ow are ended."

Peace came from the union, but it was peace interrupted by
insurrections which lasted for several years.

Origin of the House of Tudor

Edward III
1 2 3 | 4 5
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| | | | |
Edward William, Lionel, Duke John of Gaunt, Edmund, Duke of York
(the Black no of Clarence, Duke of |
Prince) issue from whom Lancaster /-----------------\
| descended in | Edward, Duke of Richard,
Richard II the fourth Henry IV York, no issue Earl of
generation | Cambridge,
*Richard, Henry V (Catharine, m. Anne
Duke of York | his widow, Mortimer, great-
| Henry VI married granddaughter of
--------------------- Owen Tudor, Lionel, Duke of
| | a Welsh gentleman) Clarence; their
Edward IV Richard III | son was
| Edmund Tudor, Earl of Richard,
--------------------------- Richmond, m. Margaret Duke of York
| | | Beaufort, a descendant
+Edward V +Richard, Elizabeth of John of Gaunt, Duke
Duke of York of York, of Lancaster, see
m. Henry VII pages 161, 172
(of Lancaster) |
Henry (Tudor) VII (formerly
Earl of Richmond), m. Elizabeth of
York, thus uniting the House of
Lancaster (Red Rose) and York
(White Rose) in the new royal
House of Tudor

*Inherited the title Duke of York from his uncle Edward. See No. 5.
+The Princes murdered by Richard III.

328. Condition of the Country; Power of the Crown.

Henry, it is said, had his claim to the throne printed by Caxton, and
distributed broadcast over the country (S306). It was the first
political appeal to the people made through the press, and was a sign
of the new period upon which English history had entered. Since
Caxton began his great work, the