tell me about the latter?
It was the name of two cadet branches of the royal House of Plantagenet.
House of Lancaster
was the name of two cadet branches of the royal House of Plantagenet.
what is county borough of leeds ? It was a local government district. where is it located? West Riding of Yorkshire, England what is the toponomy of the area? York comes from the Viking name for the city, Jórvík and the word "Shire" is either from the Old Norse word Skyr or from Old English Scir. how was their roman period? In the early 5th century, the Roman rule ceased with the withdrawal of the last active Roman troops. what happened in wars of the roses? House of York and the House of Lancaster both fought for the throne of England in a series of civil wars. can you tell me more about the former? It was a cadet branch of the English royal House of Plantagenet. can you describe their badges? The symbol of the house of York was the White Rose.
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House of Lancaster [SEP] Introduction
The House of Lancaster was the name of two cadet branches of the royal House of Plantagenet. The first house was created when King Henry III of England created the Earldom of Lancasterfrom which the house was namedfor his second son Edmund Crouchback in 1267. Edmund had already been created Earl of Leicester in 1265 and was granted the lands and privileges of Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, after de Montfort's death and attainder at the end of the Second Barons' War. When Edmund's son Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, inherited his father-in-law's estates and title of Earl of Lincoln he became at a stroke the most powerful nobleman in England, with lands throughout the kingdom and the ability to raise vast private armies to wield power at national and local levels.