/ War of Roses/

[Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "susanmcgee48176"
<Schlobin at ...> wrote:

> OKAY, the WAR of the ROSES...one of my favorite topics.
> The whole DEAL is that Edward III had too many sons!

My friend Lee keeps saying that, but just because he had a lot of sons
doesn't mean their offspring had to keep fighting each other to take
the throne away from the legal heir. 

> Richard, the third duke of York was the great-grandson of Edmund of
> Langley, fourth son of Edward III through his father, and the 
> grandson of Lionel, second son of Edward II through his mother Anne
> de Mortimer. His mother's claim was more important, even though he 
> was the duke of "York." 

So it was just a co-incidence that the side opposing Lancaster was
named after the county next door to Lancaster?