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English history recounts many tales of bloody battles, but the infighting among “The Brothers York” was legendary for its ferocity.

Richard, fourth son of the Duke of York, was not destined to be king of England, even after his brother won the crown in the Wars of the Roses and became Edward IV. When Edward died in 1483, his son Edward V ascended the throne, but Richard, chosen a

Prestbury is said to be the most haunted village in Gloucestershire. One of its ghosts is the Cavalier of Shaw Green Lane, said to be one of Edward VI’s men, shot down by an archer in Prestbury when he was riding to the Battle of Tewkesbury in 1471.

Fans of conspiracy theories can add another, historical one to their list as Henry’s actions surrounding Perkin Warbeck have raised several questions. Firstly, there’s no recorded evidence of Henry investigating the fate of the two princes, nor any s

Edward and his brother Richard were the sons of Edward IV. Traditionally, the record states that the young princes were escorted to the Tower of London by their uncle Richard, Duke of Gloucester. Actually quite a luxurious residence, the boys quickly

Why, early in his reign, are there so many attempts to depose Henry VII? Perhaps amongst all the medieval kings of England, Henry VII was the unlikeliest figure to ever sit upon the English throne. A minor noble of Welsh, French and English extracti

Nathen Amin is a historian and researcher from Carmarthenshire, Wales, whose work focuses on the reign of Henry VII and the 15th century in general. His books include The House Of Beaufort and Henry VII And The Tudor Pretenders: Simnel, Warbeck And W

In the popular imagination, the Wars of the Roses ended with the death of Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485. The House of York had fallen and England belonged to the Tudors under Henry VII. However, it is arguable that the true fight betw

By Anne O’Brien HarperCollins, £18.99 England, 1459: during the devastating chaos of the Wars of the Roses, one of history’s forgotten women will attempt to secure her family's place in history and claim the throne. Cecily Neville is the wife of Ric

1390-1411 The mother of Richard Plantagenet and grandmother of King Edward IV and King Richard III, Anne de Mortimer was descended from royalty through her mother and grandparents. She died during childbirth. 1375-1415 The father of Richard Plantagen

The son of warrior king Henry V and Catherine de Valois, Henry VI was crowned king of both England and France during infancy. He would proceed to oversee England’s final losses in the Hundred Years’ War and famously married the strong and powerful Ma

St Albans saw Richard of York lead a force of over 3,000 soldiers on a direct course for London to take down Henry VI. Henry rode out to meet the Yorkist army and took up a defensive position at St Albans. Richard attacked the city with a great fury

The second cadet branch of the parent House of Plantagenet, descended down the male line of the house from Edmund of Langley, the 1st Duke of York and the fourth surviving son of King Edward III. Three of its members down the ages became kings of the

It was 1453 and England was still at war with its old enemy France. Since the legendary days of King Henry V, the warrior king who spilled the blood of the noble enemy in spades at Agincourt and secured England’s claim to the tactically important pro

Richard Neville (1428–1471) was born into a northern family of immense wealth and potent political influence. With vast northern estates, the Nevilles were reputedly able to put 10,000 troops into the field, and the future power base of Richard, an e

Richard III’s infamy rests on his usurping the throne from his infant nephew Edward V and likely ordering his subsequent murder in the Tower of London along with his younger brother Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York. Richard’s exact motives or whet

On the morning of 2 February 1461, a Yorkist army of 5,000 men commanded by Edward (who was then duke of York) intercepted a Lancastrian force led by Owen Tudor and the earls of Pembroke and Wiltshire. The two armies met at Mortimer’s Cross in Herefo

Apart from Henry V, Edward IV was the most successful commander of 15th century England. An imposing figure of great physical prowess, Edward won every battle he commanded and used his victories to become king of England not once, but twice. A ruthle

Edward IV as he might have appeared at the Battle of Towton in 1461. Aged 18 and just proclaimed king, Edward was later described by Dominic Mancini, a visiting Italian to England, as having “a gentle nature and cheerful aspect: nevertheless should h

Henry VII may have won the crown at Bosworth in 1485, but there was no guarantee that he would be able to hold onto it – especially as enough disgruntled supporters of the late Richard III remained to make yet another rebellion a distinct possibility