🤔The Wars of the Roses were a series of fifteenth-century English civil wars for control of the throne of England. 🤔From 22 May 1455 to 16 June 1487. 🤔The House of Lancaster (red rose) vs House of York (white rose). 🤔The wars eliminated the male lines of both families. 🤔After Richard III defeated at Bosworth Field, HenryVII assumed the throne and married Elizabeth of York, eldest daughter of Edward IV, thereby uniting the two claims. House of Tudor ruled the Kingdom of England until 1603.