Edward secretly married Elizabeth Woodville for love, while Warwick had planned a marriage between Edward and the royal House of France. In 1464, the alliance between Warwick and King Edward IV soured. There was no question that Warwick's support helped Edward's cause. After his victory at Mortimer's Cross in 1461, Edward, Earl of March, the son of Richard from the House of York was proclaimed King Edward IV. All the while the "Kingmaker" continued to fight on the side of the House of York.
Richard Duke of York died at the Battle of Wakefield in 1460, so Edward, his son, continued the Yorkist claim to the throne. Yet Warwick was so powerful during the Wars of the Roses that his nickname was "Kingmaker," because whomever he backed had the better chance of becoming king.ĭuring the Wars of the Roses, Warwick fought on the side of York. The only thing Warwick lacked was a direct bloodline to claim the throne. Warwick also had powerful friends outside of England's borders. Warwick was so wealthy and influential, that he could raise his own private army. One of the "super barons" was Warwick. Warwick, whose name was Richard Neville was the 16th Earl of Warwick. When studying the English kings of the House of York, you have to understand that at that time some barons or vassals were more powerful and richer than the king himself. Opposing this position are the many Tudor historians who like to claim that the Wars of the Roses represent the final breakdown of the feudal system and lead directly to the Tudor Era and the birth of the modern age.With Dr Helen Castor, Fellow and Director of Studies in History, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge Professor Colin Richmond, Emeritus Professor of History, Keele University Dr Steven Gunn is a Tudor historian and Fellow and Tutor in Modern History, Merton College, Oxford.English Kings: The House of York & the Wars of the Roses Macfarlane argued the political instability is wildly overstated and there were no Wars of the Roses at all. Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Wars of the Roses which have been the scene for many a historical skirmish over the ages: The period in the fifteenth century when the House of Lancaster and the House of York were continually at odds is described by Shakespeare, in the three parts of Henry VI and Richard III as a time of enormous moral, military and political turmoil - the quintessential civil war but twentieth century historians like K.B.
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