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John Clay (Wars of the Roses) Henry Clifford, 10th Baron Clifford; John Clifford, 9th Baron Clifford; Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron Clifford; Gervase Clifton (died 1471) John Clopton (died 1497) Edward Brooke, 6th Baron Cobham; Christopher Conyers (Yorkist) Francesco Coppini; Hugh Courtenay (died 1471) William Courtenay (1451–1512)
The Wars of the Roses, known at the time and in following centuries as the Civil Wars, were a series of civil wars fought over control of the English throne from 1455 to 1487. The wars were fought between supporters of the House of Lancaster and House of York , two rival cadet branches of the royal House of Plantagenet .
Cover of the play script published in 1970. The Wars of the Roses was a 1963 theatrical adaptation of William Shakespeare's first historical tetralogy (1 Henry VI, 2 Henry VI, 3 Henry VI and Richard III), which deals with the conflict between the House of Lancaster and the House of York over the throne of England, a conflict known as the Wars of the Roses.
During the Wars of the Roses, Wenlock initially fought for the House of Lancaster in the First Battle of St Albans on 22 May 1455, but his relationship with Warwick subsequently led him to change sides, and it was as a Yorkist that he served as Speaker of the House of Commons later that year in the parliament of 1455.
The Wars of the Roses, 1455 to 1487, is the name generally given to the intermittent civil war fought over the throne of England between adherents of the House of Lancaster and the House of York Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wars of the Roses .
Ralph Greystoke, 5th Baron Greystoke (9 September 1406 – 1 June 1487) was a member of the English nobility in the early 15th century, and a protagonist during the Wars of the Roses in the north. By his marriage to Elizabeth, daughter of William, Lord FitzHugh he formalized the long-standing alliance that had existed between the two families ...
English royal families in the Wars of the Roses; Dukes (except Aquitaine) and Princes of Wales are noted, as are the monarchs' reigns. † =Killed in action; =Executed See also Family tree of English monarchs
William Beaumont, 2nd Viscount Beaumont (April 1438 – 19 December 1507) was an English nobleman, soldier and landowner who was a leading supporter of the Lancastrian faction during the Wars of the Roses. He was the son of John Beaumont, 1st Viscount Beaumont and Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William Phelip. He was born at Edenham, Lincolnshire.