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Wikipedia: 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 1485 (although there was related fighting both before and after this period). The war ended with the victory for the Earl of Richmond, Henry Tudor, who founded the House of Tudor, which subsequently ruled England and Wales for 117 years.
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![[Henry Tudor, later King Henry VII]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Henry7England_s.jpg "Henry Tudor, later King Henry VII")
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