This is now one of our FAVORITE Episodes to date!! So much here but WE LOVED THIS!! It is absolutely insane how much happened during The War of the Roses! Knowing the basis that Game of Thrones is based off of this, it made it easy for us to keep up with things and we can certainly see where all the inspiration comes from. Whether you are a Game of Thrones fan or not, this is an incredible British History lesson! And an absolutely unbelievable time! Shocking ending for us too! Let us know what wasn't covered in this video as we are itching to learn more! If you liked this episode, click the Like button. Thanks for watching everyone and thanks for all your support!!

I went to school in Gloucestershire, England and in a meadow opposite the school a decisive battle during the war of the Roses took place called the battle of Tewkesbury, 4th May 1481. The meadow is known as the bloody meadow, due to the fact 2,000 men were killed in just a couple of hours.

The Black Princes armour is up in Canterbury cathedral. It always freaks me out that we have so much visible touchable history still around us in the UK. We're constantly walking in the footsteps of our ancestors. Like when you stand in front of a masterpiece and you can see the brush strokes it sends shivers down your spine to know you're standing where the artist stood

Games of Thrones is heavily based on the War of the Roses. The shape of Westeros is directly based on England and, as you already figured out, Cersei is based on Margaret. It's the reason why the two protagonist families of Game of Thrones, Lannister and Stark, are closely associated with the colours red and white respectively and their names resemble the real Houses of Lancaster (Lannister) and York (Stark). So I'd say it's more accurate to say that Game of Thrones is Fiction's War of the Roses :)

I know a historian who would have a fit over him calling it War of the Roses, as it is actually Wars of the Roses. It wasn't one long war, but a group of wars.

There are some series that cover this, one that comes to mind is White Queen, based on the novel be Phillipa Gregory. Towton was a battle of Longbow Vs Longbow , with the victors shooting with the wind for more range, and it's thought that every household in England knew someone at the battle as the numbers (for the time) were so huge And yes, they are the Princes in The Tower.

With regard to Richard III, there were 3 programmes shown on British TV several years ago, which are now on KZfaq, which I am sure you would both find fascinating. The first was the discovery of his body under a car park in Leicester. The exact spot was a reserved space and marked 'R', which is rather spooky! The second programme was about the forensic examination of the body, to prove that it really was Richard III. It ended with two descendants being traced through DNA, which I found mind boggling going back so many centuries. Finally, a service was televised from Leicester Cathedral, where he was reburied.

You really need to watch one of our best historians, Lucy Worsley. She makes history both entertaining and informative. The trouble with these quick videos is they give hardly any context.

A couple of extra facts. I live a 10 min drive from Bosworth battlefield. I actually went to a Christmas craft fare there last weekend. Richard iii’ remains were found under a car park in Leicester (pronounced lester, or locally, lestah). The city won the right to his remains in 2015 and he was reinterred at Leicester cathedral. Richard iii married Warwick’s daughter and they lived at Warwick castle in Warwickshire which is next to Leicestershire. The castle is still there and is open to the public, they do re-enactments & you can even don armour and have a sword fight there (the kiddies normally). Well worth visit. Lastly, he kept pronouncing Warwick incorrectly. It’s a hard one to spell out. You need to hear someone say it but essentially the 2nd w is silent and the r is pronounced with a h in front so instead of war-wick it’s wahr-ick.

As a Brit, I am amazed and flattered that you two ladies should show such an interest in our history! It is your distant connections, I am sure, pushing you ! Thank you.

If you do ever visit the UK, I cannot recommend Warwick Castle enough, it's a stunning place with so much history. The Kingmaker, Richard Neville was such a fundamental piece of English history.

Check out Eleanor of Aquatine, Mother of Kings. Again, a story involving both England and France but as full of twists and turns as Queen Margaret's was. Incredible woman.

That's how I was taught to pronounce "dynasties" Margaret was ruthless. People have always alleged that Richard 111 had his nephews. I don't believe that. There were other people, including Henry, who would have benefitted from the death of the brothers. Just a little information about Richard 111. His body was just ignominiously thrown into an unmarked grave in Leicester, where it remained until 2012. A parking lot was being dug up, but because the site had originally been part of a monastery, there were archaeologists carefully excavating the site to see if there was anything of historical value. At the last minute, they found a skeleton that had a bent spine. Richard 111 was alleged to have a hunch back.. After, I think, 3 years they managed to confirm it was the skeleton of Richard 111. They used the mitochondrial dna, which is passed down from the mother. This, of course, caused great excitement and the remains of Richard 111 were given a funeral fit for a king with reactors, on horseback in armour escorting his coffin through the streets of Leicester How often do you get a chance to have a funeral for a king who died about 600 years ago? There are several videos on KZfaq about how they discovered the skeleton and eventually confirmed that it was Richard.

Thank you for being interested. Bad feeling between Lancashire and Yorkshire has mainly subsided to the sports field these days, so many of Shakespeare's 'History' plays are about this period. Warwick is pronounced Worrick. The proportion of the population killed in these wars was massive. Tewkesbury is pronounced Chewksberry

Definitely try to find and watch the king in the car park. Incredible stuff, and the story of the two princes in the tower. There was also a quite good dramatisation made called the white queen. This was a series based on the latter end of the War of the Roses and features characterisations of Edward lV, Warwick, Margaret of Anjou and the future Richard lll (younger brother of Edward, who allegedly had the two princes killed, and who’s body was unearthed in a car park) Its a fascinating subject to dive into. Love your reaction.😊

That was a fun ride, ladies. Thank you! I couldn't help laughing as Natasha got excited at every new twist and turn in the story, whilst Debbie was sitting there bemused at the craziness of the whole thing. I was shouting at the screen for you to wait for what came next! But you never heard me. 🤣 Definitely one of your best reactions. The Battle of Bosworth which kick started the Tudor dynasty was much more complicated than mentioned. A third of Richard III's army stood around doing nothing, because its commander (Earl of Northumberland) had been 'persuaded' to drop his support for Richard so ignored instructions to join the fight. The Stanley family had placed their forces on a nearby hill, waiting to see who was likely to win before committing to the Battle. It seems they wanted to support Henry Tudor, but weren't convinced he could win. Anyway Richard led a rash charge, which isolated him with only a few knights right in front of the Stanleys, who promptly led their troops down the hill and surrounded and killed Richard. Definitely worthy of Game of Thrones. I agree with you about the horrors of war. The Battle of Towton was the most bloody of all the battles. Imagine a football crowd all lying dead and it gives the idea. I used to live a few miles from the battlefield, and every year when the fields were ploughed for crops, there were new bones reported as turned up. My father was a policeman, so he knew all about it as every bone had to be investigated by the police to make sure it was ancient, and not a missing person, or a new corpse buried by a recent murderer.

That's why the Tudor Rose, the main symbol of the Tudor dynasty and used in royal motifs to this day, was a combination of the Lancastrian red rose and the Yorkist white rose. :)

Please check out the story of Richard III and ultimately how his body was found buried in a car park in 2010. He is a most interesting and much maligned King. Best wishes from the Vale of York 🇬🇧

We learned a brief history of this but not into any great detail , love this stuff absolutely fascinating . Thanks guys 🙂❤

I love that you appreciate other cultures outside of your own but also show passion for your own too. I always learn things. Even about my own culture in the UK. Your passion for the things you react to is catching. It always makes me happy to see people passionate about somthing, no matter what it is. I like that you can see positives and negatives in both your own and other cultures. ❤️❤️

The battle of Towton was the bloodiest ever battle on English soil. I've seen a documentary on UK Channel 4, focussing the excavation of a mass grave which was the result of a rout at the end of the battle and men running away were chased and hacked down. There were young boys (13/14) killed in it. My friend has given me a book about it which i need to read.

It was covered in history classes, and although it's not my favourite period of English history, my mother is extremely knowledgeable about it (a great fan of the Yorkists). The town of Tewksbury, not far from where I live, hold an annual festival commemorating the battle, with medieval village, battle re-enactment etc.

Brilliant video My daughter studied at Lancaster University and every year they hold what is the largest inter-university sports competition in Europe against York University. Its held over 3 days and is called the Roses Tournament - so the Wars of the Roses lives on x

Although the white rose was the badge of the House of York, the red rose was not used at the time. It's a later interpolation. "The Wars of the Roses" is a modern term. Originally, the fighting was known as "The Cousins' War".

I just love these historic videos you're both doing. More please as I'm really enjoying them 👍🇬🇧

Absolutely love your channel I am Lancashire but we all English at the end of the day.The banter with Lancashire and Yorkshire continues to this day but in a more friendlier way.😁👍🌹🇬🇧

War of the Roses, is one of the most difficult parts of history So much and many back and fourths Absolutly mind boggling 😂

Historian Dan Jones presented a great 3 part documentary on the Wars of the Roses, as well as one on the plantagenets for UK television, which are well worth checking out if you can track them down in the US. Love the channel BTW.👍

Yes the Princes in the Tower are the same one mentioned - Henry Tudor became Henry VII and the Tudor Rose was a combination of the emblems of the two factions as it placed the white rose of York inside the red rose of Lancaster (but the red rose larger and dominant). Henry VII then embarked on a huge PR Campaign to discredit Richard III (killed at Bosworth) there is evidence paintings of Richard were modified to exagerate his spinal disformity and portray him as an "evil hunchback" and to encourage the rumours that Richard III killed the princes (though to be honest he probably did!)

They were originally called ‘The wars of the cousins’, the Scottish novelist Sir Walter Scott invented the term Wars of the Roses. Warwick is pronounced Warick as was said in the soundtrack.

Another great video girlies, it still confuses me. They found Richard III's body a few years ago under a car park, that would make a good video theres a film coming out about it as well. British history gets very confusing at times. Keep it up girlies love you xx

Great reaction Natasha and Debbie. This period of history especially the Roses War was so fundamental in shaping the UK as we know it today. The Tudor rose and you will guess was an emblem of the Tudor kings and queens was used to show loyalty which mainly meant funding the kings crusades /wars. Thats why you see so many tudor roses on family crests and nobility and it was this loyalty and funds that got Britain out of the medievil era albeit, Henry VIII and we all know what he achieved. To bring it up to date, the Rose War still has effects today both on population and commerce. As an example, the rivalry between Lancashire and Yorkshire is still as strong - just watch a cricket match between the two. From commerce, there are still companies and politicians that will favour one or another, this is obvious on transport links from Lancashire and Yorkshire and today a proposed high speed link was cancelled and a much downgraded version was put in. In summary, both counties dont hate each other, its only rivalry between them but please please know this....THE POWER OF THE ROSE still exists and its symbolic emblem of loyalty...anyone else who wants to meddle in the goings on between Lancashire and Yorkshire will see the white rose of Yorkshire and the Red rose of Lancashire come together again to defeat the adversaries.

Did you spot the position of Lord Protector. When Oliver Cromwell took the title it was already established.

SO much is missed out of this. Queen Katherine (the widow of Henry V), living quietly in her widowhood, eventually married a Steward (practically a servant) called Owen Tudor and had two sons with him. One of these sons married the 12 year old Margaret Beaufort. Margaret herself was descended from John of Gaunt and his long-time mistress Katherine Swynford, whom he eventually married (thus legitimising their children) after his first two proper wives had died. Margaret gave birth to the future Henry VII at the age of thirteen. The boy was born posthumously as Margaret was already widowed by this time. This is so much a brief overview, it REALLY takes some looking in to. I would recommend it, though. You could not even MAKE all of this stuff up!

Although the two places have adopted the roses now, the names York and Lancaster were more dynastic titles/houses than directly relating to the geographic places and their support - the Yorkists had more support from Lancashire and the Lancastrians had more support from Yorkshire (broadly speaking)

When he mentioned the "little ice age" near the beginning. I couldn't help but think....WINTER IS COMING!

I really like that you guys focus on history and parts of the culture that you are interested in, rather than the echo chamber of most American reaction channels copying the same old comedy clips. And I feel like I'm learning something too.

Richard, who was beaten by Henry Tudor at the battle of bosworth, his body was found in about ten years ago in a carpark. So technically we buried a King of England in the last ten years and there is a film about it called the lost king which came out this year.

The Earl of Warwick was not called 'The King Maker' without good reason! The Earl's of Warwick were general regarded as the most accomplished in martial arts during the medieval period and certainly one of the richest families in England at the time meaning the wielded considerable power. Warwick Castle, the family seat, exists today and is known to be one of the finest and most complete medieval castles in Europe.

I'm so glad you liked this, I love history and we do have some crazy history it's all so interesting xx

Hi, N & D . . . Yes, we were taught about the Wars of The Roses and also the Slavery issue in history classes back in the olden days - 1960's-1970's . . . when I was at school then. However, as you have just seen on that quick run through yourselves - unless you were an actual history buff back then - or going on to do history at Uni or a college - I wasn't! Then there was no way you would be able to cram so much into your memory and retain it all! Thank heavens anything to do with either of those was never in our tests - as we would likely have maybe only managed to remember 25% of the knowledge in 6 months of revising for one . . . Warwick by the way, as you asked, is usually pronounced as War(r)ick without the middle W but 1-2 R's used instead . . . (It's just the way we do places and their names here in the UK as you will now be very well aware???)

As someone once pointed out, The Wars of the Roses is where the Royal succession goes haywire. Love the way you pick out these videos. Someone mentioned Dan Snow. He's made a variety of great historical documentaries including a brilliant series on the Royal Navy.

The Earl of Warwick was known as 'The King Maker' his coat of arms was the bear and staff and Warwick castle is a big tourist attraction even today.

Not sure if you put this out today 27th November but coincidentally it is Lancashire day. I'm from a small area called Heysham (which is part of Lancaster). Incidentally is a County Palatine (You would have to read up on that). I can see Lancaster Castle (in the distance( from the end of my street......Red Rose rules😉

GREAT VIDEO I NOW I UNDERSTAND GAME OF THRONES MORE BETTER NOW , BOY THERE WHERE ALOT OF DOUBLE CROSSING AN BACK STABBING , EXCELLENT VIDEO AN LENA HEADEY CERSEI LANNISTER CHARACTER WAS SPOT ON HER PERFORMNCE GRIPPING

Another great video Ladies, always got the notification on for all your videos.

Love seeing people excited over history, and totally agree that we need to know it so we don't repeat the mistakes again!

I've only just come across this particular video. When I was MUCH younger, I went to infants and junior school in the inner city area of Nottingham called the Meadows. The school name was Bosworth School and the badge was the white rose inside the red rose. We were taught the history behind the school badge at age 11, before moving on to our secondary schools The area called the Meadows was in medieval times actual Meadows belonging to the owner of Nottingham Castle, the Duke of Newcastle. Many of the street names reflected this EG, Briar Street, Hawthorn Street, Crocus Street, Kings Meadow Road. The house I was born in was in a terrace called Bosworth Terrace which was on Briar Street.

There is a great book by Sharon Penman called The Sunne in Splendour about Edward IV and his brother Richard III and their parts in the Wars of the Roses

Hey ladies, loved your reactions, thank you! I live in a town that was originally in Yorkshire, but then the boundary was moved in the 70's and it's now in Lancashire! Can't tell you how much bickering goes on about it now! Let's just say people choose which hospital to have their babies in VERY carefully, so you can either say you're a Lancastrian, or you were born in God's own county! (Slight biase at the end there!😆)

Yes, our history is pretty much lifted wholesale for Game of Thrones. The Lannisters come from the west of Westeros, the same place Lancashire is in England, and the Starks are pretty much geographically in Yorkshire, with the Scots playing the role of Wildlings. We still have a keen rivalry between Yorkshire and Lancashire to this day, and you will sometimes hear "White Rose" being chanted by Yorkshiremen at sporting events and the like. Oh and by the way: Lincolnshire. 'Lincoln' as in Abraham Lincoln, then 'Sheer'. There you go.

I learned this in school, but not in so much detail. I’ve always loved history. But I love watching these videos because I always learn so much more. It was a bit fast, but really enjoyable!

Hi girls, love your videos. I live about 10 minutes drive from the village of Towton, from which the battle is named. The battle to part on Palm Sunday 1461. More Lancastrian soldiers died trying to escape compared to those that died fighting. They were either trampled to death by their own men or drowned trying to cross the rivers. Many tried to surrender but as the had been an agreement that "no quarter shall be given" they were given no mercy. They were chased into Tadcaster and York, and when found, were executed on the spot. Only Nobles of value were spared. To this day, it is the bloodiest battle fought on English soil, with an estimated 28,000 dead.

There's an interesting period of history before this known as the anarchy, a power struggle between steven and matilda, very bloody, what's odd is that not many brits have heard of it

At the time the wars of the roses took place, it was more commonly known as the cousins war. For obvious reasons.

Very quickly, agree with those recommending The White Queen series. It’s excellent!! Also, King Richard, the child king they all hated and began these Wars, was the inspiration for Joffrey. So that gives you a REAL insight to him! I love the Wars of the Roses, it’s my favourite historical research topic!!

Barnet in Hertfordshire has a massive connection to the war of the Roses. Many roads are named after it. Somerset Rd, York Rd, Warwick Rd, Lancaster Rd, Gloucester Rd, Richmond Rd, and many many more. The Battle of Barnet was a big part of that war. Bosworth field is in Barnet along with Hadley green and woods.

Great video again girls. I love history. We are so lucky to be surrounded by so much of if it here. ❤

As you say when at school it gets a little to much, but when your older its more interesting lol. Thank you both for a very quick guide to the war of the roses. GO THE RED ROSE !!!!!!!!!

I was in the small town of Woodstock last week, stopped off for a pint in the pub named after The Black Prince, its where he was born in 1330, in 1874 Winston Churchill was also born there. ( the town, not the pub ) Its a beautiful Cotswold town just a few miles south of Warwick, where Warwick's castle still stands in as good a condition as it was 700 years ago. Shame the same can't be said of Woodstock Palace where the prince was born, that was destroyed in the English civil war and what was left was removed when Blenheim Palace was built, that's where Churchill was born.

"The wall" in game of thrones was an idea he came up with because of "Hadrians wall" as well. Hich is quite cool I think.

I covered the Wars of the Roses at school but recently read a series of 4 books charting the whole period which was a real eye opener to me. It also helps to understand why Henry VIII was so obsessed with having male heir to follow him, as he knew what had happened over several decades previously, when there was no clear heir and the country descended in to civil war.

Thanks ladies for another great video, Henry Tudor was descended from the Beaufort line of the Plantagenet family (the illegitimate line and thus disbarred from the succession), Henry had thus no legitimate claim to the throne. His mother was Margaret Beaufort (yet another Margaret) and her scheming and vengefulness would make Margaret d'Anjou look like a precocious three year old? This is my favourite period in English history and well worth a deeper look (makes game of thrones look like a picnic), take care and thanks again

This is incredibly fast, wow well done for keeping up, you are going to have to do a video on the King's and Queens now xx

Another great video girl's. You really are a shinning light x

Pre-emptive like on this! One of my favourite periods of history...! looking forward to this one!!! Mind you; I am a Yorkshireman living in Lancashire so better keep my voice low... Tea in hand and ready to press play!

Hi, ladies. I've been very grateful for your coverage of the late queen's death and funeral. As Christmas approaches you might look at some of her Christmas broadcasts, quite a few of which you will find on You Tube. The first broadcast of a Christmas message to the nation was made by her grandfather, George V, on the radio in 1933. This was taken up by George VI and after his death by the queen. In 1957, for the first time I think, her Christmas message was televised as it has been ever since. I particularly value her 1957 broadcast (though her voice was different then) and the 2021 one, just after the death of her husband. The messages were usually broadcast at 3.00 pm on Christmas Day. A little personal comment: I live in London and for some years I was invited by some Jamaican neighbours to join them for Christmas Dinner as we call it - but we were never allowed to start till we had heard the queen's message.

I love learning more about my Country's history through your videos you react to! i didn't like it at school i thought it was boring now as an adult its much more interesting. The Tudor rose emblem incorporates both roses the red and white which you can still find on some buildings in England.

It's quite funny hearing him say St Albans. For info, as locals, we tend to say Snorbins or as it was originally known, during Roman times as Verulamium.

For anyone who wants to learn more about English royal history, I recommend Dan Jones' books: The Plantagenents, The Wars of the Roses, and The Magna Carta.

Towton was the greatest loss of British lives in a single day of battle until the first day of the Somme Offensive in 1916. The sides had both ordered "no prisoners", and then the weather intervened, because both sides were using mostly archers. It turned out to be a really unpleasant rainy, windy day, but the wind blew in the faces of the Lancastrians, meaning their arrows mostly fell short, while the Yorkists arrows flew further and hit harder. All in all a nasty, bloody, ugly horrible day in which so many soldiers died, which didn't even end the wars. It basically had to wait until there was one man left standing, out of royal family, which was Henry Tydwr (the Tudors were Welsh).

The Wars of the Roses form the background to Shakespeare's Henry VI

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He wasn't called Warwick... Kingmaker for nothing! EDIT - we LOVE your enthusiasm!

I am very glad you looked at this, because I've always been fascinated by this period. Sometimes like railway

The War of the Roses continues to this day .... but on the Cricket Field between Lancashire County Cricket Club and Yorkshire County Cricket Club. Few people actually die in these encounter though (Joke).

Hi ladies. I come from Coventry. The duel between Thomas Mowbray and Henry Bolingbroke mentioned in the vid, happened in Coventry at a place called Gosford green. Mind you when I say it happened, I should really say it didn't happen because at the moment when the opposing parties where all ready to go, King Richard stopped the show. (What a spoilsport!!!) Think of it like the President stopping the superbowl before the game because he wants to upset both teams and just show how powerful he is. Richard banished both Thomas and Henry, but he punished Henry even more and confiscated a lot of his land virtually leaving his Dad destitute who was incidentally John of Gaunt, Edward III's brother and Richard's Uncle. It's kinda no wonder that a few years later Henry came back with a massive army and deposed Richard. Its all mentioned in Henry IV part one by William Shakespeare. Yes, even Shakespeare couldn't resist coming out with a sequel in his day. I guess if he was alive now he'd probably be working in Hollywood. Great vid as usual. Keep up the great work.

That 'skipping of the brothers generation' is how succession lines usually work. It goes from the King to his eldest son, then to *his* eldest son. It only goes to someone's brother if they have no sons (or daughters depending on the type of successsion). It's why here in the UK Prince William is King Charles heir even though Charles has 2 brothers and a sister, and why William's children come before Harry. York is Stark, Lancaster is Lannister, basic inspiracion speaking at least. Baratheon's are inspired by bits of both. Towton is said to be the bloodiest battle in UK history. That was Henry the 7th becoming king at the end of the WotR, Henry the 8th (that you recognised) was his son. Here's a few Videos you might like to react to: - 'Ten Minute English and British History #16 - The Wars of the Roses' by History Matters - 'The Real Life Game of Thrones Part 1: Is Great Britain Westeros?' and 'The Real Life Game of Thrones Part 2 The Wars of the Roses' by RealLifeLore - 'British Monarchs Family Tree | Alfred the Great to Queen Elizabeth II' by UsefulCharts

Cersei is not the only character in ‘Game Of Thrones’ who was based on a real person from the Wars of the Roses. For example, Henry Tudor, who became King Henry VII, came from the Lancastrian branch of the English Royal Family on his mother’s side, but his father was a Welsh noble, and the emblem of Wales is, of course, a dragon. He was driven into exile as a boy, but as the last surviving Lancastrian claimant he was determined to win the Crown, and against all the odds he managed to build up enough support to do it. His life inspired the story of Daenarys.

A good introduction. If you want a detailed history of this period, have a look at "The Wars of the Roses: Britain's Bloodiest Crown" by Dan Jones, an excellent series. Even today, there is a rivalry between the counties of Lancashire (red rose) and Yorkshire (white rose) especially when it comes to cricket!!!!!

Hi Girls! That was like a quick zip around some housing estates ending up at some blind alley with sunshine coming from the exit and out on to a motorway, bit of a roller coaster really, all those back and forth and roundabouts, lefts and rights. We were told about the WARS! of the Roses (not singular) because it wasn’t “A” war but a lot of wars to get to the end game in school but it was all stutter start first there was - then there was - then came e.t.c. This made it come alive really. Thanks for this girls, enjoyed it. Oh and Warwick is pronounced with a silent middle W so it’s Warrick really! It even sounds better! Cheers Girls,!!

Richard III’s body was found under a car park a few years ago and he had a televised state funeral just like the Queen did! I highly recommend you watch it, or watch the documentary about how they discovered him! :-)

I know a bit about this, only because a couple of years ago I discovered some direct ancestors - Lord William Bonville (a minor magnate & elderly Yorkist soldier) and Hugh Courtenay (Lancastrian supporter & distant relative of the cousins), who were both beheaded at the battles of St. Albans (2nd) in 1461 and Tewkesbury in '71, respectively.

O love you guys.... I make stained glass and I hate the soldering process in the winter as I need to keep the windows open and it's cold. I have lots of it to do today. I have saved up 10 of your vids to keep me company while I cuss and swear and shiver. Now the leaves are off the trees I can see Clifford Castle from my studio window. It was the home of Rosamund.. supposedly the most beautiful woman in England.. lover of Henry ll and legend has it poisoned by his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine.

1. The title “Duke of Lancaster” has since that time always been held by our ruling Monarch. On the passing of our late Queen Elizabeth that title was automatically passed from her to King Charles. 2. In 2012 Richard lll body was found buried under a Leicester car park where he had been buried in 1485. His body was removed and re-buried in Leicester Cathedral.

Towton was the biggest battle ever fought in England. Earlier, King Henry Vs French wife remarried a minor Welsh nobleman, a Tudor ... the court though she was put out of the way, but her descendant, Henry Tudor would violently end the War of the Roses. Famously ... officially the two nephews of King Richard II were never found, and his ignominious burial place remained unknown for over 500 years, until it was found, proved to be him, and he got an honorable reburial in a nearby cathedral. All of which can be watched om KZfaq, including an archeological analysis of the battle location where he died.

The War of the Roses between the Houses of York and Lancaster. It still felt today between the people of Yorkshire and Lancashire, but in a friendly way. It was defining episode in English History and still felt today and we are still seeing the effects of this period of history in what was left behind from architecture, battlefields and history. It shaped a whole Royal Dynasty called the Plantagenets. They ruled 1154 when Henry 11 took the throne to 1484 with Richard 111. The two houses of York and Lancaster were Plantagenets. They have their family heritage from Edward 111.

GRR Martin included the prince raised in exile in the books. I hadn't learned about the war of the roses. Thanks for this vid ladies!

I'm a lancastrian from Morecambe and still rivalry between Yorkshire n Lancashire, I work in Lancaster, see Lancaster Castle every day going to work over River lune , awesome early morning lit up uo in summer with sun rising 😎 up the red rose ⚘️✌️

The moors near my home are what remains of where the war of the roses battles took place there’s plaques on rocks with little history lessons on them

you girls are awesome, your reactions are our culture so sincere. best react channel for sure

Richard was captured at Flint Castle, then taken to Chester Castle and then taken to Pontefract Castle where he was put on starvation diet and died.

Timeline ( I think in association Channel 4 ) produced a series concerning the Wars of the Roses. Split into 4 or 5 parts, it is clear and easy to follow - as well as having fairly high definition here in YT. It was presented by a chap called Dan Jones. The series may be found in YT under the title, "Britain`s Bloody Crown." It starts with King Henry VI - the imbicile. Lol - I`m in Lincolnshire right now - and shall be in Yorkshire in the morning. Separately there is a DVD ( at least here in England ) available called "Gunpowder, Treason and Plot," albeit concerns another period in history it, of course, treats of the intention of Guy Fawkes and his co - conspirators to raise the Houses of Parliament and restore Catholicism in England. It is a film / movie and is well worth an afternoon watching - but not to be watched with children.

i'm a lancashire lass my great grandmother was a yorkshire lass many roses in my tree🌹🇬🇧

used to visit the battle of bosworth site when I was younger and the amount of history there is unreal

As a Lancastrian supporter at the time, my family (Worthington) lost our lands and title during the war of the Roses.

Great reaction Fascinating time in our history, The Civil War may have Been a clash of ideals and beliefs on who should Have the right to govern,..but. The Wars of the Roses .. a good old Family row that got out of hand.

I live in York Road in Dartford, just outside London. It is named after Richard of York whose army camped close to nearby road called the Brent, on his way to London.

You ladies should definitely checkout Dan Snows series about all of this its more of a docudrama you get more of chance to slow down. They are called britains bloodiest dynasty and britains bloody crown.

Hi lovely ladies😁😁I love your intro. Thanks 4 your Thanksvgibing sharing. Take care and don't be down- hearted. You r loved. Studied Tudors & Stewarts at school and war of the Roses which United the two houses and strengthened the monarchy. Fascinating. xxx💕