed a childless ...
... heir of Lionel of Clarence , Edward's next to oldest son , and through his father he was the sole heir of Edmund of Langley , the next to youngest son . Leaving Somerset aside , Richard of York had clear title to succeed a childless ...
Contents
Of Kings and Kingdoms | 1 |
The Royal Cousins | 16 |
The Downfall of a King | 35 |
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