Q: Who was in the war and why was it started?
A: The war of the roses was fought between the House of York and the House of Lancaster. These two houses were royal family descending from the head family of England. When king Henry the 6th suddenly fell ill to his first of many insanity spells Richard from the House of York believed that he had the right to temporarily take over since he was the great grand son of king Edward the third. Except Queen Margaret had already given birth to the kings first son, his name was Edward of Lancaster. This made Richards claim to the throne a lot weaker since Edward was a direct descendant of the current king. The york’s eventually marched against Henry and took him hostage Queen and his son to go into exile. The queen worked to rescue her husband and restore her sons place as the rightful king of England (Wars of the Roses - British History).
2. Q: What is the significance of a rose in this war and why is it called war of the roses?
A: The significance of a rose in this was was that it was one of many symbols used by each house. Although this wasn’t there only symbol the York’s had a white rose as one of there symbols. The Lancaster’s adopted the red rose as a symbol in the 1480’s, this was more towards the end of the war so there’s no real significance of a rose in this war. The war was actually called the cousins war until the 19th century when it was changed to the war of the roses (Andrews).
3. Q: How many battles were there and which
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