The Wars of the Roses were a series of wars for the loss of control of the throne of England.
The Wars of the Roses were a series of wars for control of the throne of England fought between supporters of two rival branches of the royal House of Plantagenet : the House of Lancaster -LRB- associated with a red rose -RRB- , and the House of York -LRB- whose symbol was a white rose -RRB- .
The Wars of the Roses
were
a series of wars for the loss of control of the throne of England
a series of wars for control of the throne of England