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The House of York was a cadet branch of the English royal House of Plantagenet. Three of its members became kings of England in the late 15th century. The House of York descended in the male line from Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York , the fourth surviving son of Edward III .
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York is a cathedral city in North Yorkshire, England, with...
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La Casa di York fu uno dei due rami cadetti della dinastia dei Plantageneti. Il casato venne fondato da Edmondo Plantageneto, I duca di York e quintogenito di Edoardo III d'Inghilterra.
Elizabeth of York (11 February 1466 – 11 February 1503) was Queen of England from her marriage to King Henry VII on 18 January 1486 until her death in 1503. She was the daughter of King Edward IV and his wife, Elizabeth Woodville , and her marriage to Henry VII followed his victory at the Battle of Bosworth Field , which marked the ...
house of York, younger branch of the house of Plantagenet of England. In the 15th century, having overthrown the house of Lancaster, it provided three kings of England—Edward IV, Edward V, and Richard III—and, in turn defeated, passed on its claims to the Tudor dynasty.
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House of York. The War of the Roses is perhaps the best known fight for the English crown. Fought between the Yorkist and the Lancastarians, both houses had claims on the throne and it did indeed pass back and forth between the two houses for several decades, until Richard III was defeated in battle by Henry Tudor, beginning the start of the ...
The Wars of the Roses were fought between the houses of Lancaster and York for the English throne. The wars were named many years afterward from the supposed badges of the contending parties: the white rose of York and the red rose of Lancaster.
