People of the Wars of the Roses. Key personalities from the mid to late 15th century. An index of major players in the era of the Wars of the Roses.
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Kings and Queens of the Wars of the Roses
King Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou
King Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville
King Richard III and Anne Neville
King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York
People of the era of the Wars of the Roses
People by surname: A – D
Beauchamp, Richard [Earl of Warwick]
Beaufort, Edmund [2nd Duke of Somerset]
Beaufort, Edmund [4th Duke of Somerset, styled as]
Beaufort, Henry [3rd Duke of Somerset]
Beaufort, Margaret [Countess of Richmond]
Bonville, William. 1st Baron Bonville.
Butler, James [Earl of Wiltshire and Ormond] see battles of Mortimer’s Cross and Twt Hill.
Clifford, John [Lord. 9th Baron Clifford]
Courtenay, Thomas [5/13th Earl of Devon]
Courtenay, Thomas [6/14th Earl of Devon]
Cromwell, Ralph. 3rd Baron Cromwell
De la Pole, John [Earl of Lincoln]
De la Pole, John [2nd Duke of Suffolk]
De la Pole, William [1st Duke of Suffolk]
De Vere, John [13th Earl of Oxford]
Dudley [John Sutton, Baron Dudley]
People by surname: E – H
Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales
Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales
Edward (Plantagenet) Earl of Warwick
Elizabeth of York [Queen Consort]
Elizabeth (Woodville) [Queen Consort]
Fauconberg [William Neville, Lord Fauconberg, Earl of Kent]
Fauconberg, bastard of [Thomas Neville, illegitimate son of the Earl of Kent]
FitzHugh, Henry [Lord]. See Ravensworth Castle.
George (Plantagenet) [Duke of Clarence]
Grey, Edmund [1st Earl of Kent]
Grey, John [Lord Ferrers of Groby]
Grey, Reginald [3rd Lord Ruthin]
Grey, Richard [Lord. Son of Edmund Grey]
Grey, Thomas [Marquess of Dorset]
Herbert, William [1st Earl of Pembroke]
Herbert, William [2nd Earl of Pembroke]
Holland, Henry [Duke of Exeter]
Holland, John [Duke of Exeter]
Howard, John [Duke of Norfolk]
People by surname: I – L
Ingleby See Ripley Castle and the Ingleby Family
Jacquetta of Luxembourg Duchess of Bedford
John of Gaunt [Duke of Lancaster]
Kemp, John [Archbishop of York]
Louis of Gruuthose [Earl of Winchester]
People by surname: M – N
Margaret of Anjou [Queen Consort]
Montagu [John Neville. Marquess of Montagu, Earl of Northumberland]
Mortimer, Edmund [Earl of March]
Mowbray, John [Duke of Norfolk]
Neville, Anne [Queen Consort, Duchess of Gloucester]
Neville, Cecily [Duchess of York]
Neville, Edward [Lord Abergavenny]
Neville, George [Archbishop of York, Bishop of Exeter]
Neville, George [Duke of Bedford]
Neville, Isabel [Duchess of Clarence]
Neville, John [Marquess of Montagu, Earl of Northumberland]
Neville, Ralph [2nd Earl of Westmorland] See Raby Castle and the Neville Family
Neville, Richard [5th Earl of Salisbury]
Neville, Richard [16th Earl of Warwick, ‘the Kingmaker’]
Neville, Robert [Bishop of Durham] See Bishop Robert Neville seized Barnard Castle
Neville, Thomas [Sir]. Bastard of Fauconberg
Neville, William [Earl of Kent, Lord Fauconberg]
People by surname: P – R
Percy, Henry [2nd Earl of Northumberland]
Percy, Henry [3rd Earl of Northumberland]
Percy, Henry [4th Earl of Northumberland]
Richard III [Previously Duke of Gloucester]
Richard of Conisbrough [Earl of Cambridge]
Richard Duke of York [Head of the House of York]
Rotherham, Thomas [Archbishop of York]
People by surname: S – T
Salvin, John [Sir, of North Driffield]
Scrope [Family, of Bolton Castle]
Scrope, John [5th Baron Scrope of Bolton]
Stafford, Henry [2nd Duke of Buckingham]
Stafford, Humphrey [1st Duke of Buckingham]
Stanley, Thomas [Earl of Derby]
Stillington, Robert [Bishop of Bath and Welles]
Talbot, John [2nd Earl of Shrewsbury]
Tudor, Edmund [Earl of Richmond]
Tudor, Jasper [Duke of Bedford]
People by surname: W
Woodville, Anthony [2nd Earl Rivers]
Woodville, Elizabeth [Queen Consort to King Edward IV]
Woodville / Countess Rivers. Jacquetta [Duchess of Bedford, secondly wife to Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers]