The War of the Roses and the Tudors. An Overview in Note Form

Structure

- War of Roses
- General facts
- Summary
- End

- HenryVII

- Henry VIII

- Elisabeth I

- Sources

War of roses

GENERAL FACTS:

- 1455-1485 fights between the houses of York and Lancaster

- Symbol York: white rose

- Symbol Lancaster: red rose

→ Because of the symbols: “War of roses“

- war for throne, honor and power

War of roses

SUMMARY:

- 1399 - first conflict:

- claim for the throne was unclear

- Lancsters got claim, but the heir for the throne was a York

- Lancaster didnt‘t agree → war started

War of roses

St. Albans Blore Health Ludlow

Northhampton Wakefield

Mortimer`s Cross St. Albans

Ferrybridge Towton

Hedgeley Moor Hexham

Edgecote Moor Losecote Field Barnet

Tewkesbury Bosworth Field Stroke

War of roses

END:

- Victory of Lancaster

- Indebtedness of both houses

- Combination of families

- Wedding of Henry Tudor (Lancaster) and Elizabeth of York

- Tudorline arose

Henry VII

- *28. 1. 1457

- † 21. 4. 1509

- King of England and Lord of Ireland

- First monarch of house of Tudor

- Married Elisabeth of York -> End of War of Roses

Henry VII

- Father: Edmund Tudor

- Mother: Margaret Beaufort

- main claim to the English throne

- Fled to Bretagne

- After revolt → head of house of Lancaster

- last king of England, who won his throne on the battlefield

Henry VII

- Wanted to strengthen his power

- Disempowerment of the gentry

- Coronation: 30. 10. 1485

- Promise to marry Elisabeth of York

- Coalition of two houses

Henry VII

- His aims: peace and prosperity

- Success:

- Treaty of peace with France

- Treaty with Spain

- Alliance with Scotland

- Alliance with Holy Roman Emperor

- Trade and Marine

- 1503 wife and older son died

Henry VII

- 1809 he died

- buried at Westminster Abbey

- Was succeeded by his second son

Henry VIII

- * 28. June 1491

- † 28. January 1547

- 1502 his brother Arthur died

→21. April 1509 inherited the throne

- 1509-1547 King of England

- 1541 King of Ireland

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