The Yorkist dynasty includes both the most wicked king in English
history, Richard III, and the most tragic, his nephew Edward V, one
of the Princes in the Tower. They came to the throne in 1461, when
Edward IV, who traced his claim to Edward III, replaced the
ineffectual Henry VI as king. Forced into exile in 1470, Edward
returned to power after the bloody battle of Towton in 1470 finally
ended Lancastrian opposition. His reign was ended by his premature
death in 1483, leaving behind his son Edward, a minor, as his heir.
This led to Richard III's usurpation, ended two years later by his
defeat and death at Bosworth Field at the hands of Henry Tudor, who
would become Henry VII and the founder of a new dynasty by marrying
Elizabeth of York, the daughter of Edward IV. The Yorkists were one
of the two main contending parties in England's first great civil
war, the Wars of the Roses. They have been immortalised by
Shakespeare not only in his Richard III but also in his three parts
of Henry VI. Anne Crawford examines the truth behind both the
characters of these kings and behind the stories in the plays,
including the death of the duke of Clarence by drowning in a butt
of malmsey and the celebrated murder of his nephews, Edward V and
Richard, Duke of York, by their uncle, Richard III.
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