Painting of Edward IV

Edward IV

Did Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville marry for love?

An oil on panel portrait of Elizabeth Woodville

Elizabeth Woodville: Edward IV’s controversial queen consort

Miniature depicting scenes from the Battle of Tewkesbury, where Edward IV defeated the Lancastrian forces of Margaret of Anjou

How Edward IV reclaimed his throne at the battle of Tewkesbury

Battle of Barnet: This lively, if inaccurate, 15th- century illustration of the shows a coronet- wearing Edward skewering Warwick with his lance

The battle of Barnet, 1471: the Wars of the Roses clash that killed the Kingmaker. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A Triple Bond Broken: The Destruction of the House of York. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of Edward IV, the first Yorkist king of England. From the National Portrait Gallery. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Edward IV: champion of the Wars of the Roses

Richard III, Edward IV and George, Duke of Clarence

Blood brothers: Richard III's battle with his siblings. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Portrait of Edward IV, the first Yorkist King of England.

Edward IV: facts about his life, death and reign

The secret intimacies of Edward IV: multiple marriages and a same-sex affair?

An 1864 illustration depicts King Henry VI and the Dukes of York and Somerset, after York's return from Ireland in 1450. Artist James William Edmund Doyle. (Photo by The Print Collector/Getty Images)

The Wars of the Roses: York v Beaufort?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

6 royal births that rocked a nation. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The mourning of Queen Victoria. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.