In which century were the war of the roses fought?

Answer 1

England.

War of the Roses 1455 - 1485

"England became engulfed in a civil war between the houses, of York and Lancaster. The reigning monarch the weak Lancastrian King Henry VI (who also suffered periods of madness) His week leadership developed the rivalry between the two houses which flared up in warfare in 1455 at the battle of St Albans. in 1461 King Henry VI was deposed and the Yorkist claimant Edward IV became king. The fighting still continued and in 1470 Kind Henry VI was re crowned.

Edward IV rallied his Yorkist army at the battle of Tewksbury captured Queen Margaret, and Killed The Young Edward (son of King Henry and Queen Margaret). Soon after this battle Henry IV died mysteriously soon after. This ended the main period of the Civil war.

Twelve years later King Edward IV died, His successor his 13 year old son Edward V was overthrown by his uncle The Duke of Gloucester. assumed the crown as Kind Richard the third. In the Final battle of the Civil war in 1485 at Bosworth, King Richard was killed and the thrown was taken by The earl of Richmond King Henry VII. King Henry adopted the flag of a red and white rose and established the Tudor Dynasty. The Tudor Dynasty would rule England for over 100 years."

Answer 2

The Wars of the Roses were a series of civil wars fought in medieval England from 1455 to 1487 between the House of Lancaster and the House of York. The name Wars of the Roses is based on the badges used by the two sides, the red rose for the Lancastrians and the white rose for the Yorkists. Major causes of the conflict include: 1) both houses were direct descendents of king Edward III; 2) the ruling Lancastrian king, Henry VI, surrounded himself with unpopular nobles; 3) the civil unrest of much of the population; 4) the availability of many powerful lords with their own private armies; and 5) the untimely episodes of mental illness by king Henry VI. Please see the origins page for more information on the start of the wars.
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Royals: Henry V Henry VI Edward IV Edward V Richard III Henry VII
Other Important People: Margaret of Anjou Richard, Duke of York Warwick, the Kingmaker

Answer 3

(1455 – 1485) The Wars of the Roses were collectively an intermittent civil war fought over the throne of England between adherents of the House of Lancaster and the House of York. Both houses were branches of the Plantagenet royal house, tracing their descent from King Edward III.

The name Wars of the Roses was not used at the time, but has its origins in the badges chosen by the two royal houses, the Red Rose of Lancaster, whose retainers tended to favour red coats or red roses as their symbol, and the White Rose of York, whose men often sported white coats or white rose insignia. The term came into common usage during the 19th century from a fictional scene in Shakespeare's play Henry VI Part 1 where the opposing sides pick different-coloured roses at the Temple Church.

The Wars were fought largely by the landed aristocracy and armies of feudal retainers; supporters of each house largely depended upon dynastic marriages with the nobility, feudal titles and tenures. The Lancastrian patriarch John of Gaunt's first title was Earl of Richmond, the same title which Henry VII later held. The Yorkist patriarch Edmund of Langley's first title was Earl of Cambridge. (In the later Tudor and Stuart eras, Richmondshire was a centre for such Recusants as George Calvert and Cambridgeshire a centre for such Puritans as Oliver Cromwell. It should be noted that these remnant Plantagenet factions were disabused of their independent positions in post-Henrician times, as monarchs continually played them off against each other).

The Wars of the Roses, with their heavy casualties among the nobility, ushered in a period of great social upheaval in feudal England and led to the fall of the Plantagenet dynasty itself. The period saw the decline of English influence on the Continent, a weakening of the feudal power of the nobles and a corresponding strengthening of the merchant classes, and the growth of a strong, centralized monarchy under the Tudors. It heralded the end of the medieval period in England and the movement towards the Renaissance. On the other hand, it has also been suggested that their traumatic impact was exaggerated by Henry VII to magnify his achievement in quelling them and bringing peace.

Answer 4

The war of the roses lasted thirty years in the 15th century.