War of the Roses

Edward, to the care of their uncle Richard. Henry’s only opposition was a few Lords and Nobel’s, these

men were either in support of Henry or dead by1490. On August 22nd,

1485, Richard and Henry met at Bosworth. However there was another who claimed the thrown. Even though Henry IV was not the best and most ideal King, his son Henry V

inherited the kingdom and proved to be a great King. By Henry’s marriage of the last of the

Yorkist line, Joan of Brittany in 1403, the War of the Roses could be defined as over.

Henry Tudor rose to the occasion and laid claim on the thrown of England. A few months after being crowned, Henry

once more regained the throne. However the two boys were murdered and Richard

(the uncle) pronounced himself King. By the end of the day, Henry was crowned King of

England, and Richard was dead. He held it for only a few months and then Edward captured Henry

and seized power for himself again. e War of the Roses was when in 1399, Henry

Bolingbroke seized the throne from Edward's grandson Richard II and declared himself King

Henry IV.