EDWARD III.==Philippa.
|
______________________________|_______________________________
| | | |
EDWARD LIONEL JOHN EDMUND
(The Black (Duke of (of Gaunt, Duke of (Duke of
Prince). Clarence). of Lancaster). York).
| | | |
| | | |
RICHARD II. PHILIPPA==Edward Mortimer. HENRY RICHARD==Anne.
| | (_See second Column._)
| | |
ROGER MORTIMER HENRY V RICHARD PLANTAGENET
(Earl of Marche). | (Duke of York).
| HENRY VI. |
| | |
ANNE==Richard of York. | |
(_See fourth column._) EDWARD _________|__________
(Prince of | | |
Wales). EDWARD IV. GEORGE RICHARD III.
(Duke of
Clarence).

The character == denotes marriage; the short perpendicular line | a
descent. There were many other children and descendants in the
different branches of the family besides those whose names are
inserted in the table. The table includes only those essential to an
understanding of the history.

[Sidenote: The roses.]

These wars were called the wars of the roses from the circumstance
that the white and the red rose happened in some way to be chosen as
the badges of the two parties--the white rose being that of the house
of York, and the red that of the house of Lancaster.

[Sidenote: The four brothers.]

The reader will observe that the dukes of Lancaster and York are the
third and fourth of the brothers enumerated in the table, whereas it
might have been supposed that any contest which should have arisen in
respect to the crown would have taken place between families