Roses, Wars of the

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1. A series of wars fought by two English houses, or families, in the late fifteenth century for rule of the country. The House of Lancaster had a red rose as its emblem; the House of York had a white rose. The forces of the House of Lancaster won, and their leader, Henry Tudor, father of the future King Henry VIII, became king. The power of the English kings was strengthened in the period that followed.

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Roses, Wars of the, the most protracted and sanguinary civil war in English history, fought out during the reigns of Henry VI.,

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin

Roses, Wars of the, see Wars of the Roses.

From A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) From the earliest times to the Death of King Edward VII by Gardiner, Samuel Rawson

Roses, Wars of the, 5, 6, 181, 429.

From Henry VIII. by Pollard, A. F. (Albert Frederick)