House of Lancaster (the Red Rose) House of York (the White Rose)
Henry IV, 1399-1413 Edward IV, 1461-1483
Henry V, 1413-1422 +Edward V, 1483
*Henry VI, 1422-1461 Richard III, 1483-1485
[1] Reference Books on this Period will be found in the Classified
List of Books in the Appendix. The pronunciation of names will be
found in the Index. The Leading Dates stand unenclosed; all others
are in parentheses.
*Henry VI, deposed 1461; reinstated for a short time in 1470.
+Edward V, never crowned.