24th April 1483
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Our
country is divided since 1455, the beginning of the war between York
and Lancaster. Today, while King Edward IV is dead, the conflict
continue...
Even
if the beginning of the quarrel dates since 1455, in reality the discord
already exist for almost a century. Indeed, in 1399, Henry
Bolingbroke (future Henry IV), Duke of Lancaster, dethroned his
cousin Richard II however Henry wasn't legitimate. He descended from John of Gaunt, third son of Edward III and normally the throne was for the
descendant of Lionel of Antwerp, second son of Edward III. Lionel's grandson, Roger Mortimer, was considered the true heir to the throne.
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| Henri VI |
This
is
why, in 1455 while Henry VI was king, Richard, Duke of York rebel
against King Henry reminding the illegitimancy of the House of Lancaster and
claiming himself as the true heir. And on 22th May 1455, he won the
battle of Saint Albans, after that Richard Duke of York, headed the
country during four years, Henry suffered of madness, he lived out of
the kingdom.
But
in 1459, Richard was hunting out of the court by Henry VI, still
king, and Margaret of Anjou. At this moment, Richard formed an
alliance with Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick but Duke of York died
during the Battle of Wakefield. Then, Henry took the power again.
In
1461,Yorkist won the battle of Towton. And on 28th July, 1461,
Warwick made Edward IV, Richard's son, the king. Margaret and Henry
ran away in Scotland.
In
1469, Warwick betrayed King Edward IV with George, Duke of Clarence,
Edward lost the battle of Edgecote Moor and he was jailed. But he
recovered the throne quickly and forgave them. After an other
treason, Warwick and George ran away in France and made an alliance
with Margaret of Anjou. Warwick suceeded and put back Henry VI to the
throne. But, Edward IV won the battle of Barnet where Warwick was
killed and then the battle of Tewkesbury in 1471.
From
this moment and nowdays, there were no more battles between the two
roses however with the death of our King, things can change...
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Finally,
because of this war, many important people died...
- Richard,
Duke of York,1460;
- Richard
Wydville, Earl of Rivers, Last Queen Elizabeth's father, 1469;
- John
Wydville, Last Queen Elizabeth's brother, 1469;
- Richard
Neville, Earl of Warwick, 1471;
- Edouard
of Wesminster, Last King Henry VI' s IV son, 1471;
- Georges,
Duke of Clarence, 1478;
- Henry
VI, 1471.
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