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Battle of Towton

The Battle of Towton took place on 29 March 1461 during the Wars of the Roses, near Towton in North Yorkshire. Yorkist forces decisively defeated Lancastrian supporters of Henry VI, securing the English throne for Edward IV. Fought for ten hours between an estimated 50,000 soldiers from both sides in a snowstorm on Palm Sunday, it was "probably the largest and bloodiest battle on English soil".

Battle of Towton
Battle of Towton · Sodacan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
When
29 Mar 1461
Where
Towton
Era
Early Modern

Topics

United Kingdom43 CE – todayKingdom of England895 CE – 1707

Before and after

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