The Wars of the Roses Trivia Questions

Armies included common soldiers, archers, and peasants conscripted by lords. Battles like Towton involved tens of thousands of common fighters.

Richard III was the last Yorkist king, killed in the decisive battle that brought Henry Tudor to power.

The Wars of the Roses were a series of civil wars between the rival houses of Lancaster and York for control of the English throne.

Henry Tudor, as Henry VII, married Elizabeth of York in 1486, ending the conflict between Lancaster and York and founding the Tudor dynasty.

The first battle of the Wars of the Roses was the First Battle of St Albans in 1455. Towton occurred in 1461.

The exact duration is debated; traditionally the wars spanned 1455–1485 or 1487, so they did not last exactly 30 years.

Henry VI was captured and imprisoned in the Tower of London, where he died in 1471, likely on the orders of Edward IV.

The Battle of Towton (1461) had an estimated 28,000 casualties, making it the deadliest battle in English history.