There has been a lot of wars over whose going to take over the throne in England, that starts off as an argument which soon escalates into a bloody war; the sad thing about these wars are that most of them could have been solved without conflict. Which wars you ask? Well the War of the Roses, the Battle of Hastings, and the Glorious Revolution. The War of the roses is a civil war that happened in England between the Lancaster and the York family to see who would take the throne. The war started in the year 1455, and ended in the year of 1487. (Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia) The war was named the war of the roses because Henry VI, the king of the Lancaster’s, had a flag that had a design of a red rose and because Richard Plantagenet, better known as Richard of York, Richard III, or the 3rd duke of York, had a flag that had a design of a white rose. There was one person who fought for each family, Richard Plantagenet and Henry VI. Richard Plantagenet, born on October 2, 1452 at Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire, England, was the 3rd duke of York, and the 9th son of Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge. Richard of York is also known for murdering his two nephews in the murder case, the princes in the tower. Sadly, Richard of York suffered from a severe case of scoliosis. The representative of the York family, Henry VI, born on December 6th, 1421 in Windsor, Berkshire, England was the only child of the married couple Henry V and Catherine of France. (Crowe-Carraco, Carol) The war of the roses sadly led to a lot of conflict over society for the next years. For example, the use of warfare caused England’s government to change, bringing England into the Renaissance and Reformation. (Barton, Marcella) There are a lot of ways that the two families could’ve easily decided on who was going to take over the throne, such as simply flipping a coin, making both members of the two families list reasons why they would make a good king and let the people decide, or they could’ve simply let Richard become king of England because he was promised. If the two families didn’t let their anger blind them, there could have been a different outcome, which probably would have not affected England’s society the way it did. Another well-known battle is The Battle of Hastings. The Battle of Hastings is a famous war in English history. The war was fought on October 14, 1066, and I bet you can guess what the war was about. Yes, the war was over who was going to take the throne. The Battle of Hastings was fought between the Saxon King of England, Harold II, and William, duke of Normandy. William was promised to take over the English throne by his cousin, King Edward the Confessor. When William found out about the election of Harold II as king because of King Edward’s death, he received a blessing from Pope Alexander II, which made him come up with the plan to invade England with a Norman army population of 65,000 soldiers. William’s soldiers armed with crossbows, arrived at the Englishtown of Hastings on September 28, 1066 on horseback. (Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia) The Battle had received its name from the area the battle was fought in. The two people who fought in this battle were Harold II and William, duke of Normandy. Harold II, full name Harold Godwinson, was born in 1022 in East Anglia, England. Harold Godwinson was called the last Saxon king even though he was not given birth by a royal family and was half Danish. Harold’s father Godwin, was an English warrior during the attempts of King Ethelred II, the Unready during the time periods 978-1013 and 1014-1016, to resist Scandinavian invaders. Harold was known as a reasonable, congenial,