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White Rose of York
The White Rose of York (Rosa alba House of York and has since been adopted as a symbol of Yorkshire as a whole.[1]
History Traditionally the origins of the emblem are said to go back to Edmund of Langley in the 14th century , the first Duke of York and the founder of the House of York as a Cadet branch of the then ruling House of Plantagenet .[2] Virgin Mary , who was often called the Mystical Rose of Heaven .[2] liturgical symbolism , white is the symbol of light , typifing innocence and purity , joy and glory .[3]
During the civil wars of the 15th century , the White Rose was the symbol of Yorkist forces opposed to the rival House of Lancaster , whose symbol was the Red Rose of Lancaster .[2] Wars of the Roses . The conflict was ended by King Henry VII of England , who symbolically united the White and Red Roses to create the Tudor Rose , symbol of the Tudor dynasty . In the late Seventeenth Century the Jacobites took up the White Rose of York as their emblem, celebrating "White Rose Day" on 10 June , the anniversary of the birth of James III and VIII in 1688 .citation needed
At the Battle of Minden on August 1 , 1759 , Yorkshiremen of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 's predecessor the 51st Regiment picked white roses from bushes near to the battlefields as a tribute to their fallen comrades who had died.[2] [4] Yorkshire Day is held on this date each year.[2]
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