![]() ![]() Yorkists marched on London with 3000 men, won handily at Battle of St.When Henry returned, he dismissed Richard and restored Margaret.1454 – Richard, Duke of York appointed as protector of England.Henry VI suffered from mental illness, wife Margaret of Anjou ran things like a tyrant.Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou, a model dysfunctional family Two rival branches of the Royal House of Plantagenet the house of Lancaster (the reds) and the house of York (the whites) fight over the throne. York had support of London and south, Lancaster had support of Wales and north.Yorkists challenged Henry VI (Henry V’s son) for the throne of England.Remember that Henry IV (Bolingbroke) established house of Lancaster when he deposed Richard II while Richard was away in Ireland.Henry IV had descended from 3rd son, John of Gaunt.Yorkists descended from Edmund, Duke of York, Edward III’s 4th son and Lionel Antwerp, his 2nd son.Both houses part of Plantagenet Dynasty. ![]() Civil war between houses of Lancaster (red rose) and York (white rose) 1455-1485. ![]()
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