The War of the Roses started when rival branches of the royal family, the Yorkists and the Lancasters fought for the control of the thrown of England. The War of the Roses was not a single war, but a series of off/on wars for the control of England with initial Yorkist rule, until the Lancasters overthrew them at the Battle of Bosworth Field. The war got its name from its alleged symbol of roses, with red roses for the Lancasters and white roses for the Yorkists. It all started with the death of Henry V, the King of England and his replacement being his mentally impotent son Henry VI, so Henry VI's wife had to rule for him. The Yorkist faction challenged him and overthrw him. The results are then decades of extremely complex dynastic issues with the eventual victory of Henry VII and the establishment of the Tudor dynasty.
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