DATES AND EVENTS RELEVANT TO THE |1445||King Henry VI marries
Margaret of Anjou, the niece of the |1453||Edward, Prince of
Wales born to King Henry VI and Queen Hundred Years' War ends.
The King shows first traces of mental illness. |1455||The
rivalry between the Yorkists (white) and the Lancastrians (red)
starts the War of the Roses. |1461||Edward IV defeats the
Lancastrians at the Battle of Yorkists capture Margaret and Lady
Anne, kills Edward (the heir to the Lancaster throne) and Edward
IV becomes King at age 19. |1464||King Edward IV marries
Elizabeth Woodville in secret. |1471||Henry VI dies.
|1472||Richard III and Lady Anne Neville marry. |1478||George,
Duke of Clarence murdered in the Tower. |1483||King Edward IV
dies, leaving young Edward V as King, but only for two months.
Richard III usurps the throne, becoming King. |1485||King
Richard III loses the crown to Henry Tudor in the Battle of
Bosworth. The newly crowned King Henry VII marries Elizabeth,
the eldest daughter of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woo