History AS

Both had legitimate claims

The Yorkists didn't feel Henry was a good King

Richard, Duke of York, alienated

Protectorate

Act of Accord

Margaret Anjou

Mental collapse

Protector Richard of York saw opportunity to become King - had a legit claim to the throne

Act of Accord (Richard would become King only when Henry died)

Henry's "son" born (Prince Ed)

Yorkists defeat Lancastrians

Captured Henry (locked in Tower)

York claimed throne but was rejected - Henry was not dead

Towton 1461 defeated by the Yorkists

Richard's son, Edward IV, proclaimed King

Henry and Marge exiled to bonny Scotland

Briefly restored to power (Warwick used him as a puppet king)

Warwick sides with EdIV instead and battle of Tewkesbury occurs:

• Edward, PoWales is killed
• Henry VI is murdered the day after in the Tower of London