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The wars that inspired Game of Thrones - Alex Gendler
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As far as we know,
Medieval England was never invaded by ice zombies,
or terrorized by dragons,
but it was shaken by a power struggle between two noble families
spanning generations
and involving a massive cast of characters
with complex motives and shifting loyalties.
If that sounds familiar,
it's because the historical conflicts known as the Wars of the Roses
served as the basis for much of the drama in Game of Thrones.
The real-life seeds of war were sewn by the death of King Edward III in 1377.
Edward's oldest son had died before his father,
but his ten-year-old son, Richard II,
succeeded to the throne ahead of Edward's three surviving sons.
This skipping of an entire generation
left lingering claims to the throne among their various offspring,
particularly the Lancasters, descended from Edward's third son,
and the Yorks, descended from his fourth son.
The name of the ensuing wars
comes from the symbols associated with the two families,
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