Definition: Meaning of, Wars of the Roses in English to English dictionary.
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red rosewhite rose1455-1485 struggle for the English throne between the house of York and the house of Lancaster ending with the accession of the Tudor monarch Henry VII
the period of CIVIL WAR in England (1455-85), between two parts of the English royal family, which each wanted its own leader to be king. One family was called Lancaster, and was represented by a red rose, and the other was called York, and was represented by a white rose. The Wars of the Roses ended at the battle of BOSWORTH FIELD .