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the war of the roses was a hundred year war between the house of york and the house of Lancaster, only on the 22nd of august 1485 was it resolved in the battle of Bosworth when Henry Tudor won and Richard III died.

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The roses symbolized the two warring houses, Lancaster and York.

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Q: Why was the english civil war called the war of the roses?
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