![]() ![]() ![]() Henry IV's descendants and their supporters were the Lancastrian faction. He had been overthrown and murdered by Henry IV (Henry Bolingbroke, who was of the House of Lancaster through his father John of Gaunt). The last Angevin ruler, King Richard II died without an heir. ![]() After all, he was brother to Edward IV, and all the male offspring of Edward were now out of the way. Richard then declared himself King Richard III as the next Yorkist in line for the throne. After doing this, Richard declared martial law under his "protectorate government." Richard of Gloucester sent young Edward and Edward's younger brother into the Tower of London There, the two child-princes mysteriously vanished, presumably murdered. His uncle Richard, Duke of Gloucester (the guy who later becomes King Richard III) set himself up as regent (temporary ruler) until the boy Edward reached adulthood. However, though Edward was unusually precocious and capable, he was still a child. On Edward IV's death in 1483, his son Edward V was the next Yorkist ruler slated to ascend to the throne. Richard's son Edward becomes King Edward IV in 1461 and Henry VI flees the country for nine years. Richard, Duke of York, argued that Henry IV's descendants have no right to the throne because Henry IV usurped the position unlawfully. The king at the time was the Lancastrian Henry VI. ![]()
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