Battle of Blore Heath

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The Battle of Blore Heath was a major early engagement of the Wars of the Roses in 1459, where Yorkist forces won a significant victory over the Lancastrians in Staffordshire, England.

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Battle of Blore Heath canonical 7

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
belligerent House of Lancaster ⓘ
House of York ⓘ
casualties heavy Lancastrian casualties ⓘ
light Yorkist casualties ⓘ
category 15th-century battles ⓘ
Battles involving England ⓘ
Battles of the Wars of the Roses ⓘ
linked to: Wars of the Roses
cause dynastic struggle between York and Lancaster ⓘ
combatant Lancastrians ⓘ
linked to: Lancastrian forces

Yorkists ⓘ
linked to: Yorkist forces
commander James Tuchet, 5th Baron Audley ⓘ
Lord Dudley ⓘ
Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury ⓘ
commemoratedBy Blore Heath monument ⓘ
conflict Wars of the Roses ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
date 23 September 1459 ⓘ
era Late Middle Ages ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Ludford Bridge ⓘ
historicalPeriod Wars of the Roses era ⓘ
linked to: Wars of the Roses
involvedNobility Neville family ⓘ
Tuchet family ⓘ
linked to: Touchet family
isPartOf English civil wars ⓘ
LancastrianCommander James Tuchet, 5th Baron Audley ⓘ
location Blore Heath ⓘ
England ⓘ
Staffordshire ⓘ
near Market Drayton ⓘ
notableDeath James Tuchet, 5th Baron Audley ⓘ
objective Yorkist attempt to join forces with the Duke of York ⓘ
opposingForces Lancastrian army of Audley ⓘ
Yorkist army of Salisbury ⓘ
partOf Wars of the Roses ⓘ
precededBy Battle of St Albans ⓘ
region West Midlands ⓘ
result Yorkist victory ⓘ
significance early major Yorkist victory ⓘ
first major pitched battle of the Wars of the Roses ⓘ
tactics feigned retreat by Yorkist forces ⓘ
terrain open heathland ⓘ
theatre English mainland ⓘ
typeOfWarfare medieval pitched battle ⓘ
weaponUsed lance ⓘ
longbow ⓘ
sword ⓘ
year 1459 ⓘ
YorkistCommander Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby → notableEvent → Battle of Blore Heath ⓘ
First Battle of St Albans → successorEvent → Battle of Blore Heath ⓘ
House of Stanley → associatedWithEvent → Battle of Blore Heath ⓘ
Thomas, Lord Stanley → battle → Battle of Blore Heath ⓘ
John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu → battle → Battle of Blore Heath ⓘ
Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby → associatedWithEvent → Battle of Blore Heath ⓘ
subject linked to: Thomas
Battle of Northampton (1460) → precededBy → Battle of Blore Heath ⓘ