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Wars of the Roses Events (1451-1461 (Battle of St Albans (Battle (Army (2…

- - - - English Victory
      - Led by Henry V
      - French massacre
    - - An agreement that Henry V and his heirs would inherit the crown of France
      - Would become active upon Charles VI's death
    - - Marked end of Hundred Year's War
      - French Victory
      - Led by John Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, who died in the battle
    - - French Victory
      - Led to loss of Normandy
    - - Marriage agreement between Henry VI and Charles VII
      - Cession of Maine and Anjou
      - Led by William de la Pole, Earl (later Duke) of Suffolk
      - Met with great unpopularity in England
  - - - Lieutenant of France 1440-1445
- - - - Dead/Captured
        
        Lancastrians
        
        Somerset
        
        Northumberland
        
        Clifford
        
        Henry VI (captured)
      - Army
        
        2,000 strong Lancastrian Army
        
        3,000 strong Yorkist Army
  - - - York
        
        Wanted to regain control
        
        Needed to protect his position as heir presumptive
        
        Prince Edward not born until 1453
        
        Was owed £26,000 by government
      - Nobility
        
        York
        
        Cobham
        
        Devon
        
        King
        
        Somerset
        
        Buckingham
        
        Salisbury
        
        Warwick
      - York sent a letter of protest to the King, calling for the removal of Somerset
    - - Royal Army was 20,000 strong. 3x more than York's
      - York faced off with Henry at Dartford, in Kent. Through mediators, York was made to submit to the king and no blood was shed
- - - - Lancaster
        
        Led by Henry Somerset
        
        Executed along with Lord Ros
        
        Lancastrian resistance collapsed
        
        Henry VI escaped the battlefield reputedly
      - York
        
        Led by John Neville
        
        3,000-4,000 men
        
        End to War in the North
    - - Warwick laid siege to the castle
      - Sir Humphrey Neville and Sir Ralph Grey
        
        Grey was executed
        
        Neville later executed after rising in revolt against Warwick in 1469