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Battle of Northampton

The Battle of Northampton was fought on 10 July 1460 near the River Nene, Northamptonshire. It was a major battle of the Wars of the Roses. The opposing forces were an army led by nobles loyal to King Henry VI of the House of Lancaster, his Queen Margaret of Anjou and their six-year-old son Edward, Prince of Wales, on one side, and the army of Edward, Earl of March, and Warwick the Kingmaker on the other.

Battle of Northampton
Battle of Northampton · James Henry Ramsay (1859 – 1925), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
10 Jul 1460
Where
Northampton
Era
Early Modern

Topics

United Kingdom43 CE – todayKingdom of England895 CE – 1707

Before and after

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