Richard the second was born January 6, 1367. He was king of England from 1377-1399. He was son of Edward the black prince and grandson of king Edward the third. Richard took his grandfathers throne in June of 1377, he was not yet mature of old enough to run things so things continued to be run by the same nobles. John of gaunt(duke of Lancaster) ran things while Richard was young and for the last few years …showed first 75 words of 779 total…

…showed last 75 words of 779 total…with Edward the fourth king and he was a York. Second was the yorkists versus the king makers and Edward won again only by luck. The third stage was thought to be Richard the third versus Henry the seventh which Henry came out victorious. There were also many conflicts between but these were the main ones. The war of the roses was a very historical time period and a historical period of civil war.