Henry VII inaugurated the Tudor dynasty when he won the throne
from Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485. This victory
for the Lancastrian branch of the Plantagenet family ended the Wars
of the Roses which had been fought intermittently over three
decades, an ending Henry secured by choosing as his queen the
principal claimant from the Yorkist family, Elizabeth of York.
Although he had won the crown by military means, Henry VII
thereafter presented himself in a much more quietest mode. He
focused on restoring fiscal prudence, introducing more efficient
taxation systems, and was careful to avoid costly wars.
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