List of English Civil Wars

Several military conflicts are considered English civil wars:

  • The Anarchy (1135–54)
  • The Revolt of 1173–74 by Henry the Young King against Henry II.
  • The First Barons' War against King John (1215–17).
  • The Second Barons' War against Henry III (1264–67).
  • The Despenser Wars against Edward II (1321–26).
  • The Glyndŵr Rising, a Welsh rebellion that would lead to the Hotspur Uprising, who would threaten the throne of Henry IV (1400–15)
  • The Wars of the Roses (1455–87)
  • The English Civil War (1642–51)
    • The First English Civil War (1642–46)
    • The Second English Civil War (1648–49)
    • The Third English Civil War (1649–51)
  • The Monmouth Rebellion (1685)
  • The Glorious Revolution (1688)

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