 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Edward akagara nhaka yekuda kwaYorkist apo baba vake, Richard, Duke weYork, vakafa muHondo yeWakefield muna December 1460. Pashure pokukunda mauto eLancaster paMortimers Cross neTowtonmukuvamba kwa1461, akabvisa Mambo Henry VI pachigaro ndokutora chigaro. Kuroorana kwake naElizabeth Woodville muna 1464 kwakatungamirira kukakavadzana nomupi wake mukuru wezano, Richard Neville, Earl weWarwick, anozivikanwa saKingmaker. Muna 1470, kupandukira kwaitungamirirwa naWarwick uye munununa waEdward George, Duke weClarence, kwenguva pfupi kwakadzorera Henry VI pachigaro. 