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The Wars of the Roses were a series of dynastic civil wars between supporters of the rival houses of Lancaster and York, for the throne of England. They are generally accepted to have been fought in several spasmodic episodes between 1455 and 1487 (although there was related fighting both before and after this period). The war ended with the victory of the Lancastrian Henry Tudor, who founded the House of Tudor, which subsequently ruled England and Wales for 116 years.

Wars of the Roses
Representation of the apocryphal scene in the Temple Garden in Henry VI Part 1, where supporters of the rival factions pick red and white roses
Date 1453 – 1487 Location England, Wales, Calais Result Ultimate Tudor (Lancastrian) victory
Belligerents
House of York	House of Lancaster
Commanders
Richard, Duke of York † Edward IV of England Richard III of England †	Henry VI of England Edward of Westminster † Henry VII of England