RICHARD III ENGLISH HISTORY PLAY

RICHARD III

ENGLISH HISTORY

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 King John

 Richard II

 Henry IV, part 1

 Henry IV, part 2

 Henry V

 Henry VI, part 1

 Henry VI, part 2

 Henry VI, part 3

 Richard III

 Henry VIII

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Henry VI, part 1

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Henry VI, part 2

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Henry VI, part 3

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Richard III

The War of the Roses (1455-1487)

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Fought between the forces of King Henry VI and his wife Margaret of Anjou (House of Lancaster), and representatives of the House of York led by Richard, Duke of

York and the Earl of Warwick.

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Both houses were branches of the

Plantagenet royal house, tracing their

descent from King Edward III.

The rivalry between the House of York and

the House of Lancaster started when King

Richard II was overthrown by his cousin

Henry Bolingbroke, Duke of Lancaster.

 First Battle of St. Albans (1455)

 Battle of Northampton (1460)

 Battle of Wakefield (1460)

 Battle of Barnet (1471)

 Battle of Tewkesbury (1471)

 Battle of Bosworth Field (1485). The last

battle ended both the Plantagenet dynasty and the War of the Roses, and heralded the Tudor dynasty represented by King Henry VII

Rose of York (Richard III)

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HENRY VII (House of

Lancaster) Richmond in

Richard III

Marriage of Henry VII of Lancaster and

Elizabeth of York

THE TUDOR ROSE

Laurence Olivier as Richard III

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Kevin Spacey as Richard

III