Richard H. Fay

Three different heraldic roses now appear on merchandise in the Azure Lion Productions Zazzle Store: a Red Rose of Lancaster, a White Rose of York, and a red and white Tudor Rose. All are English floral heraldic emblems. The red rose was a badge of the House of Lancaster. The white rose appeared on Yorkist badges and banners during the English civil conflict now known as the Wars of the Roses. After the first Tudor king Henry VII married Elizabeth of York, he combined the red and white rose to create the Tudor Rose, a symbol of the coming together of the two warring houses which remains the floral heraldic emblem of England.