War of the Roses Family Tree: People, Sources and Citations

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Portrait	Person	Years	Life	On the chart
	Edward IIIKing of England, 1327 to 1377	1312–1377	Both houses descend from his sons. Sources1 10	Find on the chart
BL	Blanche of LancasterFirst wife of John of Gaunt	1342–1368	Mother of Henry IV. Sources12	Find on the chart
	John of GauntDuke of Lancaster	1340–1399	Father of Henry IV and of the Beauforts. Sources11	Find on the chart
KS	Katherine SwynfordThird wife of John of Gaunt	c. 1350–1403	Mother of the Beauforts. Sources13	Find on the chart
EL	Edmund of LangleyFirst Duke of York	1341–1402	Fourth son of Edward III. Sources16	Find on the chart
	Henry IVKing of England, 1399 to 1413	1367–1413	The first Lancastrian king. Sources2	Find on the chart
JB	John BeaufortEarl of Somerset	c. 1373–1410	Eldest son of Gaunt and Swynford. Sources14	Find on the chart
RC	Richard of ConisburghEarl of Cambridge	1385–1415	Beheaded in 1415. Sources17	Find on the chart
AM	Anne MortimerHeiress of Lionel of Antwerp	1388–c. 1411	Mother of Richard, Duke of York. Sources18	Find on the chart
	Henry VKing of England, 1413 to 1422	1386–1422	Victor of Agincourt. Sources3 21	Find on the chart
CV	Catherine of ValoisQueen of Henry V	1401–1437	Later the wife of Owen Tudor. Sources22	Find on the chart
OT	Owen TudorWelsh squire	c. 1400–1461	Grandfather of Henry VII. Sources23	Find on the chart
JB	John BeaufortDuke of Somerset	1404–1444	Father of Margaret Beaufort. Sources15	Find on the chart
	Richard, Duke of YorkClaimant to the throne	1411–1460	Killed at Wakefield in 1460. Sources4 19	Find on the chart
	Cecily NevilleDuchess of York	1415–1495	Mother of two kings. Sources20	Find on the chart
	Henry VIKing of England, twice	1421–1471	Put to death in the Tower in 1471. Sources4	Find on the chart
	Margaret of AnjouQueen of Henry VI	1430–1482	She led the Lancastrian side. Sources4 24	Find on the chart
	Edmund TudorEarl of Richmond	c. 1430–1456	Father of Henry VII. Sources23	Find on the chart
	Margaret BeaufortHeiress of the Beauforts	1443–1509	Mother of Henry VII. Sources7 15	Find on the chart
	Edward IVKing of England, twice	1442–1483	The first Yorkist king. Sources5	Find on the chart
	Elizabeth WoodvilleQueen of Edward IV	c. 1437–1492	Mother of the princes. Sources5	Find on the chart
	Richard IIIKing of England, 1483 to 1485	1452–1485	Killed at Bosworth. Sources7 27	Find on the chart
	Anne NevilleQueen of Richard III	1456–1485	Widow of Edward of Westminster. Sources26	Find on the chart
EW	Edward of WestminsterPrince of Wales	1453–1471	Killed at Tewkesbury in 1471. Sources4 25	Find on the chart
	Henry VIIKing of England, 1485 to 1509	1457–1509	He joined the two houses by marriage. Sources7 8	Find on the chart
	Elizabeth of YorkQueen of Henry VII	1466–1503	Eldest daughter of Edward IV. Sources8	Find on the chart
	Edward VKing of England, 1483	1470–	Deposed and never seen again. Sources6 28	Find on the chart
RS	Richard of ShrewsburyDuke of York	1473–	The younger prince in the Tower. Sources6 29	Find on the chart

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Edward III, Unknown author.
John of Gaunt, Workshop of the Chroniques d'Angleterre, late 15th century.
Henry IV, anonymous artist.
Henry V, anonymous artist, 16th century.
Henry VI, anonymous artist, about 1540.
Margaret of Anjou, Talbot Master, about 1445.
Richard, Duke of York, Talbot Master, 1443 to 1445.
Cecily Neville, Master of the Munich Golden Legend, about 1430.
Richard III, Unknown author, 1520s.
Anne Neville, John Rous, about 1483.
Edward V, Unknown author.
Margaret Beaufort, Unidentified painter.
Edward IV, Lucas Horenbout, 1520.
Elizabeth Woodville, British School, 1513 to 1530.
Henry VII, anonymous artist, 1505.
Elizabeth of York, After Meynnart Wewyck, 1550.
Edmund Tudor, Unknown author.

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