![]() Louis XI of France satisfied with tensed relations between the Earl of Warwick and the English King encouraged Neville with aim to break the alliance between England, Brittany and Burgundy. Despite that Earl of Warwick continued to strive after reaching an agreement with France. Edward’s marriage with Elizabeth Woodville destroyed all possibilities of an eventual alliance with France as well as Neville’s efforts to gain greater influence over important political questions. Neville’s plan was not well accepted neither by the English population nor by Edward IV who rejected Neville’s advice and married Elizabeth Woodville. Richard Neville favored the second option which would could have been achieved through marriage of Edward IV and Bona of Savoy, sister-in-law of Louis XI. ![]() The first foresaw an agreement with Louis’ greatest enemy Duke of Burgundy, while the second possibility was to create a discord between the Lancastrians and the French. To prevent an eventual Lancastrian-French alliance Yorkists had two possibilities. She appealed to Louis XI of France to provide military assistance against the Yorkists in return for Calais. However, Margaret of Anjou did not give up the fight for the English throne. ![]() Margaret was forced to flee to Scotland from where he managed to escape to France. Richard Neville and Richard’s eighteen year old son Edward managed to defeat the Lancastrians and Edward assumed the English throne as Edward IV in 1461.Įdward additionally strengthened his position by destroying the Lancastrian forces of Margaret of Anjou in the Battle of Towton in 1461. Richard was killed in the battle which additionally complicated the situation and resulted in further confusion over the question of succession. She summoned an army which defeated the Yorkists in the Battle at Wakefield in 1460. The Act of Accord was not acceptable for Queen Margaret of Anjou whose son was according to the Act of Accord disinherited. Thus the Act of Accord passed by the Parliament in 1460 resulted in a compromise: Henry VI retained the throne, while Richard and his male heirs were designated as his successors. However, he misjudged the majority of nobles who had no desire to overthrow Henry VI and were not willing to accept a duke on the English throne. He defeated the Lancastrian forces in the Battle of Northampton one year later and hurried to London to assert his claims to the English throne. On the other hand, the popularity of Richard’s ally Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick was rising which encouraged Duke of York to launch an attack in 1459. The Lancastrians concentrated on strengthening of their position and very soon arose dissatisfaction with the royal government. Richard was named the Protector of the Realm for the second time but he lost the support within a year and was sent to Ireland as lieutenant. Richard defeated the Lancastrians in the Battle of St Albans (regarded the first battle of the Wars of the Roses) in 1455, while Edmund, Duke of Somerset was killed. Richard, Duke of York was named Protector of the Realm when Henry VI became insane in 1453 but Henry VI recovered by the end of 1454 and excluded Richard from the royal council in 1455 which resulted in the outbreak of the Wars of the Roses. By the middle of the 15th century the fractions polarized around Richard Platagenet, 3rd Duke of York and Edmund Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset who was the head of the court fraction and was supported by Henry VI. Defeat in the Hundred Years’ War which resulted in loss of all English territories on the Continent and weak central authority provoked a struggle between the barons for the influence over weak Lancastrian King Henry VI. The Wars of the Roses was a civil war fought between the House of Lancaster (Red Rose of Lancaster) and the House of York (White Rose of York) for the English throne from 1455 to 1487.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |