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Why was Henry the 7th an unlikely contender to the English throne?

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Why was Henry the 7th an unlikely contender to the English throne?

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Answer Hello Thomas, It’s true that Henry Tudor was not the likeliest candidate to become king, but that he attained the throne by right of conquest. His coronation was the final act of the Wars of the Roses, skirmishes and battles of which had scarred England for much of the 15th century. King Edward III died in 1377, leaving his grandson as King Richard II. A boy king, his reign was ostentatious and caused much unrest. Richard’s cousin Henry — another grandson of Edward III, and son of the Duke of Lancaster — usurped his throne in 1399 and became Henry IV. His son was Henry V, the hero of Agincourt. When Henry V died in 1422, he left his widow Katherine and an infant son, King Henry VI. Meanwhile, the descendants of Edward III’s son the Duke of York began trying to wrest control of the throne away from Henry VI, and succeeded briefly in 1461. The Lancasters (the three Henrys) had as their symbol a red rose, while the Yorks had a white rose as theirs; hence the Wars of the Roses. No

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