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Battle of Mortimer's Cross
On 2 February 1461, the Yorkist Edward of York (later Edward IV) defeated the Lancastrian forces of Jasper Tudor and Owen Tudor near Mortimer's Cross…
Timeline
- 1461Mortimer's Cross · HerefordshireEdward of York led his forces eastward from the Welsh Marches; a parhelion (three suns) appeared in the morning mist. Edward told his troops this was an omen that three brothers of the House of York would jointly rule, greatly raising morale.
- 1461Field of Mortimer's Cross · HerefordshireJasper Tudor and Owen Tudor led the Lancastrian army into battle; after a successful Yorkist flanking maneuver the whole line advanced, the Lancastrians broke and fled, Owen Tudor was captured and executed, and Lancastrian power in Wales was severely damaged.
Sources
- Battle of Mortimer's Cross https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Mortimers-Cross
- The Wars of the Roses — John Gillingham (1981)