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People of the Wars of the Roses

  • Richard III of EnglandOn the 2nd of October 1452, a boy named Richard was born inside the stone walls of Fotheringhay Castle in Northamptonshire.
  • Henry VII of EnglandHenry Tudor was born on the 28th of January 1457 inside Pembroke Castle. This stone fortress stood in Little England beyond Wales, an English-speaking…
  • Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of NorfolkThomas Howard entered the world in 1443 at Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk. He was the only surviving son of John Howard and his first wife Katherine.
  • John Howard, 1st Duke of NorfolkJohn Howard entered the world around 1425 as the son of Sir Robert Howard and Margaret de Mowbray. His father held Tendring Hall in Stoke-by-Nayland…