It wasn't countries but between two English houses from York and Lancaster. The house of York being represented by the white rose. Lancaster by the red rose. Sporting clashes between teams from the counties of Yorkshire and Lancashire are still referred to as roses clashes. The Wars were about who would be King of England and took place from the mid to late 15th Century
The War of the Roses was a dynastic rivalry between two branches of the House of Plantagenet. It was fought between the houses of Lancaster and York.
That was The War Of the Roses, Fought between the supporters of the Houses of York and Lancaster.
It was fought between the House of Lancaster and the House of York, both thinking they had the birthright of reigning.
fought in England in 1455-1487 between houses of the lancaster and the house of the york
England and France fought The Hundred Years War. The Wars of the Roses, an English Civil War, was fought between different groups of English nobility over which side would be king, Lancaster or York.
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the war of the roses were between the house of lancaster and the house of york
it was a battle between the Yorkists and the Lancastrians. It was called the war of roses because the Yorkists were represented by a white Rose and the Lancastrians by a Red Rose.
The House of Lancaster (Tudor)
The Wars of the Roses were a series of civil wars between supporters of the rival houses of Lancaster and York, for the English throne. They were fought in several spasmodic episodes between 1455 and 1487 in England.
The battle of Towton fought on March 29, 1461
It was fought on 22 August 1485.