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5 things you (probably) didn’t know about the Plantagenets

A 20th-century fresco 'Plucking the Red and White Roses in the Old Temple Gardens' by Henry Payne. It depicts a scene by Shakespeare, showing Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset being challenged by Richard, 3rd Duke of York to choose between the white rose of York and the red rose of Lancaster. (Photo by Artefact / Alamy Stock Photo)

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The battle of Towton during the War of the Roses, 1461. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Portrait of John of Gaunt

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Battle of Barnet: This lively, if inaccurate, 15th- century illustration of the shows a coronet- wearing Edward skewering Warwick with his lance

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Portrait of Richard III of England (1452-1485) King of England until his death in the Battle of Bosworth Field. Dated 15th Century (Photo by: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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An oil on panel portrait of Elizabeth Woodville

Elizabeth Woodville: Edward IV’s controversial queen

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What if… Richard III had won at Bosworth?

Lauren Johnson responds to listener questions about the Wars of the Roses. (Image by Getty Images)

The Wars of the Roses: everything you wanted to know

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Henry VI of England. (Photo by iStock/Getty Images)

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Thomas Penn on the House of York.

A Triple Bond Broken: The Destruction of the House of York

Princes in the Tower Podcast Series

Princes in the Tower Episode 8: A conclusion (of sorts)

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