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Margaret Beaufort: The Mother Who Ended the Wars of the Roses and Founded the Tudor Dynasty

Introduction The Wars of the Roses were a series of bloody conflicts fought between two rival branches of the Plantagenet family for the English throne in the 15th century. The fighting lasted for over 30 years and caused widespread destruction and instability across the country. However, the war came to an end in August 1485 […]

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The Wars of the Roses: Unraveling Britain’s Complex and Brutal Civil Strife

Introduction The Wars of the Roses was a series of English civil wars that occurred between the House of Lancaster and the House of York, both of which were branches of the royal Plantagenet family. The conflict took place between 1455 and 1487 and was one of the bloodiest and most devastating in English history. […]