When did the Wars of the Roses take place?

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Wars of the Roses Illustration depicting the Battle of Bosworth Field, with King Richard III on the white horse.

The Wars of the Roses took place from 1455 to 1485.1

These dynastic civil wars were fought between the houses of Lancaster and York for the English throne. The conflict began in 1455 with the first battle at St. Albans and concluded in 1485 at the Battle of Bosworth Field, where the victory of Henry Tudor led to the rise of the Tudor dynasty.123