Wars of the Roses

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Hint	Answer
Feuding Houses	York
Feuding Houses	Lancaster
Emblem of both Houses, albeit different colours	Rose
Royal Family's name	Plantagenet
Monarch of France	Philip IV
Monarch who believed that he was the heir of the French throne	Edward III
Through whom did he cite his ancestral claim	His mother
Which war was started by Edward as a result	Hundred Years War
Which year did this begin	1337
Edward's four sons	Edward the Black Prince
	Edmund, Duke of York
	Thomas, Duke of Gloucester
	John, Duke of Lancaster
What did the Black Prince die of	Dysentery
Which year was this	1376
When did his father die	1377
Who did the throne then pass to	Richard II
How old was he [Edward III's grandson] at the time	10
Year of the coalition led against him by Thomas	1388
Important member of the group	Henry, Duke of Lancaster
Who killed Thomas on Richard's behalf	Thomas de Mowbray
Which year was this	1397
What did Henry do to the murderer	Challenge him to a duel
What did Richard II then do to both of them	Banish them
What did Richard withhold from Henry in 1399 after John's death	His inheritance
What did Henry then do as a result	Depose Richard
Which year did Richard die in prison in	1400
What title did Henry obtain	Henry IV
Who took the throne after his death in 1413	Henry V
Famous battle that Henry won in 1415	Battle of Agincourt
When did he die of dysentery	1422
Who took over from him	Henry VI
How old was he at the time	9 months
One of the nobles that governed him, great-grandson of Edward III	Richard, Duke of York
Who did Henry marry in 1445	Margaret of Anjou
Who did Margaret want Richard replaced with, Lancastrian	Duke of Somerset
Where was Richard sent to	Ireland
How was Henry as a King	Extremely incompetent
Who truly had the power	Margaret
When was Richard imprisoned until he swore loyalty	1453
What happened in the war in this year	Lost
What did Henry have after this	A mental breakdown
What role was Richard proclaimed in his abscence	Lord Protector

Hint	Answer
What did Henry do to Richard's reforms after he came back to power	Reversed them
Who did Richard raise an army with	Earl of Warwick
On what date did fighting begin	22 May 1455
What was the Battle called	First Battle of St. Albans
What happened to the Duke of Somerset during the battle	Died
What happened to Henry after the battle	Another mental breakdown
When did Richard and the Earl of Warwick flee the country	1459
When did the Earl of Warwick invade England	1460
Towns claimed by the invaders	Kent
Towns claimed by the invaders	London
Who had the backing of public approval	The invaders
Battle where the Lancastrians captured Henry	Battle of Northampton
Who would be the next king	Richard's heir
Who did Margaret want to be king, her son	Edward, Prince of Wales
She then allied with the king of which nation	Scotland
Battle where Richard and his second eldest son, Edmund, died	Battle of Wakefield
Battle where the Earl of Warwick was defeated and Henry was reclaimed	Second Battle of St. Albans
Who was proclaimed the King after Margaret went to Scotland	Edward, Duke of York
Battle where he pursued Margaret	Battle of Towton
What title did he obtain	Edward IV
What was the date of his coronation	28 June 1461
Who had he secretly married	A widow
Who did the Earl of Warwick then ally with (as well as Margaret), Edward's second brother	George, Duke of Clarence
Year of their invasion	1470
Who did Edward flee with, youngest brother	Richard, Duke of Gloucester
Who did the Earl of Warwick place back on the throne	Henry VI
Which state did the Earl consider attacking	Burgundy
Who then supported Edward's reclamation of the throne	Charles of Burgundy
In which year was this invasion successful	1471
Battle where the Earl was killed	Battle of Barnet
Battle where Margaret confronted Edward, her son was killed	Battle of Tewkesbury
Who paid Margaret's ransom	Louis XI
Date of Henry's murder	21 May
When did Edward suddenly die	1483
Brother of Edward who declared Edward's children illegitimate and seized the throne	Richard III
For which conspiracy was he [most likely] responsible	The Princes in the Tower
Names of Edward's children that were killed	Edward V
Names of Edward's children that were killed	Richard of Shrewsbury
Their respective ages	10
Their respective ages	8
Who returned from exile to confront Richard, descended from Edward	Henry Tudor
He was a ... (faction)	Lancastrian
Battle where Richard was defeated and killed during the battle	Battle of Bosworth Field
What was Henry crowned as	Henry VII
Who did he marry to reconcile the Houses	Elizabeth of York
New Royal Family name	Tudor
Whose reign sprang from the stability caused by Henry	Henry VIII
Starting and ending years of the Wars of the Roses	1455
Starting and ending years of the Wars of the Roses	1485

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