War of the Roses

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Across
  1. 3. White Rose faction in the conflict
  2. 7. Ineffective Lancastrian king during the war
  3. 8. Last Yorkist king, depicted as a villain by Shakespeare
  4. 10. Powerful nobleman known as "The Kingmaker"
  5. 13. Royal house that succeeded the Plantagenets
  6. 14. Henry VI's queen who led the Lancastrian cause
  7. 16. First Yorkist king to take the throne
  8. 17. Series of civil wars including the War of the Roses
  9. 18. Belief in the monarch's God-given authority
  10. 19. The ultimate prize sought by both factions
  11. 20. Alternative name for the conflict
Down
  1. 1. Social and political structure during the war
  2. 2. Red Rose faction in the conflict
  3. 4. Bloodiest battle fought on English soil in 1461
  4. 5. Institution that gained influence during the conflict
  5. 6. Approximate duration of the intermittent conflict
  6. 9. First Tudor king who ended the war by defeating Richard III
  7. 11. Final battle of the war in 1485
  8. 12. Young Yorkist heirs allegedly murdered by Richard III
  9. 15. Edward IV's daughter who married Henry VII