The Wars of the Roses

           The wars of the roses was a civil war in England between reletives in the royal family. The Lancastians who had a red rose on their flag and the Yorks who had a white rose on their flag. The war of the roses started when Henry VI was the king. Henry VI was a very good man. However after being the king years, he went mad. He wouldn't talk to anyone, he would sit in one place looking at nothing for hours he didn't seem to hear when people came and talked to him. It is beleived that Henry VI inherited the maddness from his grandfather who had suffered from fits of insanity his whole life. Since Henry VI was in no state to rule a country his family asked his distant cousin, the duke of York, to temperally take the throne until Henry VI got better. But, when Henry VI's health started to improve the duke of York did not want to give up the throne. So Henry VI and his wife got an army together and attacked the dukes army. The York army was defeated and Henry VI took the throne back. But the York family was not done trying to get the throne. The dukes son Edward raised an army, defeated Henry VI, threw him in jail and took over the throne. Edwared was a good king but he decided to marry a girl from another family, he also gave her brothers positions with power. People didn't like that so they let Henry VI out of jail and attacked Edward. Edward found out about the attack and ran away. Henry VI had the throne yet again but Edward wasn't finished, he raised up another army and came back for the throne. He defeated Henry VI put him in jail, and then Henry VI was murdered while he was in jail. Edward reigned for 12 uniterrupted years until his death. After he died the one who was next up for the throne was his 12 year old son, but he was too young so his uncle Richard took the throne and named himself the king of England. Richard was king for only 2 years when he was attacked by his cousin Henry Tudor. Henry beat Richard and the wars of the roses were over.