Henry VI, Part 1 | Plantagenet (Richard Plantagenet, afterwards Duke of York)
He is the Yorkist claimant to the throne after the death of Edmund Mortimer. His first appearance is in II.iv, the scene in the Temple Garden. Somerset asserts the primacy of the Lancastrian claim (and hence the right of Henry VI to reign) in response to Plantagenet's offstage assertion of the legality of the Yorkist claim. In response, Plantagenet demands that, just as he has done, those who agree with his position should pluck a white rose from the nearby bush to demonstrate their agreement with his views. Warwick, Vernon, and a lawyer side with him. The discussion then degenerates into...
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