Henry VI dies in the Tower
1471 · Event
The night Edward IV returns to London in triumph from Tewkesbury, the twice-crowned, twice-deposed Henry VI dies in the Tower — of 'pure displeasure and melancholy', the official line insists, with his son already dead on the battlefield. The House of Lancaster is extinct in the male line.
On these timelines: Wars of the Roses, England, Master, United Kingdom (combined)
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