European Battles: War of the Roses

The Wars of the Roses were a series of wars for control of the throne of England. They were fought between supporters of two rival branches of the royal House of Plantagenet, those of Lancaster and York.

Pic	Name	Birth	Death	Birthplace
	Margaret D' Anjou	23 MAR 1428	25 AUG 1482	France, Lorraine
	Edward IV King of England	28 APR 1442	9 APR 1483	France, Normandy, Seine-Inferieure, Rouen
	Henry VI King of England	6 DEC 1421	21 MAY 1471	England, Berkshire, Windsor Castle
	Richard III King of England	2 OCT 1452	22 Aug 1485	England, Northamptonshire, Fotheringhay Castle
	Robert Hungerford	abt 1431	18 MAY 1464	England, Berkshire, Farleigh
	Percival Leigh	1444	11 Aug 1527	England, Cheshire, Disley
	Richard Neville	22 NOV 1428	14 APR 1471	England, Berkshire, Bisham
	Thomas Parre	1405	1464	England, Westmorland, Kendal
	Richard Plantagenet	21 SEP 1411	30 DEC 1460	England, Yorkshire, Conisborough
	Edmund Tudor	1430	3 NOV 1456	England, Hertfordshire, Bishops Stortford
	Sir Owen Tudor	1397	2 FEB 1460	Wales, Caernarvonshire, Snowden
	Lionel de Welles	1406	29 MAR 1461	England, Lincolnshire, Spilsby, Well
	Edward of Westminster	13 OCT 1453	4 MAY 1471	England, Middlesex, London, Westminster Palace
Commander
	Edmund Beaufort War of the Roses First Battle of St Albans	abt 1406	22 MAY 1455	England, Middlesex, Westminster
fought in battle of Northampton
	William Vaux May have been killed On the grounds of Delepré Abbey, Northampton, 1460	abt 1410	10 DEC 1460	England, Northamptonshire, Harrowden
Knight
	William FitzAlan Edward IV of England named him a Knight of the Garter in 1471	23 NOV 1417	aft 9/1487	England, Sussex, Arundel Castle
knight
	Sir knight John Guildford	abt 1424	19 JUL 1493	England, Kent, Groombridge
Knight
	Peter Piers Leigh	4 Jun 1415	Nov 1478	England, Cheshire, Disley
	William Norris	abt 1445	aft 1504	England, Berkshire, Yattendon
	William Troutbeck	20 JUL 1432	23 DEC 1459	England, Cheshire, Dunham on the Hill
	Jasper Tudor	1431	26 DEC 1495	England, Herefordshire, Hatfield
	William Vaux	1435	4 MAY 1471	England, Northamptonshire, Harrowden
	Richard Wydeville became Knight of the Garter in 1450	abt 1405	12 AUG 1469	England, Northamptonshire, Grafton Regis
One of the leaders
	Henry Percy	25 JUL 1421	29 MAR 1461	England, Yorkshire, Beverley