In the late 1400’s the House of York fought the House of Lancaster for the English crown. Because Lancaster’s heraldic badge was a red rose and the Yorks was a white rose, the long conflict became known as Wars of the Roses. The real lives of the main participants of the Wars of the Roses will be displayed in this paper. In Shakespeare’s Richard III the participants in the Wars of the Roses …showed first 75 words of 968 total…

…showed last 75 words of 968 total…was a coward that later became known a "the meanest king". Once Henry Tudor came to power and Richard III died in the war of St. Albans. Henry then married Edward V Sister Margaret, which was a York. Now that both of the family’s shared power of the English crown there was no need to battle anymore. So the marriage of Henry Tudor and Margaret is what primarily ended the " Wars of the Roses".