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Wars of the Roses

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(Historical Terms) the conflicts in England (1455-85) centred on the struggle for the throne between the house of York (symbolized by the white rose) and the house of Lancaster (of which one badge was the red rose)

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Wars of the Roses - struggle for the English throne (1455-1485) between the house of York (white rose) and the house of Lancaster (red rose) ending with the accession of the Tudor monarch Henry VII

War of the Roses

Bosworth Field - the battle that ended the Wars of the Roses (1485); Richard III was killed and Henry Tudor was crowned as Henry VII

England - a division of the United Kingdom

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Wars of the Roses (redirected from Roses, Wars of the)

Wars of the Roses
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