Rugby England has historic roots that date back to early human settlements of the Iron Age, though it is very much a city in the present. There are many interesting aspects of the city that attract the numerous tourists to it every year. One of the primary associations most guests in a Rugby hotel will have to the town is its famous namesake, the sport that developed from football and is also called Rugby. The city exits in the region of Warwickshire, which also has a tremendous amount of landmarks and associations to English history.
As with many regions in England there is an Earl or a Duke that is representative of it. In addition, William Shakespeare includes a lot of these titles for characters in his history plays. Interestingly, one of the Earl’s of Warwick plays an essential role history, and happened to find his way into Shakespeare’s Henry VI. The Earl was officially Richard Neville, the 16th Earl of Warwick. He lived from November of 1428 to April of 1471. He was a primary figure in England’s Wars of the Roses and was an essential component in the deposition of two kings. This helped to earn him the title of kingmaker. In addition, he was the wealthiest and most powerful Earl of his time.
The Wars of the Roses were an extremely bloody series of civil wars that occurred in Britain between 1455 and 1487. This is the generally accepted time frame for officially designating the wars, though the fighting and battles existed before then, and continued afterwards. They were based on the competition between the houses of York and Lancaster. Ultimately, the victory would go to Lancaster, and Henry Tudor. This was the beginning of the Tudor era and established a royal dynasty that would last for 116 years. Queen Elizabeth the First was the final monarch of the house of Tudor. She ruled England until her death 1603, when she was succeeded by James the First, and thus established the house of Stuart
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