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O The Kingmaker O Margaret of Anjou O Jasper Tudor is born
Henry VI is born Richard Neville, Earl of is born Son of legendary Welsh
The son of warrior king Henry Warwick was one of the One of the key players in warrior Owen Tudor, who
V and Catherine de Valois, most powerful figures in the Wars of the Roses, fought alongside Henry
the entire war, personally Margaret of Anjou, V at Agincourt, he would
Henry VI was crowned king of
overseeing the deposition the future wife of King become a commander and
both England and France during
of two kings is born. He was Henry VI, is born to René play an important role in
infancy. He would proceed to killed at the Battle of Barnet. d’Anjou, Duke of Anjou establishing Henry Tudor
oversee England’s final losses 22 November 1428 and Isabel de Lorraine. as king.
in the Hundred Years’ War and 23 March 1430 1431
famously married the strong and
powerful Margaret of Anjou. O The Battle of O Elizabeth of York is born
Edgecote Moor
Elizabeth Woodville and
6 December 1421 After raising an army to Edward IV’s only daughter
put down an uprising to be born, Elizabeth of York
Battle of Losecote Field O
Edward IV raises a new army and in Yorkshire, King would proceed to be queen
Edward IV’s forces
attacks Lancastrian troops at are intercepted by a consort of England under
Empingham, winning well. Lancastrian one and Henry VII. She is the Yorkist
12 March 1470 partner in the eventual joining
defeated by Robin of houses at the end of the
of Redesdale. Wars of the Roses.
26 July 1469 11 February 1466
O The end of Somerset
The final battle of the
O Henry VI is restored to experienced Lancastrian
the throne commander, the Duke of
After been alienated and Somerset, Hexham saw a
The Kingmaker exits O shunned by his old ally Edward
The final curtain for ‘the Kingmaker’, IV, the Earl of Warwick strikes large Yorkist victory and
Somerset’s capture and
Barnet sees Warwick die at the a deal with Margaret of Anjou
hand of Yorkist forces of Edward IV. to defeat the Yorkist king. ‘The execution.
15 May 1464
14 April 1471 Kingmaker’ restores Henry VI
Battle of O to the throne.
Tewkesbury 30 October 1470
Henry VI dies O
After a period of incarceration Notable for the death O Edward IV dies at 40
of Margaret of
in the Tower of London, it is Anjou’s only son After over a decade of
reported that Henry VI has successful rule as the king
died. Edward VI is suspected Edward and her of England in two spells,
own capture.
to have ordered his death Edward IV dies suddenly
mere hours before he himself 4 May 1471 and unexpectedly,
was re-crowned as king. throwing the country back
21 May 1471 into political turmoil. His
heir, Edward V, is only 12
years old at the time of his
Margaret of Anjou is finally father’s death.
defeated 1475 9 April 1483
After spending most of her life caring for her
son Edward in an attempt to ensure
his succession to the throne of
England, his death at the Battle The Princes in the Tower die 1483
of Tewkesbury is the final blow The only two sons alive at the time of their father’s
to the once-powerful queen. death Edward IV, Edward V of England and Richard of
With her spirit broken she is Shrewsbury are famously incarcerated in the Tower
exiled back to France, where of London during their youth and then mysteriously
she spends the remainder of disappear, likely killed to remove any possibility of them
her life living as a poor relation taking the throne at a future point. Who ordered the
of the French king. deaths is not known.
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