Battle of Tewkesbury

When

4 May 1471

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

51.99° N, 2.16° W

Description

1471 battle

1471 Yorkist victory in the Wars of the Roses

The Battle of Tewkesbury was one of the most decisive battles of the Wars of the Roses in England. King Edward IV and his forces loyal to the House of York completely defeated those of the rival House of Lancaster. The Lancastrian heir to the throne, Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales, and many prominent Lancastrian nobles were killed during the battle or executed after it.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “At the Battle of Tewkesbury, King Edward defeats a Lancastrian army led by Queen Margaret and her son, Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “König Edward IV. aus dem Hause York schlägt die Truppen des Hauses Lancaster unter Margarete von Anjou und Edmund Beaufort, 4. Duke of Somerset”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Angleterre, guerre des Deux-Roses : victoire des York sur les Lancastre à la bataille de Tewkesbury”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “в битве у Тьюксбери английский король Эдуард IV одержал окончательную победу Йорков над Ланкастерами в ходе Войны Алой и Белой розы”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “（薔薇戦争）テュークスベリーの戦い、ヨーク軍勝利、ヘンリー6世の王子エドワード・オブ・ウェストミンスター処刑、王妃マーガレット・オブ・アンジュー捕らわれる。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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