Battle of Mortimer's Cross

Quand

2 févr. 1461

Type

Bataille

Coordonnées

52.32° N, 2.87° W

Description

1461 battle

1461 battle in the English Wars of the Roses

The Battle of Mortimer's Cross was fought on 2 February, 1461 near Kingsland, Herefordshire, not far from the Welsh border. It was a major battle of the Wars of the Roses. The opposing forces consisted of, on one side, an army led by Jasper Tudor and his father, Owen Tudor, as well as nobles loyal to King Henry VI of the House of Lancaster, his wife, Margaret of Anjou, and their seven-year-old son, Edward, Prince of…

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