The Wars of the Roses (1455–1485) were a series of dynastic civil wars fought in Medieval England.
War(s) of the Roses may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
Shakespeare-related
- The War of the Roses (Shakespeare), a modern-day play cycle based on Shakespeare's history plays
- The Wars of the Roses (adaptation), 1963 adaptation of several of Shakespeare's history plays
Other uses in arts and entertainment
- Wars of the Roses (album), a 2011 studio album by the band Ulver
- The War of the Roses (novel), a 1981 novel by Warren Adler
- The War of the Roses (film), a 1989 American film based on the novel, starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner
- War of the Roses (radio show), a live entertainment program, created 1994 that catches cheaters in relationships
- War of the Roses (video game), a 2012 action video game based on the dynastic civil wars
- Wars of the Roses, a series of historical novels by Conn Iggulden
Sports
- Roses Match or "The War of the Roses", any game of cricket between Yorkshire County Cricket Club and Lancashire County Cricket Club, first played in 1849
- Roses Tournament, annual sports competition between Lancaster University and the University of York
- Rugby League War of the Roses, rugby league matches between Lancashire and Yorkshire, beginning 1895
- The War of the Roses, rivalry between two American minor league baseball teams, the Lancaster Barnstormers and the York Revolution
- War of the Roses (Pennsylvania), sports competitions between the neighbouring cities of York and Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
- Wars of the Roses (air race) (1913), Leeds
Other uses
- "The War of the Roses", 1886 campaign for governor of Tennessee (US), contested between brothers
- "War of the Roses", 2016 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party leadership crisis
- "War of the Roses", an annual event of The East Kingdom of the Society for Creative Anachronism
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