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maart 3, 2015 · 5:48 am

The Wars of the Roses/Letter from Richard, Duke of York to Henry Holland, Duke of Exeter/Some comments on A Nevill Feast, referring to the marriage of the Duke of Exeter with Anne of York, daughter of Richard, Duke of York

File:Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York.jpg

RICHARD PLANTAGENET, DUKE OF YORK, CLAIMANT TO THE ENGLISH THRONE,

FATHER OF ANNE , DUCHESS OF EXETER AND

EDWARD , LATER KING EDWARD IV

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_of_York,_3rd_Duke_of_York

CECILY OF YORK, WIFE OF RICHARD, DUKE OF

YORK, MOTHER OF ANNE OF YORK, DUCHESS OF

EXETER AND EDWARD OF YORK, LATER KING

EDWARD IV

HISTORICAL IMAGE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecily_Neville,_Duchess_of_York

HISTORICAL FICTION

http://queenanneboleyn.com/2014/01/03/the-loyal-wife-of-a-warrior-court-of-war-of-roses/

EDWARD PLANTAGENET [EDWARD OF YORK],LATER

KING EDWARD IV, SON OF RICHARD, DUKE OF

YORK AND BROTHER OF ANNE OF YORK,

DUCHESS OF EXETER

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_IV_of_England

HISTORICAL [FICTION]

ANNE PLANTAGENET [ANNE OF YORK], DUCHESS OF EXETER [MARRIED TO HENRY HOLLAND,

3TH DUKE OF EXETER], DAUGHTER OF THE DUKE OF YORK

[HISTORICAL FICTION]

[PLANTAGENET IS THE NAME OF THE ROYAL HOUSE FROM

1154 TILL 1485. SINCE THE DUKE OF YORK WAS A DIRECT MALE

DESCENDANT OF EDMUND OF LANGLEY, FOURTH SON OF EDWARD III,

HIS FAMILY NAME WAS PLANTAGENET, HIS DAUGHTER’S

FAMILY NAME WAS ALSO PLANTAGENET]

http://queenanneboleyn.com/2013/11/04/my-fathers-daughter-wars-of-the-roses/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Plantagenet

HENRY HOLLAND, THIRD DUKE OF EXETER, SON

IN LAW OF THE DUKE OF YORK

[HISTORICAL FICTION]

http://queenanneboleyn.com/2013/11/04/my-fathers-daughter-wars-of-the-roses/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Holland,_3rd_Duke_of_Exeter

THE WARS OF THE ROSES/LETTER FROM RICHARD, DUKE

OF YORK TO HENRY HOLLAND, DUKE OF EXETER/SOME

COMMENTS ON A NEVILL FEAST, REFERRING TO THE MARRIAGE

OF THE DUKE OF EXETER WITH ANNE OF YORK, DAUGHTER

OF RICHARD OF YORK

A NEVILL FAST/COMMENTS ON

LETTER FROM RICHARD, DUKE OF YORK

TO HENRY HOLLAND, DUKE OF EXETER

MY COMMENTS

[See below the text of the letter from Richard of York to

the Duke of Exeter]

ANNE OF YORK, DUCHESS OF EXETER AND HER MARRIAGE

TO HENRY HOLLAND, THE 3TH DUKE OF EXETER

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februari 24, 2015 · 2:43 am

The Wars of the Roses/A Nevill Feast/Comments on Summarising/The Wars of the Roses/The Princes in the Tower

KING EDWARD IV, SON OF RICHARD, DUKE OF

YORK AND FATHER TO THE ”PRINCES OF

THE TOWER” AND ELIZABETH OF YORK,

WIFE TO THE LATER KING HENRY VII [HENRY

TUDOR] AND MOTHER TO KING HENRY VIII

HISTORICAL IMAGE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_IV_of_England

KING EDWARD IV, SON OF RICHARD, DUKE OF

YORK AND FATHER TO THE ”PRINCES OF

THE TOWER” AND ELIZABETH OF YORK,

WIFE TO THE LATER KING HENRY VII [HENRY

TUDOR] AND MOTHER TO KING HENRY VIII

HISTORICAL FICTION

KING RICHARD III, SON OF RICHARD, DUKE

OF YORK, BROTHER OF KING EDWARD IV AND THE

UNCLE OF THE ”PRINCES OF THE TOWER”,

WHO DEPOSED

HIS ELDEST NEPHEW EDWARD V TO BECOME KING.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_III_of_England

HISTORICAL IMAGE

THE PRINCES IN THE TOWER

[THE TWO SONS OF KING EDWARD IV, WHO

DISAPPEARED IN THE TOWER, PROBABLY MURDERED, THE ELDEST ONE

WAS SHORTLY EDWARD Y, BEFORE HE WAS DEPOSED BY HIS UNCLE RICHARD,

DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, THE LATER KING RICHARD III]

The Two Princes Edward and Richard in the Tower, 1483 by Sir John Everett Millais, 1878, part of the Royal Holloway picture collection

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princes_in_the_Tower

EDWARD V, THE ELDEST OF THE PRINCES IN THE TOWER, WHO

SHORTLY BECAME KING, BEFORE HE WAS DEPOSED BY HIS UNCLE RICHARD,

DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, THE LATER KING RICHARD III

HISTORICAL IMAGE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_V_of_England

RICHARD,3RD DUKE OF YORK, FATHER OF

EDWARD IV AND RICHARD III

AND GRANDFATHER OF ”THE PRINCES OF THE TOWER”

AND ELIZABETH OF YORK

HISTORICAL IMAGE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_of_York,_3rd_Duke_of_York

CECILY OF YORK, WIFE OF RICHARD, DUKE OF

YORK, MOTHER OF EDWARD IV AND RICHARD III

AND GRANDMOTHER OF ”THE PRINCES OF THE TOWER”

AND ELIZABETH OF YORK

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecily_Neville,_Duchess_of_York

HISTORICAL IMAGE

FICTION

Lady Margaret Beaufort at prayer.

HISTORICAL IMAGE

MARGARET BEAUFORT, WIFE OF EDMUND TUDOR,

MOTHER OF HENRY TUDOR, LATER KING HENRY VII

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Beaufort,_Countess_of_Richmond_and_Derby

Image result for margaret of beaufort/Images

FICTION

HENRY VII, SON OF MARGARET BEAUFORT AND

EDMUND TUDOR, FATHER OF HENRY VIII

HISTORICAL IMAGE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VII_of_England

ELIZABETH OF YORK, DAUGHTER OF EDWARD IV,

WIFE OF HENRY VII AND MOTHER OF HENRY VIII

HISTORICAL IMAGE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_of_York

A NEVILL FEAST/COMMENTS ON SUMMARISING/THE WARS OF THE ROSES/THE PRINCES

IN THE TOWER

A NEVILL FEAST

SUMMARISING

MY COMMENTS ON SUMMARISING

[See below the text of Summarising]

THE PRINCES OF THE TOWER/A TRAGEDY/MURDER OR DISSAPEARANCE

SOME REFLECTIONS

Dear Nevill Feast

Thanks for your very interesting contribution.

I agree with you, that it’s of importance to look to

the unresolved tragedy of the ”Princes of the Tower rationally.

First, there is no proof whatsoever, that they were really murdered.

The only fact we have is, that after their arrival in the Tower

[for the supposedly coronation of the oldest one to King Edward V],

they were not seen in public after 1483.

Fact is also, that their uncle Richard deposed Edward V, alleging,

that the marriage of his brother King Edward IV with Elizabeth Woodville

were illegitimate since Edwards supposedly earlier marriage to

Eleanor Butler.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_III_of_England#Accession

Be as it may, it suited Richard well, who obviously wanted to be King.

But was he also a murderer?

There is simply no proof for that.

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· 12:34 am

The Wars of the Roses/The Princes in the Tower/Susan Higginbotham/History Refreshed/”If Margaret, why not Cecily”/Some Comments

KING EDWARD IV, SON OF RICHARD, DUKE OF

YORK AND FATHER TO THE ”PRINCES OF

THE TOWER” AND ELIZABETH OF YORK,

WIFE TO THE LATER KING HENRY VII [HENRY

TUDOR] AND MOTHER TO KING HENRY VIII

HISTORICAL IMAGE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_IV_of_England

KING EDWARD IV, SON OF RICHARD, DUKE OF

YORK AND FATHER TO THE ”PRINCES OF

THE TOWER” AND ELIZABETH OF YORK,

WIFE TO THE LATER KING HENRY VII [HENRY

TUDOR] AND MOTHER TO KING HENRY VIII

HISTORICAL FICTION

KING RICHARD III, SON OF RICHARD, DUKE

OF YORK, BROTHER OF KING EDWARD IV AND THE

UNCLE OF THE ”PRINCES OF THE TOWER”, WHO DEPOSED

HIS ELDEST NEPHEW EDWARD V TO BECOME KING.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_III_of_England

HISTORICAL IMAGE

THE PRINCES IN THE TOWER

[THE TWO SONS OF KING EDWARD IV, WHO

DISAPPEARED IN THE TOWER, PROBABLY MURDERED, THE ELDEST ONE

WAS SHORTLY EDWARD Y, BEFORE HE WAS DEPOSED BY HIS UNCLE RICHARD,

DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, THE LATER KING RICHARD III]

The Two Princes Edward and Richard in the Tower, 1483 by Sir John Everett Millais, 1878, part of the Royal Holloway picture collection

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princes_in_the_Tower

EDWARD V, THE ELDEST OF THE PRINCES IN THE TOWER, WHO

SHORTLY BECAME KING, BEFORE HE WAS DEPOSED BY HIS UNCLE RICHARD,

DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, THE LATER KING RICHARD III

HISTORICAL IMAGE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_V_of_England

RICHARD,3RD DUKE OF YORK, FATHER OF

EDWARD IV AND RICHARD III

AND GRANDFATHER OF ”THE PRINCES OF THE TOWER”

AND ELIZABETH OF YORK

HISTORICAL IMAGE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_of_York,_3rd_Duke_of_York

CECILY OF YORK, WIFE OF RICHARD, DUKE OF

YORK, MOTHER OF EDWARD IV AND RICHARD III

AND GRANDMOTHER OF ”THE PRINCES OF THE TOWER”

AND ELIZABETH OF YORK

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecily_Neville,_Duchess_of_York

HISTORICAL IMAGE

FICTION

Lady Margaret Beaufort at prayer.

HISTORICAL IMAGE

MARGARET BEAUFORT, WIFE OF EDMUND TUDOR,

MOTHER OF HENRY TUDOR, LATER KING HENRY VII

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Beaufort,_Countess_of_Richmond_and_Derby

FICTION

HENRY VII, SON OF MARGARET BEAUFORT AND

EDMUND TUDOR, FATHER OF HENRY VIII

HISTORICAL IMAGE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VII_of_England

ELIZABETH OF YORK, DAUGHTER OF EDWARD IV,

WIFE OF HENRY VII AND MOTHER OF HENRY VIII

HISTORICAL IMAGE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_of_York

THE WARS OF THE ROSES/THE PRINCES

OF THE TOWER/COMMENTS ON SUSAN HIGGINBOTHAM/

HISTORY REFRESHED/”IF MARGARET, WHY NOT CECILY”

I make a travel to the past with you again.

This time to the period, that can be called the swan song

of the Wars of the Roses, King Edward IV been dead and

his sons, the socalled ”Princes in the Tower”

dissappeared in the Tower, probably murdered.

In her interesting Blog Contribution,”If Margaret, why not

Cecily’‘, history novel

writer Susan Higginbotham speculates that if

one can assume, that Margaret Beaufort, [mother

of the later King Henry VII],

could have ordered thei killings of the princes, instead of King

Richard III, [the general popular belief], Cecily Duchess of York,

[mother of Edward IV and grandmother

of the ”Princes of the Tower”], could also have ordered their death.

However, Higginbotham states, that their is no proof of

the guilt of both the ladies, she wants to point out

that it is as invalid to accuse Margaret, as Cecily.

I disagree with Higginbotham since, to my opinion, Margaret had

a clearer motive for the killings than Cecily.

Besides, Margaret had as much opportunity, meaning

access to the Tower as Cecily.

And Margaretalso ran lesser risks than was stated by Higginbotham.

But that comes below.

First I want to travel with you to

the last period of the bloody Wars of the Roses, where,

the House of York concerned, brother turned against brother,

which finally was one of the causes, the House of

Tudor rose to power.

End of the impressive House of Plantagenet.

However, the York dynasty, with their superior right

to the throne over Lancaster, survived through

the marriage of Elizabeth of York, daughter

of Edward IV, to Henry VII, which finally,

made Richard Duke of York

and his wife Cecily Neville, Duchess of York,

the ancestors to all subsequent English monarchs.

ENTER THE WORLD

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februari 16, 2015 · 11:33 pm

The Wars of the Roses/Lancaster and York/Usurpation and the right to the throne by females/Letter to Encyclopaedia Britannica

RICHARD OF YORK, CLAIMANT TO THE ENGLISH THRONE

AND ONE OF THE MAIN LEADERS OF THE WAR OF ROSES

[WAR BETWEEN THE HOUSES OF LANCASTER AND YORK,

BOTH DESCENDANTS OF KING EDWARD III]

[HISTORICAL IMAGE]

WAR OF THE ROSES

SCENE AT THE TEMPLE GARDEN

RICHARD, DUKE OF YORK, WEARING A

WHITE ROSE, TO CONFRONT

HIS POLITICAL RIVAL AND ENEMY,

EDMUND, BEAUFORT, 2ND DUKE OF

SOMERSET, FORCING HIM TO

CHOOSE A RED ROSE

THE NOBLE LORDS TAKING SIDES

THIS IS A SHAKESPEARE SCENE [HENRY VI]

AND NOT BASED ON ANY HISTORICAL

EVIDENCE

http://shakespeare.mit.edu/1henryvi/1henryvi.2.4.html

The White Rose of theHouse of York

The Red Rose of theHouse of Lancaster

RICHARD II, WHOSE THRONE WAS

USURPED BY HENRY BOLINBROKE, THE

LATER KING HENRY IV

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_II_of_England

KING HENRY IV, WHO USURPED THE THRONE OF RICHARD II AS

HENRY BOLINBROKE, HIS COUSIN

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_IV_of_England

KING HENRY V

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_V_of_England

KING HENRY VI OF ENGLAND

[HISTORICAL IMAGE]

MARGARET OF ANJOU, QUEEN OF ENGLAND

[HISTORICAL IMAGE]

TWO IMAGES OF MARGARET OF ANJOU, QUEEN OF ENGLAND

[FICTION]

http://queenanneboleyn.com/2013/11/04/my-fathers-daughter-wars-of-the-roses/

KING EDWARD IV, SON OF RICHARD, DUKE OF

YORK

[FICTION]

KING RICHARD III, SON OF RICHARD,

DUKE OF YORK

HISTORICAL IMAGE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_III_of_England

KING HENRY VII, THE FIRST TUDOR KING

AND FOUNDER OF THE TUDOR DYNASTY

HISTORICAL IMAGE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VII_of_England

LANCASTER AND YORK/USURPATION AND THE RIGHT TO

THE THRONE THROUGH FEMALES/LETTER TO ENCYCLOPAEDIA

BRITANNICA

TO THE EDITORS OF ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA

YOUR ARTICLE ABOUT THE HOUSE OF YORK

SOME COMMENTS

Dear Editors,

At first I want to express my great admiration for your

large scale History Page about ther various periods

of human history

http://www.britannica.com/topic-browse/History

I especially paid attention on your contributions

to the English Late Medieval History and visited

your page about the Hundred Years War between England

and France with pleasure, learning much of your

information

http://www.britannica.com/topic-browse/History/Middle-Ages/Hundred-Years-War

THE WARS OF THE ROSES

YOUR PAGE OF THE HOUSE OF YORK

COMMENTS

A historian myself, I wrote some articles about the

Wars of the Roses [1]

See some of my articles below.

Regarding your excellent contributions, I have read

your page about the House of York with

much interest.

See

ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, HOUSE OF YORK

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/653692/house-of-York

However I want to make some comments on your contribution,

referring to your remarks about the ”usurpation” of the House of

Lancaster by the House of York, as the ”weakness” of the

claim to the throne by Richard, Duke of York, being derived by

females.

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februari 10, 2015 · 5:59 pm

The Wars of the Roses/[NevillFeast]/The 1st Battle of St Albans: A Warwick! A Warwick!

THE 1ST BATTLE OF ST ALBANS: A WARWICK! A WARWICK!

The battle itself, fought in the streets of St Albans, the royal standard raised then abandoned in the market square, lasted little over half an hour. Three prominent noblemen were killed. Henry VI was wounded. Yorkist propaganda got its first real work out. The Earl of Warwick’s reputation was made.

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· 5:50 pm

The Wars of the Roses/[NevillFeast]/Letter from York, Warwick and Salisbury to Thomas Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury, 20 May 1455

LETTER FROM YORK, WARWICK AND SALISBURY TO THOMAS

BOURCHIER, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, 20 MAY 1455

Written in Royston, this letter was delivered to Archbishop Thomas Bourchier in London while the king was on his way to Leicester. John Say delivered it at Watford, though not into the king’s hands as York hoped. This is a long letter, and pretty dense, so I’m posting it with a translation below. (Translation from British History online, Parliamentary Rolls, Henry VI, 1455. http://www.british-history.ac.uk)

As members of the Archbishop’s family were split between the king’s forces and York’s, it would have been in his interests to try and broker a peaceful end to the very tense situation.

The letter has been described as ‘propaganda’, which it was certainly used for after the fact. I don’t doubt, however, that the three lords were genuinely concerned about their safety should the meeting at Leicester go ahead without them. There was a flurry of letters during the days leading up to the first battle of St Albans, all intended for the eyes of the king and none of them (apparently) reaching him. York blamed Somerset for withholding them and, according to the Fastolf Relation, Buckingham admitted to Mowbray Herald that Henry hadn’t seen them. Whether anything would have changed had the king read the letters is, of course, impossible to know.

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· 5:06 am

The Wars of the Roses/[From Susan Higginbotham ”In Their Own Words]/The Last Will and Testament of Margaret of Anjou

THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF MARGARET OF ANJOU

Margaret of Anjou’s starkly simple will, executed on August 2, 1482, is a vivid testament to her reduced fortunes at the end of her life. Here’s an excerpt from it, as translated into English by J. J. Bagley in his biography Margaret of Anjou, Queen of England:

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februari 3, 2015 · 1:35 pm

The Wars of the Roses/Causes of the Wars of the Roses/A travel to the past

RICHARD PLANTAGENET, 3RD DUKE OF YORK, CLAIMANT TO THE ENGLISH THRONE

AND ONE OF THE MAIN LEADERS OF THE WAR OF ROSES

[WAR BETWEEN THE HOUSES OF LANCASTER AND YORK,

BOTH DESCENDANTS OF KING EDWARD III]

[HISTORICAL IMAGE]

EDWARD PLANTAGENET, FOURTH DUKE OF YORK,

SON OF RICHARD, THIRD DUKE OF

YORK, THE LATER KING EDWARD IV

[FICTION]

RICHARD NEVILLE, 16TH EARL OF WARWICK, THE KINGMAKER

COUSIN TO EDWARD IV, FIRST ALLY TO HIS FATHER, RICHARD,

DUKE OF YORK, THEN TO KING EDWARD IV

LATER THEY BECAME ADVERSARIES AND THE KINGMAKER TURNED

TO MARGARET OF ANJOU [BECOMING A ”LANCASTRIAN] TO RESTORE HENRY VI TO THE THRONE

HE FAILED AND LOST HIS LIFE IN THE BATTLE OF TEWKESBURY

HIS DAUGHTER, ANNE, LATER BECAME QUEEN OF ENGLAND,

MARRIED TO KING RICHARD III [BROTHER TO KING EDWARD IV]

[FICTION]

http://queenanneboleyn.com/2014/08/25/our-common-enemy-wars-of-the-roses/

ANNE PLANTAGENET, DUCHESS OF EXETER [MARRIED TO HENRY HOLLAND,

3TH DUKE OF EXETER], DAUGHTER OF THE DUKE OF YORK

[FICTION]

http://queenanneboleyn.com/2013/11/04/my-fathers-daughter-wars-of-the-roses/

ANNE OF YORK’S HUSBAND, HENRY HOLLAND, THIRD DUKE OF EXETER, SON

IN LAW OF THE DUKE OF YORK, WHO BECAME A SOLID

LANCASTRIAN, PROBABLY ONE OF THE CAUSES OF

THE DIVORCE OF THE COUPLE

[FICTION]

http://queenanneboleyn.com/2013/11/04/my-fathers-daughter-wars-of-the-roses/

WAR OF THE ROSES

SCENE AT THE TEMPLE GARDEN

RICHARD, DUKE OF YORK, WEARING A

WHITE ROSE, TO CONFRONT

HIS POLITICAL RIVAL AND ENEMY,

EDMUND, BEAUFORT, 2ND DUKE OF

SOMERSET, FORCING HIM TO

CHOOSE A RED ROSE

THE NOBLE LORDS TAKING SIDES

THIS IS A SHAKESPEARE SCENE [HENRY VI]

AND NOT BASED ON ANY HISTORICAL

EVIDENCE

http://shakespeare.mit.edu/1henryvi/1henryvi.2.4.html

The White Rose of theHouse of York

The Red Rose of theHouse of Lancaster

KING HENRY VI OF ENGLAND

[HISTORICAL IMAGE]

MARGARET OF ANJOU, QUEEN OF ENGLAND

[HISTORICAL IMAGE]

TWO IMAGES OF MARGARET OF ANJOU, QUEEN OF ENGLAND

[FICTION]

http://queenanneboleyn.com/2013/11/04/my-fathers-daughter-wars-of-the-roses/

EDMUND BEAUFORT, 2ND DUKE OF SOMERSET, FAVOURITE

OF MARGARET OF ANJOU AND BITTER ENEMY OF RICHARD,

DUKE OF YORK

[FICTION]

http://queenanneboleyn.com/2014/10/13/possession-wars-of-the-roses/

WILLIAM DE LA POLE, IST DUKE OF SUFFOLK, IN FAVOUR

BY BOTH QUEEN MARGARET AND KING HENRY VI

COUNCILLOR OF KING HENRY VI

HISTORICAL IMAGE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_de_la_Pole,_1st_Duke_of_Suffolk

THE WARS OF THE ROSES/CAUSES OF THE WARS OF THE ROSES/A TRAVEL TO THE PAST

Dear Readers,

Much has been said about the Wars of the Roses, the English

civil war between 1455 till 1485 (although some let it end in 1471,

with the battle of Tewkesbury), when the main royal line

of the royal Lancaster House was finished by the death of

Edward of Westminster, son to King Henry VI], which nearly

exterminated the old English nobility.

Many colourful characters passed the bloody theatre, like the determined and hard

Queen Margaret of Anjou [although not harder than the men

involved], her great adversary Richard, Duke of York, her favourites

Edmund Beaufort, the Duke of Somerset and William de la

Pole, the Duke of Suffolk.

And not to forget ”the golden boy” ‘Edward, the fourth Duke of York ,

Richard, Duke of York’s son, who later became King Edward IV, as his

cousin and ally, Richard Neville, the 16th Earl of Warwick, the

”Kingmaker”, who would ultimately

became Edward’s adversary and end so tragically in the battle of Barnet.

I myself hold the opinion, that when King Edward would have concentrated

on the military (he was an extremely capable military commander)

and the Earl of Warwick on

ruling and diplomacy, they whould have been made a deadly double and perhaps

ruled England happily together, if at least Edward had not fallen ill and died

so untimely.

And last but not least, the pious and tragic King Henry VI, who,

alas, had a mental illness his tendency to forgiveness and

aversion of war and bloodshed, characteristics, which were admired

in Medieval women, but not in men, especiallynot Kings and

noblemen, had to be brave warriors, as Henry VI’s father,

King Henry V.

Although I wrote about the Wars of Roses earlier, now

I want to focus in particular on the causes and events, that led to such a

disastrous period in English history and the end of the

impressive Plantagenet dynasty [in fact also the end of Medieval England]

and the beginning of the also interesting Tudor dynasty.

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WHAT WERE THE WARS OF THE ROSES

Most people know, that the Wars of the Roses was a civil war in

England between the nobles of the two rival branches of the royal family,

the House of Lancaster [descended from John of Gaunt, third

son of King Edward III , the family line of King

Henry VI, and the House of York [with the Duke of York, descendant

of both Lionel of Antwerp , second son of King Edward III and

Edmund of Langley, fourth son of King Edward III.

IMPORTANT TO KNOW

The House of Lancaster and the House of York were

bothbranches of the House of Plantagenet.

The Lancaster branch consisted of King Henry VI, descendant of John

of Gaunt [from his marriage with Blanche of Lancaster,

as the Beauforts [descendants of John of Gaunt

and his mistress, Katharine Swynford , whom he later married]

A very important member of the Beaufort family was Edmund Beaufort,

Duke of Somerset, later the bitter enemy of the Duke of York.

The price of the fighting?

The throne of England, of course, which both the Beauforts as

Richard, Duke of York claimed, especially after the insanity of Henry VI showed

itself, although then they were involved in a bitter fight already.

Through his mother, the Duke of York

had a superior claim to the throne, even above Henry VI, who

was descending of Henry IV, the usurper King , which I

will explain below.

But however dynastic rivalry played a role, is too simplistic

to point it out as a major cause of the War of Roses.

The major causes are more complicated

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Wars of the Roses/Margaret of Anjou/Letter to Susan Higginbotham about her book ´´Queen of Last Hopes

RICHARD OF YORK, CLAIMANT TO THE ENGLISH THRONE

AND ONE OF THE MAIN LEADERS OF THE WAR OF ROSES

[WAR BETWEEN THE HOUSES OF LANCASTER AND YORK,

BOTH DESCENDANTS OF KING EDWARD III]

[HISTORICAL IMAGE]

WAR OF THE ROSES

SCENE AT THE TEMPLE GARDEN

RICHARD, DUKE OF YORK, WEARING A

WHITE ROSE, TO CONFRONT

HIS POLITICAL RIVAL AND ENEMY,

EDMUND, BEAUFORT, 2ND DUKE OF

SOMERSET, FORCING HIM TO

CHOOSE A RED ROSE

THE NOBLE LORDS TAKING SIDES

THIS IS A SHAKESPEARE SCENE [HENRY VI]

AND NOT BASED ON ANY HISTORICAL

EVIDENCE

http://shakespeare.mit.edu/1henryvi/1henryvi.2.4.html

The White Rose of theHouse of York

The Red Rose of theHouse of Lancaster

KING HENRY VI OF ENGLAND

[HISTORICAL IMAGE]

MARGARET OF ANJOU, QUEEN OF ENGLAND

[HISTORICAL IMAGE]

TWO IMAGES OF MARGARET OF ANJOU, QUEEN OF ENGLAND

[FICTION]

WARS OF THE ROSES/MARGARET OF ANJOU/LETTER

TO SUSAN HIGGINBOTHAM ABOUT HER

BOOK ´´QUEEN OF .LAST HOPES´´

PORTRAYAL OF MARGARET OF ANJOU AND

RICHARD, DUKE OF YORK

Dear Readers

´´Queen of Last Hopes´´, fictional historical novel of writer Susan Higginbotham,

about the life of Margaret of Anjou, wife of the medieval English

King Henry VI, was one of the books, which fascinated me last year

2014.

Red theme in the life of Margaret of Anjou were the Wars of Roses,

the fight to the death for the English throne between the Houses of

Lancaster and York .

It´s such a passionate period of history, that one nearly can´t avoid to

raise sympathy either for the Lancasters or the Yorks.

However, of importance is to take a historically balanced stand,

acknowledging that on both sides there were cruelties and injustice,

and that human beings are mostly a mixture of light and dark sides.

In her book and articles, Susan Higginbotham struggles against

the villfication of Margaret of Anjou through history and I think that´s

an important contribution.

However, in ´´Queen of Last Hopes´´, Higginbotham accomplishes that by

on the contrary, picturing her great enemy the Duke of York as a cardboard

villain, who was after the throne from the beginning and even

wanted to kill King Henry VI and Queen Margaret for that.

I think, that is not historically right.

That´s why I wrote a letter to Mrs Higginbotham.

See for that letter below.

But first will I take you to a journey to history, by telling

something about the Wars of Roses, the major players

and the causes.

I warn you

It is a long piece of reading

But realize, that it is a journey of 500

years ago and that takes time.

Go with me on the journey.

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