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Genre: Education
Date of upload: Sep 2, 2023 ^^
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This was a helpful video! I have been through Dan Jonesâ âThe Plantagenetsâ and âThe Wars of the Rosesâ a couple of times. This one helps to distill the background and highlight important early players such as âGood Duke Humphreyâ. It is also helpful to highlight the families and family names such as Beaufort. If all one hears is that âSomerset was struck down at St Albansâ it does not help one to understand the significance of that statement in regards to one such as Margaret Beaufort, who we all know ultimately delivered the crown via Lancastrian lineage to the renamed Tudor line.
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The trouble with the Wars of the Roses is that this period of history WAS extremely complicated and thereâs no âeasyâ way to simplify the issues that culminated with Henry VII winning the crown đ of England at the Battle of Bosworth and the beginning of the Tudor eraâŚ. I studied this in College and have recently watched multiple videos on several dedicated History Channels, and I still get muddled up with The Wars of the Roses đš ⌠And yes they do all have similar names - lots of Henrys, Johns and Edwards (you donât hear much about LionelâŚ) plus theyâre all cousins and inter-married, and on top of this itâs just a very messy and bloody period in English history.
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You have skipped the original usurpation of the rightful heir when Henry Bolingbroke (son of John of Gaunt, 3rd son of Edward III) deposed Richard II, becoming Henry IV, father of Henry. V. Edward III having many sons, the families of three children were to lay a claim to the throne in one way or another. The other point you havenât mentioned is that John of Gauntâs bastard line, the Beauforts were barred from inheriting the throne but managed to wangle their fortunes into eventually begetting the next three kings after Henry VI, namely Edward IV and Richard III through their grandmother Joan Beaufort, mother of Cecily Neville; and Henry VII through his mother, Margaret Beaufort.
NB: I wrote this before watching the full documentary. A salutary tale!
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@sasapejcin3568
7 months ago
What a complicated part of history and it doesn't help that all of them were named Henry and Edward!
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