Battle of Blore Heath: Wars of the Roses' First Major Fight
Yorkist forces under the Earl of Salisbury routed a larger Lancastrian army at Blore Heath in Staffordshire, the first major bloodshed of the Wars of the Roses. Lord Audley's cavalry charges broke against entrenched Yorkist positions, and Audley himself was killed leading the final assault. The battle proved the Yorkist lords would fight rather than submit to Queen Margaret's court.
September 23, 1459
567 years ago
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Margaret of Anjou
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Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick
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