December 30, 1460, the death of Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York, Richard the Lionheart

[bucolic_frolic]

Henry VI: The Mad King Behind The Wars of The Roses | Britain's Bloody Crown | Timeline

"... deep divisions across England. The fires of hatred will keep burning for decades."

Forty years of civil war, ushered in by the weak King Henry VI, the crown changing hands 7 times. Rival factions, everyone armed from the Hundred Years War on the continent, rival camps and powers in conflict, Lord Protectors, shadow governments. Why do I think of parallels to America's 21st Century?

[DURHAM D]

1. I am a Plantagenet

but have never been able to follow all of this.

[jpak]

2. K&R

Well done

[hedda_foil]

3. Richard the Lionheart died in Apri! Of 1199.. Henry VI died in May 1471.

Nearly 300 years of Plantagenet and English history separate the two.