Henry VI to Henry VII

Having had to renounce the French crown, Henry VI became the first high-profile casualty of the Wars of the Roses, losing the crown of England to Edward IV in 1461. Edward’s brother Richard then stole it from his teenage nephew Edward V, but lost it in battle to Henry Tudor, who became Henry VII in 1485.

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