{"slug": "house-of-york", "label": "House of York", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_York", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105285", "qid": "Q105285", "description": "cadet branch of the English royal House of Plantagenet", "entries": 14, "years": 9, "span": [1459, 1499], "span_label": ["1459 CE", "1499 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 6}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Yorkist", "Yorkists"], "related": [{"slug": "house-of-lancaster", "label": "House of Lancaster", "shared": 7}, {"slug": "wars-of-the-roses", "label": "Wars of the Roses", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "tower-of-london", "label": "Tower of London", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "henry-vii-of-england", "label": "Henry VII of England", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "edward-iv", "label": "Edward IV", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "coventry", "label": "Coventry", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-england", "label": "Kingdom of England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "henry-vi-of-england", "label": "Henry VI of England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "richard-iii-of-england", "label": "Richard III of England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "essex", "label": "Essex", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sandwich-kent", "label": "Sandwich, Kent", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1459, "year_label": "1459 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 23", "text": "September 23 – Wars of the Roses: At the Battle of Blore Heath in the Kingdom of England, Yorkists under Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury, defeat a Lancastrian force.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366548241#July–September", "title": "1459", "revid": 1366548241, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1459, "year_label": "1459 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 10", "text": "10 November – Parliament of Devils, held at Coventry, condemns Yorkists as traitors.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353735922#Events", "title": "1459 in England", "revid": 1353735922, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1459, "year_label": "1459 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "November 20", "text": "November 20 – In England, the \"Parliament of Devils\" (so called because it consists of Lancastrian supporters and Yorkist nobles are not invited) opens its session at Coventry in St Mary's Priory and Cathedral.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366548241#October–December", "title": "1459", "revid": 1366548241, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1460, "year_label": "1460 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 15", "text": "January 15 – At the Battle of Sandwich in England, Yorkists raid Sandwich, Kent, and capture the royal fleet.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371496065#January–March", "title": "1460", "revid": 1371496065, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1460, "year_label": "1460 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 4", "text": "July 4 – The cannons of the Tower of London, still in Lancastrian hands, are fired on the city of London, which is mostly in Yorkist. The Tower is surrendered on July 19.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371496065#July–September", "title": "1460", "revid": 1371496065, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1470, "year_label": "1470 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 12", "text": "March 12 – Wars of the Roses in England – At the Battle of Losecoat Field, the House of York (supporters of King Edward IV) defeats the House of Lancaster (supporters of the former King Henry VI, led by Sir Robert Welles). Welles is captured and confesses that he had been hired by the Earl of Warwick and by King Edward's brother, George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence to overthrow the King. Warwick and Clarence flee England and Welles is beheaded.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359853032#January–March", "title": "1470", "revid": 1359853032, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1471, "year_label": "1471 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 15", "text": "March 15 – With the help of a group of mercenaries lent to him by Charles the Bold of Burgundy, the Yorkist King Edward IV returns to England to reclaim his throne, landing near Hull, after having departed from Holland on March 11.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370196979#January–March", "title": "1471", "revid": 1370196979, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1471, "year_label": "1471 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "May 21", "text": "May 21 – King Edward IV celebrates his victories with a triumphal parade on his return to London. The captured Queen Margaret is paraded through the streets. On the same day Henry VI of England is murdered in the Tower of London, eliminating all Lancastrian opposition to the House of York.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370196979#April–June", "title": "1471", "revid": 1370196979, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1473, "year_label": "1473 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 28", "text": "May 28 – The Earl of Oxford, commander of what remains of the Lancastrians during the Wars of the Roses against the Yorkists and King Edward IV of England, makes an unsuccessful attempt to land an army at Essex at the village of St Osyth.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361813739#April–June", "title": "1473", "revid": 1361813739, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1483, "year_label": "1483 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "December 25", "text": "December 25 – At Rennes Cathedral in France, Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond, leader of the House of Lancaster after Richard III of England of the House of York had seized the throne, pledges to marry Elizabeth of York, the eldest daughter the late King Edward IV, in order to strengthen his support for the overthrow of King Richard.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369188840#October–December", "title": "1483", "revid": 1369188840, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1486, "year_label": "1486 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 18", "text": "January 18 – King Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York are married, uniting the House of Lancaster and the House of York, and ceremonially ending the Wars of the Roses.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369024065#January–March", "title": "1486", "revid": 1369024065, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1486, "year_label": "1486 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 23", "text": "April 23 – The Stafford and Lovell rebellion is started against King Henry VII of England by three House of York supporters, Sir Humphrey Stafford, Thomas Stafford and Francis Lovell, 1st Viscount Lovell, who had hoped to restore the Yorkist monarchy led by the late King Richard III.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369024065#April–June", "title": "1486", "revid": 1369024065, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1492, "year_label": "1492 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 8", "text": "June 8 – Elizabeth Woodville, the last living Yorkist queen consort, dies in England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366150846#April—June", "title": "1492", "revid": 1366150846, "section": "Events › April—June"}}, {"year": 1499, "year_label": "1499 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 28", "text": "November 28 – Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick, last male member of the House of York, is executed for reportedly attempting to escape from the Tower of London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369343359#October–December", "title": "1499", "revid": 1369343359, "section": "Events › October–December"}}]}