The original War of the Roses ... search for Richard III’s remains are keen to see him reinterred in Leicester, others believe it was the medieval king’s wish to be buried in York – the ...

2. The War of the Roses was initially known as "The Cousins' War." Henry VI clearly wasn't fit to rule, so his cousin Richard, the Duke of York, was appointed Lord Protector and Defender of ...

But after Richard’s defeat at the battle of Bosworth Field, the Houses of Lancaster and York unite, bringing the Wars of the Roses and a tumultuous ... The Lancastrian Duke of Richmond and ...

Richard 3rd Duke of York, also known as Richard Plantagenet, was claimant to the throne in the initial phase of the Wars of the Roses. Did you know with a Digital subscription to Yorkshire Post ...

England was at war with France during Henry ... On the other side was Richard's family – the House of York. During the Wars of the Roses several key battles took place. Warwick’s decision ...

Map of the Danelagh (Danelaw) from History of the English People by John Richard ... Civil War or the Cousins War.) So we know how the names Lancaster and York, and the red and white roses ...

Their uncle Richard, Duke of Gloucester ... The Wars of the Roses—the civil war for the English throne between the Houses of York and Lancaster—had raged for nearly three decades.

Dubbed the “British Game of Thrones” and Shakespeare’s “First Boxed Set” by British director Trevor Nunn, the Bard’s WAR OF THE ROSES follows ... wife of the Duke of Gloucester ...