https://ovipeadia.wordpress.com/ The series of bloody civil conflicts known as the Wars of the Roses began at the First Battle of St Albans on 22 May 1455. The wars raged for over 30 years as two royal houses vied for the English throne. The First Battle of St Albans took place on 22 May, 1455, at St Albans, 22 miles (35 km) north of London, and traditionally marks the beginning of the Wars of the Roses in England. Richard, Duke of York, and his allies, the Neville Earls of Salisbury and Warwi