Both houses were branches of the Plantagenet royal house, tracing their descent from King Edward III.The rivalry between the house of York and the House of Lancaster started when King Richard II was overthrown by his cousin, Henry Bolingbroke, Duke of Lancaster, in 1399. But the Wars of the Roses actually began on May 22, 1455 with First Battle of St Albans when Richard, Duke of York and his ally, Richard, Earl of Warwick defeated the Lancastrians under Edmund Beaufort who was killed. York captured Henry VI("The Wars of the Roses (1455-1485)"). The White Rose was the symbol of Yorkist supporters who opposed the rival House of Lancaster, whose symbol was the Red Rose of Lancaster. The opposition of the two parties, symbolised by the red and white roses gave the wars their name - the Wars of the Roses. The Wars of the Roses ended with King Henry VII who started the Tudor dynasty and symbolically united the White and Red Roses to create the Tudor Rose("The Wars of the Roses (1455-1485)"). In the span of 30 years this war killed over 50,000 people. Many innocent people were harmed during this horrible blood shed. You think one would do something to stop the madness, instead of letting it go on for so
Both houses were branches of the Plantagenet royal house, tracing their descent from King Edward III.The rivalry between the house of York and the House of Lancaster started when King Richard II was overthrown by his cousin, Henry Bolingbroke, Duke of Lancaster, in 1399. But the Wars of the Roses actually began on May 22, 1455 with First Battle of St Albans when Richard, Duke of York and his ally, Richard, Earl of Warwick defeated the Lancastrians under Edmund Beaufort who was killed. York captured Henry VI("The Wars of the Roses (1455-1485)"). The White Rose was the symbol of Yorkist supporters who opposed the rival House of Lancaster, whose symbol was the Red Rose of Lancaster. The opposition of the two parties, symbolised by the red and white roses gave the wars their name - the Wars of the Roses. The Wars of the Roses ended with King Henry VII who started the Tudor dynasty and symbolically united the White and Red Roses to create the Tudor Rose("The Wars of the Roses (1455-1485)"). In the span of 30 years this war killed over 50,000 people. Many innocent people were harmed during this horrible blood shed. You think one would do something to stop the madness, instead of letting it go on for so