England
York As King
The rest of Edward's reign was peaceful and prosperous. England was coming out of long years of instability that had hurt commerce badly. Also during the 1470s, France had made war with Burgundy, further hurting English trade.
By the end of the 1470s, though, internal unrest had quieted. Edward was strong enough to force other nobles to behave themselves. With all the attainders and confiscations, Edward had immensely enriched the House of York, and he and his remaining brother Richard were far more powerful than anyone else in the realm. People began to believe again in peace.
Meanwhile, Charles the Bold had been killed by the Swiss at Nancy in 1477, and the powerful duchy of Burgundy had dissolved almost in an instant. Trade with Flanders not only resumed, it boomed, and fortunes were made in London.
Edward Plantagenet, Duke of York and King of England, died of a sudden illness on 9 April 1483. He was only thirty-nine. He had two sons, both still just boys, so Parliament made his brother, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, the Lord Protector of the realm. Richard was well liked and had been loyal to his brother. The oldest boy was twelve years old, to become Edward V when he came of age at fifteen. A few years with a Lord Protector and it looked like good times were here to stay.
Or so everyone thought.