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Tango01

16 Sep 2023 8:47 p.m. PST

"The struggle for power in medieval England culminated in the Wars of the Roses (1455 – 1485), the name derived from the badges of the two leading parties – the house of Lancaster (red rose) and the house of York (white rose). In the year 1485 Richard III. of the house of York was the king of England and had to deal with Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond, of the house of Lancaster. The two armies met at Bosworth for the decisive battle. After a bitter fighting Richard lost his life and throne and Henry became the new regent, founding the house of Tudor (the badge being a white rose within a red rose), which ruled England for the next 118 years…"