Wars of The Roses - Key Figures

Key Figures

  • Kings of England
    • Henry VI (Lancastrian)
    • Edward IV (Yorkist)
    • Edward V (Yorkist)
    • Richard III (Yorkist)
    • Henry VII (Tudor of Lancastrian ancestry, married the Yorkist heiress)
  • Prominent antagonists 1455–87
    • Yorkist
      • Elizabeth Woodville Queen consort of Edward IV
      • George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence
      • Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York
      • Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick ('The Kingmaker')
      • Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury
      • John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu
      • William Neville, 1st Earl of Kent
      • Bastard of Fauconberg
      • William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke
    • Lancastrian
      • Margaret of Anjou Queen consort of Henry VI
      • Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter
      • Sir Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland
      • Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland
      • Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick ('The Kingmaker')
      • Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset
      • Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset
      • Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset
      • John Clifford, 9th Baron de Clifford

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