#4 Drunk! Wars of the Roses

Intro: 

Hello and welcome back to the HERstory Project podcast for this special edition of drunk history with Abby and Jillian. You may be wondering, were you not drunk in the other episodes? We were, but this time we’re making it explicit. That should tell you something, so be prepared. 

Let’s be honest, why is the episode a ‘drunk’ episode?  In the past two months we’ve been having mental crises and thought it was only fit to return to a comfort subject - the wars of the roses. 

Plantagenet King Henry VI was weak, pathetic, and could be called Margaret of Anjou’s bitch. After losing the 100 years War which England had largely been winning for the last 110 years, Henry VI was promptly booted from the throne. To which his response was to go non-verbal - relatable king. 

This is where reliable frat boy Edward IV steps in and said, thank you very much. And it was all over, except it wasn’t because Edward had incidentally opened up a can of succession worms and now everyone wanted to be king. So here we are. 

British Monarchy & Government 

William - John (Magna Carta)

Henry III 

Edward I, EdwardII, Edward III

There are about ten noble families and they all have really similar first and second names

Edward III (married to Phillipa of Hainault)

(five, eight sons)

Had five sons:

Edward the Black Prince

Isabella of England

John of England

William of Hatfield (died shortly after birth)

Lionel of Antwerp - Clarence

John of Gaunt - Lancaster

Edmund of Langley, York

Blanche (died shortly after birth)

Mary of Waltham

Margeret, Pembroke

William of Windsor (died in infancy)

Thomas of Woodstock (Gloucester)

Eddie invented dukedoms for his sons 

• Edward - Duke of Cornwall 

  • Richard II

• Lionel - Duke of Clarence

• John of Gaunt- Duke of Lancaster - the most rich and arguably one of the most powerful men in england, Europe at this time

  • Henry - overthrew Richard II’s shitty government

  • Henry V - Agincourt

  • Henry VI - of mental illness fame, aka margeret of anjou’s bitch

• Edmund - Duke of York, 

  • 2nd duke died at agincourt,

  • Second son rebelled, ended up being executed

    • 3rd Duke, Richard (also known as Richard Plantegent), rebelled again, and it is his son Edward, who became Edward IV

• Thomas, Duke of Gloucester - had kids, doesn’t really factor into the broad scale of affaird

Other important people