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Her army killed the Duke of York in battle and they freed the King. The Duke claimed the throne of England for himself.

He had a strong wife called Marguerite and she would have been a much better ruler than him.Įventually the Duke of York got fed up with how useless Henry was being. By this time the Lancastrian King was called Henry VI. Then Joan of Arc came and helped to reconquer France. One king won a great victory at the Battle of Agincourt. He and his son were at first very successful Kings. So their Duke became the King of England. At first the Lancastrians were more powerful. The Lancastrians had a red rose the Yorkists had a white rose. They each had a banner with a Rose on it. This was the civil war between the House of York and the House of Lancaster that was fought in the time of knights and castles to see who would rule England.Ħ00 years ago two families had a claim to the throne of England: the Lancastrians and the Yorkists. Sophie (age 8) and Ellie (age 6) tell the story of the Wars of the Roses.

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