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The War of the Roses was fought over what country's line of succession?
England
Spain
Prussia
Italy
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The War of the Roses takes its name from which of the following facts?
All knights who fought in the war donned roses in their lapels.
Both major factions had roses on their crests.
The war ended with a symbolic gesture of exchanging roses.
Rose was the last name of both claimants for the throne.
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What noble faction during the War of the Roses had a red rose as its crest?
Diers
Thurston
Robridge
Lancaster
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What noble faction during the War of the Roses bore a white rose on their crest?
Simonds
Turpin
York
Frank
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The War of the Roses largely happened as a result of what major war that the English had recently lost against the French?
The Huguenot War
The Crimean War
The War of Religion
The Hundred Years' War
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House York and House Lancaster were branch families of what dynasty that had ruled England for generations?
House Carter
House Tenebruss
House Rodell
House Plantagenet
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What Lancastrian noble's failure as the King of England inspired the Yorks to attack his armies and try to seize the throne?
Andrew I
Henry VI
Thomas III
Richard I
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What leader of House York began the War of the Roses when he launched an assault to kidnap King Henry VI?
William of York
Richard of York
Gregory of York
Michael of York
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At what battle did Richard of York capture King Henry VI so he could gain the dictatorial title of Lord Protector?
The Siege of Castle Arwood
The Battle of Northumberland Cape
The First Battle of St. Albans
The Battle of Hampton
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What wife of King Henry VI contributed to much of the politicking that would abound during the War of the Roses?
Katerina of Vord
Seren of Culpepper
Lorraine of Cornwall
Margaret of Anjou
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The title of Lord Protector was bestowed upon Richard of York by which of the following entities?
The Church of England
Parliament
The Catholic Church
The English Army
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At what battle did Richard of York lose his life after he moved his forces out of a fortified position to take on a much larger army?
The Battle of Scottsdale
The Battle of Beaumont
The Battle of Cassian
The Battle of Wakefield
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As the Yorks and Lancasters began their fighting in earnest. What powerful foreign country backed the Lancasters in their bid for the throne?
Italy
The Holy Roman Empire
France
Portugal
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The Yorks were supported by European kingdoms like the Netherlands and Belgium that all ruled by what dynasty?
The House of Cottier
The House of Seymour
The House of Windsor
The House of Burgundy
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After Richard of York was killed, what son of his then took up the mantle to lead House York in the War of the Roses?
Robert II
Robin V
Edward IV
Henry IX
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At what snowy and bloody Palm Sunday battle did Edward IV defeat his enemies to temporarily seize the throne of England?
The Battle of Peregrine
The Battle of Shropshire
The Battle of Redcliffe
The Battle of Towton
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At what 1464 battle did King Edward IV put an end to his Lancaster opponents in the north and earn a short-lived respite that was soon to be ended through betrayal?
The Battle of Hexham
The Battle of Werthall
The Battle of Badon Fields
The Battle of Saint John's Glen
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Richard Neville of Warwick betrayed Edward IV and began a new phase of the War of the Roses when he changed allegiances to House Lancaster. What nickname is Richard Neville of Warwick better known by?
Neville the Usurper
Warwick the Kingmaker
Richard the Treacherous
Serpent Warwick
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The Battle of Edgcote was a rebellious uprising against Warwick the Kingmaker by York loyalists. What famous lord managed to score a victory in this rebellious battle?
Howard of Southampton
Howard the Grey
Robin of Redesdale
Robin of Locksley
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At what battle did Edward IV return to England and slay Warwick the Kingmaker?
The Battle of Gotsdam
The Battle of Barnet
The Battle of Trafalgar Pass
The Battle of the Culluch Highlands
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Edward V, son of Edward IV, ruled for a brief period until he was betrayed by what uncle who would then claim the throne?
Albert II
Richard III
Thomas II
Elijah I
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What is the common name given to the mysterious circumstances surrounding the imprisonment and potential execution of Edward V and his younger brother Richard?
The Vanished Lords
The Princes in the Tower
The Phatnom Heirs
The Boys of the Final Peal
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Richard III's rule was shaken by what series of brief but influential rebellions within England and Wales?
Buckingham's Rebellion
The Gunpowder Treason
The Sellig Affair
The Whiskey Rebellion
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What house would eventually win the War of the Roses by uniting the bloodlines of York and Lancaster?
House Tudor
House Windsor
House Winchester
House Bourbon
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What man led House Tudor to victory in the War of the Roses and ascended to the throne of England?
Henry Tudor
Richard Tudor
Oscar Tudor
Louis Tudor
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What is the name of Henry Tudor's mother who helped organize the resistance against King Richard III in England?
Margaret Beaufort
Helen of Rhodes
Anne of Cleves
Anne Hathaway
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At what 1485 battle did Henry Tudor crush Richard III's forces in order to claim England for his own?
The Battle of Ganymede
The Battle of William's Strait
The Battle of Reichenbacher Plains
The Battle of Bosworth Field
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What did the new crest of House Tudor show as a symbol of their dominance over England?
A crown on a sword.
A white and red rose.
A roaring lion.
A sphinx
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Henry Tudor married what lady of York in order to unite the Lancaster and York bloodlines and end their feud for the throne?
Eloise of York
Lucinda of York
Elizabeth of York
Ariadne of York
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Arguably, the final battle of the War of the Roses came when what noble launched an unsuccessful rebellion against Henry Tudor claiming to be the lost prince Richard of Shrewsbury who disappeared from the Tower of London?
Titus of Aragon
John of Gaunt
Aleister Chamber
Perkin Warbeck
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