Major conflict1455 – 1487 · 32 years
Wars of the Roses
England
Estimated casualties
100Ksingle estimate · no range published
The English civil wars between the houses of York and Lancaster for control of the throne.
Belligerents2
- House of York
- House of Lancaster
Conflict graph
SUB-CONFLICTS · 23
- Battle of St Albans1455
- Battle of Blore Heath1459
- Battle of Ludford Bridge1459
- Battle of Northampton1460
- Battle of Sandwich1460
- Battle of Wakefield1460
- Battle of Dunstable1461
- Battle of Ferrybridge1461
- Battle of Mortimers Cross1461
- Battle of St Albans1461
- Battle of Towton1461
- Battle of Alnwick1462
+ 11 more in the atlas.
Sources
- Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0
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