Earl of Warwick

Earl of Warwick
noun
English statesman; during the War of the Roses he fought first for the house of York and secured the throne for Edward IV and then changed sides to fight for the house of Lancaster and secured the throne for Henry VI (1428-1471)
Syn: ↑Warwick, ↑Richard Neville, ↑Kingmaker
Instance Hypernyms: ↑statesman, ↑solon, ↑national leader

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